Sílvio playing for Portugal in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sílvio Manuel de Azevedo Ferreira Sá Pereira |
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Date of birth | 28 September 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Full back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2006 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Atlético Cacém | ||
2007–2008 | Odivelas | 31 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Rio Ave | 45 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Braga | 20 | (1) |
2011–2016 | Atlético Madrid | 10 | (0) |
2013 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2013–2016 | → Benfica (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2016– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | (0) |
National team | |||
2005–2006 | Portugal U19 | 2 | (0) |
2010 | Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Portugal | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2017. |
Sílvio Manuel de Azevedo Ferreira Sá Pereira (born 28 September 1987), known simply as Sílvio, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. A defender, he is equally at ease as a right or left back.
Born in Lisbon, Sílvio played youth football with local S.L. Benfica. In the 2008 summer, he moved straight from the lower leagues with Odivelas F.C. to the Primeira Liga with Rio Ave FC: he made his debut in the competition on 24 August in a 1–1 home draw against Benfica, and finished his second season with 27 appearances to help the Vila do Conde side to the 12th place, above the relegation zone.
In July 2010, Sílvio joined S.C. Braga, scoring his first top flight and professional goal on in a 1–0 home win over C.S. Marítimo and playing in 38 official games in his first and only campaign, including nine in the Minho club's runner-up run in the UEFA Europa League; he also began suffering from injury problems in this timeframe.
Sílvio was confirmed as an Atlético Madrid player on 19 May 2011, on a five-year deal. He first appeared in La Liga on 28 August in a 0–0 home draw with CA Osasuna in which he played the full 90 minutes. On 20 November he suffered a knee injury against Levante UD, from which he went on to relapse several times.