Question: Nilson Antonio Veiga Barros better known as Nilson (born 5 August 1987) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a left defender for Portimonense. He played for Portimonense also between 2008 and 2011. Nilson signed with CSKA Sofia in the summer of 2012 but sustained an injury in October 2012 which kept him out of action for a number of months. After his recovery he decided to continue his career with Portimonense agreeing to terms in February 2013. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete