Diego Silva (footballer, born 1982)

Diego Silva
Personal information
Full name	Diego Pélicles da Silva
Date of birth	23 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Natal, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Força e Luz
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	América (RN)
2006	→ Baraúnas (loan)
2007	→ Londrina (loan)
2007–2010	Aalesunds FK
2010–2011	Al-Ahli Manama
2011–2012	Muharraq Club
2012–2013	Åtvidabergs FF
2013	Botafogo-PB
2013	Olympic Safi
2014	Gwangju FC
2014	Arapongas
2015–2016	Al-Ahli Manama
2016–2017	Al Hala
2017–2018	Força e Luz
2018	Operário-MT
2018	Baraúnas
2019	Palmeira
2020–	Força e Luz
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Diego Pélicles da Silva (23 October 1982) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Centro Esportivo Força e Luz as a forward.^[1]

Career

Born in Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, Diego Silva started his career at hometown club América (RN). He played twice in 2003 Copa do Brasil. He finished as the runner-up of 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and promoted to Série B. He was loaned to Baraúnas^[2] in the mid way of 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in July 2006. With Baraúnas, the team failed to qualify to the next round of 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and returned to América early, in August. Which América finished as the 4th and promoted again.

In January 2007 he was loaned to Londrina for 2007 Campeonato Paranaense. In June, he was transferred to Aalesund.^[3]

Diego Silva agreed to move to Bahraini club Al-Ahli on 10 September 2010 for $120,000 making him the biggest amount paid in the history of the club.^[4]

On 31 August 2012, he signed for Swedish Allsvenskan club Åtvidabergs FF.

References

^ "Officiellt: Diego Pelicles da Silva klar för Åtvidabergs FF" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
^ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 11/07/2006". CBF (in Portuguese). 11 July 2006.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "RELATÓRIO DE TRANSFERÊNCIAS INTERNACIONAIS EM 2007". CBF (in Portuguese). 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008.
^ النسور يقدمون محترفهم الأول ديجو سيلفا واللاعب يؤكد [Eagle confirmed first signing Diego]. Al Ayam (in Arabic). 10 September 2010.

External links

Diego Silva – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Diego Silva at Soccerway
Diego Silva at ZeroZero

[1] "Officiellt: Diego Pelicles da Silva klar för Åtvidabergs FF" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

[2] "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 11/07/2006". CBF (in Portuguese). 11 July 2006.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "RELATÓRIO DE TRANSFERÊNCIAS INTERNACIONAIS EM 2007". CBF (in Portuguese). 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008.

[4] النسور يقدمون محترفهم الأول ديجو سيلفا واللاعب يؤكد [Eagle confirmed first signing Diego]. Al Ayam (in Arabic). 10 September 2010.

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