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
Club career
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
External links
- Alejandro da Silva at National-Football-Teams.com
- 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