Alejandro da Silva
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Damián Da Silva Mercado | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Lambaré, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Udinese | 1 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Foggia | 43 | (11) |
2005 | Sambenedettese | 10 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Cerro Porteño | 62 | (23) |
2007–2009 | Newell's Old Boys | 45 | (9) |
2010 | Santiago Wanderers | 18 | (4) |
2011–2013 | Cerro Porteño | 27 | (3) |
2013–2014 | The Strongest | 14 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Rubio Ñu | 21 | (4) |
International career | |||
1999 | Paraguay U17 | ||
2007 | Paraguay | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alejandro Damian da Silva (born 18 May 1983) is a former Paraguayan football striker.
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Da Silva started his career with Cerro Porteño before moving to Italy where he played for Udinese, Foggia and Sambenedettese. In 2000 it was discovered that he had entered Italy using a forged passport[1] and banned in July 2001.[2]
In 2005, Da Silva returned to Paraguay to rejoin Cerro Porteño where he played until his transfer to Newell's Old Boys in 2007.
He represented Paraguay U17 at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Da Silva made his debut for the Paraguay national football team in 2007.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Alejandro da Silva at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Paraguay men's international footballers
- Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Cerro Porteño players
- Udinese Calcio players
- Calcio Foggia 1920 players
- US Sambenedettese players
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- The Strongest players
- Club Rubio Ñu footballers
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Bolivian Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
- People from Lambaré