Mário Silva (footballer)

Mário Silva

Personal information
Full name	Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva
Date of birth	(1977-04-24) 24 April 1977
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1986–1988	Bom Pastor
1988–1995	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	Boavista	88	(2)
2000–2001	Nantes	20	(0)
2001–2004	Porto	34	(0)
2004–2005	Recreativo	23	(0)
2005–2006	Cádiz	7	(0)
2006–2008	Boavista	27	(0)
2009	Doxa	3	(1)
Total		202	(3)
International career
1998–1999	Portugal U21	13	(1)
2002	Portugal	1	(0)
Managerial career
2011	Boavista
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva (born 24 April 1977; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾiu ˈsiɫvɐ]) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and a current manager.

Playing career

Silva was born in Porto. Having grown through the ranks of local Boavista F.C. he went on to represent FC Nantes, FC Porto, Recreativo de Huelva and Cádiz CF, returning to Boavista in July 2006 and leaving after two seasons due to unpaid wages, in a litigation that would only be solved in March 2010.

Whilst at FC Nantes Silva contributed 20 appearances as his side won 2000–01 French Division 1.

Silva enjoyed his best years while with 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. Also at the club, on 27 March 2002, he earned his sole cap for the Portuguese national team, appearing in a 1–4 friendly home defeat to Finland.

Midway through the 2008–09 campaign Silva moved countries again, joining Cyprus' Doxa Katokopias F.C. of the first division. However, he was released after only a couple of months, and retired in the summer after not being able to find a new team.

Coaching career

In 2010 Silva began working as a manager, acting as both youth and assistant coach in Boavista (the latter already in the main squad). In June of the following year, with the team still in the third level, he was appointed as Filipe Gouveia's successor.

Silva resigned from his position just five months into the season, citing lack of payment as the reason for his departure.

Honours

Boavista

• Taça de Portugal: 1996–97
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1997

Nantes

• Ligue 1: 2000–01

Porto

• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03
• Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04
• Taça de Portugal: 2002–03
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001, 2003

External links

• Template:Zerozero
• Mário Silva at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Mário Silva at BDFutbol
• Mário Silva at National-Football-Teams.com