Martín Silva

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Leites.
Martín Silva

Silva in 2011
Personal information
Full nameMartín Andrés Silva Leites
Date of birth (1983-03-25) March 25, 1983
Place of birthMontevideo, Uruguay
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubVasco da Gama
Number1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2011Defensor Sporting176(0)
2011–2013Olimpia68(0)
2014–Vasco da Gama0(0)
National team‡
2001–2003Uruguay U-2014(0)
2009–Uruguay4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Martín Andrés Silva Leites (born March 25, 1983) is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Vasco da Gama and the Uruguay national football team.

Club career

Silva has played most of his professional career in Defensor Sporting, starting in 2002.

In August 2011, he signed a four-year contract with the Paraguayan club Olimpia. In November 2013, Silva makes a controversial rescission and leaves Olimpia after a successful Copa Libertadores and being loved by the fan.

In December 2013, he signed a four-year contract with the Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

International career

Silva has appeared on Uruguay´s youth teams such us the Uruguay national under-17 football team and the Uruguay national under-20 football team during 2000 to 2002. He won his first international cap for Uruguay in a friendly match against Algeria, on August 12, 2009. He was included in the starting line-up of players for that match. Silva was also Uruguay's third choice goalkeeper in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Copa América. He played for the national team against Tahiti on June 23 2013, when Uruguay destroyed the Tahitians 8-0 in the Confederations Cup, and had his third and fourth games against Jordan, when Uruguay won its place for the 2014 World Cup, on November 13 and November 20 2013, respectively.

Honors

Club

Defensor Sporting
Olimpia

International

Uruguay

Individual

References

    External links

    CR Vasco da Gama – current squad
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