Nuno Silva

Nuno Silva
Personal information
Full nameNuno Miguel Costa Silva
Date of birth27 October 1975
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Retired
Youth career
1992–1995Ramilux
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–1997Santa Clara29(0)
1997–1999O Elvas58(6)
1999–2014Leixões369(6)
2004–2005→ Penafiel (loan)15(1)
Total471(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nuno Miguel Costa Silva (born 27 October 1975) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Silva spent the vast majority of his 19-year professional career with Leixões Sport Clube, competing with the club in all three major levels of Portuguese football. He started playing with C.D. Santa Clara in 1995, in the fourth division.

In the 2006–07 season, Silva appeared in 20 games – all starts – as the Matosinhos side returned to the top level after a lengthy absence, as champions. In the 2008–09 campaign he contributed with 22 matches for a sixth position in the league, narrowly missing out on qualification to the UEFA Europa League.

Silva retired at the end of 2013–14, aged 38 and after four consecutive years in division two with his main club.[1] He spent the 2004–05 season on loan to F.C. Penafiel,[2] where he scored his first and only goal in the main category, away against Gil Vicente F.C. for the game's only on 16 January 2005.[3]

Honours

Leixões

References

  1. ↑ "Leixões-U. Madeira, 1–1: Empate na despedida de Nuno Silva" [Leixões-U. Madeira, 1–1: Draw in Nuno Silva farewell] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Nuno Silva feliz pela titularidade" [Nuno Silva happy with starting duties] (in Portuguese). Record. 6 October 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gil Vicente-Penafiel, 0–1: Vendaval minhoto não teve proveito" [Gil Vicente-Penafiel, 0–1: No prize for minhoto whirlwind] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 January 2005. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

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