Antônio da Silva (footballer)

Antônio da Silva (born 13 June 1978) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Antônio da Silva
Da Silva in 2007
Personal information
Full name Antônio da Silva
Date of birth (1978-06-13) 13 June 1978
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1992 Flamengo
1992–1994 Eintracht Trier
1994–1995 Flamengo
1995–1997 Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 (0)
1999–2003 SV Wehen 86 (22)
2003–2004 Mainz 05 II 1 (0)
2003–2006 Mainz 05 90 (13)
2006–2008 VfB Stuttgart 48 (3)
2008–2010 Karlsruher SC 28 (2)
2009–2010 → Basel (loan) 25 (2)
2010–2012 Borussia Dortmund 27 (1)
2012–2013 MSV Duisburg 10 (0)
Total 315 (43)
Medal record
VfB Stuttgart
WinnerBundesliga2007
FC Basel
WinnerSwiss Super League2010
WinnerSwiss Cup2010
Borussia Dortmund
WinnerBundesliga2011
WinnerBundesliga2012
WinnerDFB-Pokal2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Da Silva began his professional career with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1997, but did not play any league matches. In 1999, he moved to SV Wehen of Regionalliga Süd. Four years later, he joined 1. FSV Mainz 05 where he completed 90 domestic league matches, before being transferred to VfB Stuttgart in 2006. He won the Bundesliga during his time there, in the 2006–07 season. He then moved to Karlsruher SC but was put on loan to Swiss side FC Basel after just one season.[1]

On 26 June 2009 it was announced that da Silva had signed a contract over a one-year loan to Basel, with an option of a definitive takeover. It was hoped that he could be the replacement for Basel's play-maker Ivan Ergic, who had just retired from his active football career.[2] He joined Basel's first team during their 2009–10 season under head coach Thorsten Fink. After playing in three test games, da Silva played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Kybunpark on 12 July 2009 as Basel suffered a 0–2 defeat against St. Gallen.[3] In a test match on 13 October against an amateur selection from Sissach-Gelterkinden, da Silva scored a hat-trick within 17 minutes.[4] He scored his first league goal for the club in the away game again in the Kybunpark against St. Gallen as Basel won the game 4–2 on 21 March 2010.[5]

At the end of the 2009–10 season he won the Double with the club. They won the League Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed Young Boys.[6] The team won the Swiss Cup, winning the final 6–0 against Lausanne-Sport. Da Silva played the full 90 minutes.[7] The club did not take their contracted option and da Silva left the club. During the season with the club, da Silva played a total of 45 games for Basel scoring a total of five goals. 25 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup, eight in the Europa League and nine were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league and the afore mentioned hattrick in the test game.[8]

For the 2010–11 season, he returned to the Bundesliga by signing a one-year contract with Borussia Dortmund.[9] On 21 April 2011, he signed a new one-year contract with Borussia.[10] He left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season.[11]

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

Basel

Borussia Dortmund

References
  1. "Antonio da Silva leihweise beim FCB" (in German). fcb.ch. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. (fest/Si) (26 June 2009). "Da Silva neuer Regisseur in Basel" [Da Silva new play maker in Basel] (in German). fussball.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. "FC St. Gallen - FC Basel 2:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. "Auswahl Sissach-Gelterkinden - FC Basel 1:12 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. "FC St. Gallen - FC Basel 2:4 (1:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. Stokkermans, Karel (25 October 2012). "Switzerland 2009/10". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 6:0 (2:0)". Swiss Football Verband (SFV) internet. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. "Antonio da Silva - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  9. "Borussia Dortmund verpflichtet Antonio da Silva" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  10. "Toni da Silva signs one-year-contract with an option to extend". Borussia Dortmund. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  11. "BVB verabschiedete sich von Barrios, da Silva und Kringe" (in German). derwesten.de. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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