| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fábio Alves da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | January 4, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Campina Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fenerbahçe | ||
| Number | 58 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1998 | Bahia | 10 | (2) |
| 1998–2002 | Venezia | 75 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Palermo | 12 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Brescia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Ancona (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2004 | Goiás | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | Grêmio | 24 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | 1. FC Köln | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Istres | 41 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Universitatea Cluj | 15 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Sivasspor | 34 | (1) |
| 2009– | Fenerbahçe | 40 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2000 | Brazil U-23 | 16 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:36, 30 April 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Fábio Alves da Silva (born 4 January 1979), commonly known as Bilica, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Fenerbahçe.
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Bilica is infamous for his statement during his time at Venezia when he claimed that he would break Roberto Baggio's legs, who was playing for Brescia at that time. Baggio wound up getting injured and stayed on the sidelines for several months.
Bilica made his debut at Bahia. He then later played for many clubs including Palermo, Köln and many more.
In November 2007 he arrived in Romania, at Universitatea Cluj, there he played in 17 matches, he was appreciated, but in the last game of the season against rivals from CFR Cluj, Bilica has foul an opponent in his own penalty area, so CFR Cluj have scored their winning goal. After this match, it was suspected that he did not played fair against CFR Cluj, helping them to win the Romanian championship instead of Steaua Bucharest.
Bilica signed for Sivasspor in July 2008 and caught the attention of Fenerbahçe. He later signed with Fenerbahçe on June 8, 2009 in exchange for Yasin Çakmak and €1.5 million.
Bilica was a member of the Brazil Olympic team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he reached the quarter finals, Brazil lost to Cameroon at the quarter finals. He played in the Olympic team alongside much more famous players as Ronaldinho, Lúcio and Fábio Aurélio.
While playing for Venezia he replaced the goalkeeper who had been sent off and then proceeded to save a penalty from AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko (1999–2000 season).
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