Born in Campo Grande, Everson began his youth career at Portuguesa de Desportos in 1989, followed by a six-year spell at Paraná.
After a few months with América (SP) in early 1997, he moved to Girondins de Bordeaux to play for their reserve team in the CFA, scoring 16 goals in 9 matches.
[1][2] In the summer of 1999, Everson moved to German football and spent three years there, two of those in the regional leagues, first at Eintracht Braunschweig, then Arminia Bielefeld and finally VfL Osnabrück.
[4] Everson was described by his former teammate, Lilian Laslandes as a strong, tactically disciplined player that could operate either as defensive or central midfielder; and possessed a powerful left foot.
[1] Although, there was concerns that he was still suffering from a pubalgia brought from Nice, he was declared match-fit on 9 August,[5] and made his debut for Benfica in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against Porto.
[23] In 2011, Everson returned to Nice to work in their media department; he regularly appears as a host and interviewer in videos on the official website.