Marco Silva

Marco Silva

Silva managing Hull City in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva
Date of birth	(1977-07-12) 12 July 1977 (age 39)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current team	Hull City (manager)
Youth career
1992–1995	Cova da Piedade
1995–1996	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Belenenses	1	(0)
1997–1998	Atlético	0	(0)
1998–2001	Trofense	36	(1)
1999–2000	→ Campomaiorense (loan)	1	(0)
2001	Rio Ave	9	(0)
2002–2003	Braga B	28	(1)
2003–2004	Salgueiros	22	(0)
2004–2005	Odivelas	34	(0)
2005–2011	Estoril	109	(2)
Total		240	(4)
Teams managed
2011–2014	Estoril
2014–2015	Sporting CP
2015–2016	Olympiacos
2017–	Hull City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva (born 12 July 1977) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right back, and the current manager of Premier League club Hull City.

His career was mainly associated to Estoril, as a player and manager. He also coached Sporting for one season, winning the 2015 Portuguese Cup.

Born in Lisbon, Silva finished his formation with local C.F. Os Belenenses. During a 15-year professional career he only appeared in two Primeira Liga games, one with that club and another with S.C. Campomaiorense; from 2000 to 2005 he alternated between the second and third divisions, representing C.D. Trofense, Rio Ave FC, S.C. Braga B, S.C. Salgueiros and Odivelas FC.

In the 2005 off-season, Silva joined G.D. Estoril Praia in the second level, where he remained until his retirement six years later, always in that tier. He played his last match on 2 January 2011, a 0–1 home loss against F.C. Penafiel for the campaign's Taça da Liga.

Silva retired in June at the age of nearly 34, amassing division two totals of 152 games and eight goals for three different clubs.