Matías Silvestre

Matías Silvestre

Silvestre training with Inter in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Matías Agustín Silvestre
Date of birth	(1984-09-25) 25 September 1984
Place of birth	Mercedes, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Sampdoria
Number	26
Youth career
1994-2003	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2007	Boca Juniors	63	(6)
2008–2011	Catania	118	(7)
2011–2012	Palermo	29	(5)
2012–	Inter	9	(0)
2013–2014	→ Milan (loan)	4	(1)
2014–	→ Sampdoria (loan)	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Matías Agustín Silvestre (born 25 September 1984 in Mercedes, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Sampdoria as on loan from Inter in Serie A.

Club career

Boca Juniors

Silvestre began his career with Argentine club, Boca Juniors, where he would go on to make his league debut on 23 March 2003, in a 3–1 win over C.A. Lanús. Silvestre soon was inserted into the Boca Juniors starting line-up and between 2003 and 2007, he went on to make 63 league appearances, scoring six goals. He was used as both a central defender and a right full back, during his spell with the club. Following an impressive 2007 season of the club, Silvestre was transferred to Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.

Calcio Catania

During the 2008 January transfer window, Silvestre transferred to Sicilian club Calcio Catania on loan.^[1] His first six months at Catania was not so great as he was not part of then-coach Silvio Baldini's starting team, making just 11 appearances, just five as a starter. His loan, however, was made permanent in the summer of 2008, after Walter Zenga was appointed head coach, following the sacking of Baldini. He soon became an instrumental part of Catania's first team and was a major influence on their fairly successful 2008–09 season, as the club avoided relegation for the third consecutive season. Silvestre continued to shine during his third season in Sicily as the defender went on to make more appearances than any of his temmates during the 2009–10 campaign. He formed a solid defensive line-up with the likes of Pablo Álvarez, Nicolás Spolli, Christian Terlizzi, and Ciro Capuano as Catania recorded their record breaking points total in Serie A, finishing in 13th place with just 45 goals conceded in 38 games. During the 2010-11 Serie A campaign, Silvestre earned captaincy at the Sicilian club, following the sale of Giuseppe Mascara to Napoli on 31 January 2011. He has made 116 total appearances for his club, scoring seven goals, six of which have come during the 2010-11 Serie A season, a season which recorded a third consecutive record points total for the Sicilian club. On 9 July 2011, Marco Biagianti was assigned captaincy of the club for the 2011-12 Serie A season.

Palermo

On 9 August 2011, he moved to Palermo for €7,3M. He debuted in rosanero the 11 September 2011 in the 4-3 victory against Inter. On August 9, is made official its purchase by the Palermo for € 7.3 million. The player - who has signed a four-year contract - even the day before had taken part in the training of the team. in the negotiation has been included sharing of Davide Lanzafame, the contract at the Football League was filed three days later and the employment of the player is € 700,000 per year. He made his debut in mesh rosanero in Palermo-Inter (4-3) on the second day of the season (the first was postponed) held on September 11, playing the holder as well as for the rest of the season. Mark the first goal against Palermo in a 3-1 win over Bologna valid for the 11th day, realizing the momentary 2-0. On 19 February, during Siena v Palermo (4-1) the 25th day, leave the field 11 after reporting a distraction at first instance in semimembranosus muscle of the right thigh; returns field - one of the owners - nearly two months away, Palermo-Cesena in the 34th day held on April 22, which also produces the network that fixed the score at 2-2. In the last game of a positive season, played 6 May 2012 (reprimanded, suspended for jumping the last day of the season) and finished 4-4 against Chievo Verona, is his goal - the fifth season in 29 attendance - which allows the Palermo to equalize on 89 '. with 11 goals in two seasons has been the most prolific defender of Serie A.

Internazionale

On 6 July 2012, he was officially loaned to Internazionale.^[2] After one season at Palermo, July 6, 2012 joined Inter with the formula, designed by Inter president Massimo Moratti, the two-year interest-bearing loan of € 3 million (paid via the 50% registration rights of Emiliano Viviano)^[3] with an option set at € 6 million. On the same morning the team for the summer retreat Inter with the company signing a four-year contract for € 1.5 million per season. He made his debut in the Nerazzurri shirt with the jersey number 6 in the going of the third qualifying round of the Europa League won 3-0 away against the Croatians Hajduk Split.^[4][5] On 28 April 2013, during the match lost 1-0 to U.S. Città di Palermo, gets a second-degree injury of the right thigh adductor longus thus closing prematurely his first season as Inter with 20 appearances in total collected^[6]

Milan

On 30 July 2013, Silvestre was officially loaned to Inter's crosstown rivals A.C. Milan for one year with an option to sign him at end of the loan spell for a fee of €4 million.^[7][8]

Titles

Season	Club	League
2003	Boca Juniors	Apertura
2004	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2005	Boca Juniors	Apertura
2005	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2005	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2006	Boca Juniors	Clausura
2006	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2007	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores

References

External links

• Guardian statistics
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics