Igor Silva (footballer)

Igor Silva de Almeida (born 21 August 1996), simply known as Igor Silva or formerly Igor Carioca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French club Lorient.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is de Almeida.

Igor Silva
Personal information
Full name Igor Silva de Almeida
Date of birth (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996[1]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Lorient
Number 2
Youth career
Comercial
2015–2016 Asteras Tripolis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Comercial 11 (0)
2016–2018 Asteras Tripolis 27 (1)
2018–2020 Olympiacos 2 (0)
2018–2019 → AEK Larnaca (loan) 34 (1)
2019–2020 → Osijek (loan) 29 (1)
2020–2021 Osijek 58 (1)
2021– Lorient 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2021

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Igor started his professional career with Comercial Futebol Clube in Brazil. In 2013, at the age of 13, he made his first team debut in the Copa Paulista. Two years later, he featured for the team in Paulista A2.[2] In 2015, he moved abroad and joined the academy of Greek club Asteras Tripoli. He was promoted to the senior team in the following season.[2] He spent two seasons with the club, amassing 34 caps, scoring one goal and adding two assists.[1] On 11 January 2018, he joined fellow league club Olympiacos as a replacement for the departing Diogo Figueiras.[3]

However, Igor did not play regularly after being found surplus to requirements by manager Pedro Martins.[4] On 18 July 2019, he joined Cypriot club AEK Larnaca on a season-long loan deal.[4] On 18 July 2018 after a year in Cyprus, he joined Croatian club NK Osijek on a season-long loan deal.[5] On 29 July 2020, Osijek announce the acquisition of the player signing a three-year contract from Olympiacos on a transfer fee in the range of €1 million.[6]

On 23 July 2021, he joined French club Lorient on a five-year contract.[7]

Style of play

Although Igor Silva started his career as a forward, he switched his position to right back during his stint in the Asteras Tripolis academy.[2]

Career statistics
As of match played on 21 July 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Comercial 2013[8] Paulista A2 0010——10
2014[8] 00130——130
2015[8] 9000——90
Total 90140——230
Asteras Tripolis 2015–16[8] Superleague Greece 0010——10
2016–17[8] 15140——191
2017–18[8] 12020——140
Total 27170——341
Olympiacos 2017–18[8] Superleague Greece 2000——20
AEK Larnaca (loan) 2018–19[8] Cypriot First Division 2013[lower-alpha 1]012[lower-alpha 2]010361
Osijek (loan) 2019–20[8] Prva HNL 27140——311
Osijek 2020–21[8] Prva HNL 3102010—340
Career total 1163300130101603
  1. One Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

AEK Larnaca

Individual

References
  1. "Igor Silva joins Olympiacos". Olympiacos F.C. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. "Ex-lateral do Comercial-SP é confirmando como reforço no grego Olympiacos" [Ex-side of Comercial-SP is confirming as reinforcement in the Greek Olympiacos] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. "Olympiacos sign defender Igor Silva, search for more squad reinforcements". Agona Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. "Igor Silva joins AEK Larnaca on loan from Olympiacos". SDNA. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. "Ολυμπιακός: Στην Όσιγιεκ ο Ιγκόρ Σίλβα". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  6. "Ολυμπιακός: Η Όσιγεκ αγόρασε τον Ιγκόρ Σίλβα". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. "FC Lorient. Igor Silva, première recrue lorientaise". www.letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 23 July 2021..
  8. "Igor Carioca". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. "LES RÉSULTATS DU MATCH APOEL - AEK LARNACA, COMPTE, STATISTIQUES, RÉSULTATS". football24.cm. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  10. paspadmin (13 May 2019). "Οι κορυφαίοι ποδοσφαιριστές της σεζόν 2018/19!". ΠΑΣΠ. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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