Nilmar Honorato da Silva

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Nilmar
Personal information
Full name Nilmar Honorato da Silva
Date of birth July 14, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth    Bandeirantes, PR, Brazil
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Corinthians
Number 9
Youth clubs
 ????-2001 Internacional
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005-present		 Internacional
Olympique Lyonnais
Corinthians		  ? (?)
? (?)
55 (31)   
National team2
2005 Brazil 1 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 00:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 00:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Nilmar Honorato da Silva (born 14 July 1984 in Bandeirantes, Paraná) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Corinthians in the Brazilian Série A.

Nilmar was signed for just over £5 Million from Internacional, by Lyon initially as cover for the now ex-Lyon player Giovanni Elber. He signed with a clause in his contract that stated that he could be loaned back to Internacional once Elber was fit. However, he was very impressive, scoring two debut goals as a substitute against Rennes. He did not score any more goals in the Ligue 1 that season, and with the impending signing of Fred, Lyon were forced to loan him (this time to Corinthians) to stay within the limit of non-EU players. Also, Lyon already had four established strikers: Fred, Sylvain Wiltord, Pierre-Alain Frau, and John Carew. He was very impressive at Corinthians, however, and the wealthy South American club eventually bought him for a fee that could rise to £6.8 million.

Nilmar has been capped once for the Brazil national football team, in a 6-0 friendly win over Haiti; he scored a late goal in that fixture.

Nilmar is currently recovering from a second knee injury..

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Corinthians - Current Squad

1 Marcelo | 2 Eduardo | 3 Betão | 4 Marinho | 5 Marcelo Mattos | 6 Wellington | 7 Roger | 8 Rosinei | 9 Nilmar | 11 Magrão | 12 Jean | 14 Paulo Almeida | 16 Edson | 17 Arce | 19 Marcos Tamandaré | 21 Bruno Octávio | 22 Júlio César | 23 Gustavo | 25 Marcus Vinícius | 26 Wilson | 28 Daniel Grando | 29 Rafael Fefo | 30 Willian | 31 Carlão | 36 Wendel | 37 Jean Carlos | Manager: José Augusto
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