Dominique Da Silva

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Dominique Da Silva
Personal information
Full nameDominique Da Silva
Date of birth (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989[1]
Place of birthNouakchott, Mauritania
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)[2]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubZamalek
Number3
Youth career
2006–2007Académie de Football Nouakchott
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011CS Sfaxien27(11)
2011–2013Al-Ahly48(11)
2014–Zamalek2(1)
National team
2007–Mauritania4(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Dominique Da Silva (born 16 August 1989) is a Senegalese-Mauritanian footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritania national team.[2] He spent time at the Académie de Football Nouakchott before joining CS Sfaxien in 2007.[2] Four years later, he was transferred to Al-Ahly.[1]

Club career

Da Silva was born in Nouakchott.[2] He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007.[2] In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1][2] He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining Egyptian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011.[1] Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped the Al-Ahly win the Egyptian Premier League for the seventh successive season.[1]

International career

He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007.[2] He scored his first goal for his country against Morocco in 2008.[3]

Honours

CS Sfaxien
  • Tunisian President Cup (1): 2009
Al-Ahly

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dominique Da Silva". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Dominique Da Silva". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  3. "Rwanda take Ethiopia scalp". BBC Sport. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2011. 

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