Mário Silva (footballer)
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Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva (born April 24, 1977 in Paranhos, Porto; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾiu ˈsiɫvɐ]) is a Portuguese football left defender, who is currently unattached.
[edit] Football career
Having grown through the ranks of northern club Boavista F.C. (1993–2000), Silva also played for FC Nantes (2000–01), F.C. Porto (2001–04), Recreativo de Huelva (2004–05) and Cádiz CF (2005–06), returning to Boavista in July 2006.
He enjoyed his best years while at FC Porto, playing second fiddle to Nuno Valente on a side that won the 2002–03 UEFA Cup and the following year's UEFA Champions League, while also adding back-to-back national titles, under José Mourinho.
For 2008–09, Silva moved countries again, joining Cyprus' Doxa Katokopia in the first division, on 20 February 2009. However, he was released after only a couple of months.
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