Dida (footballer born 1973)
Dida in 2012
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| Full name | Nélson de Jesus Silva | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1973 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Irará, Bahia, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | Cruzeiro de Arapiraca | |||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Vitória | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Vitória | 24 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Cruzeiro | 120 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Lugano | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Corinthians | 24 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2000–2010 | Milan | 206 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Corinthians (loan) | 8 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Portuguesa | 32 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Grêmio | 37 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Internacional | 27 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 478 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Brazil U20 | 12 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Brazil Olympic | 17 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1995–2006 | Brazil | 91 | (0) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:21, 7 September 2015 (UTC). |
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Nélson de Jesus Silva (born 7 October 1973), better known simply as Dida (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒidɐ]), is a retired Brazilian football goalkeeper. After starting his senior club career in Brazil in the early 1990s with Vitória, Dida became a penalty kick-saving specialist with Cruzeiro and Corinthians. He is perhaps best remembered for his successful and often tumultuous ten-year stint with Milan from 2000 to 2010, where he established himself as one of the world's best goalkeepers due to his shot-stopping ability and command of the area; he won multiple trophies and individual awards with the club, but became equally known for his propensity for errors as well as his excellent gameplay, while he gained media attention in 2005 for being hit by a lit flare during a match against crosstown rivals Internazionale.
Dida won one Serie A title (Scudetto) and twice the UEFA Champions League with Milan, with the first of those victories coming after he saved three penalties in the 2003 final against Serie A rivals Juventus. One of four Rossoneri goalies with over 300 total career appearances, Dida was inducted into Milan's Hall of Fame in 2014, and has joined other former club players for various off-pitch events and exhibition matches following his 2010 departure. After a two-year absence from playing, he returned to Brazil in 2012, suiting up for three teams—Portuguesa, Grêmio and Internacional—in as many seasons.
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