Santiago Silva
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Martín Silva Olivera | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Universidad Católica | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Central Español | 3 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | River Plate (Montevideo) | 28 | (15) |
| 2001 | Defensor Sporting | 14 | (8) |
| 2002 | Corinthians | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | Nacional | 7 | (0) |
| 2003 | River Plate (Montevideo) | 10 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Energie Cottbus | 32 | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | Beira-Mar | 30 | (8) |
| 2005 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | (4) |
| 2006 | Central Español | 13 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Gimnasia La Plata | 35 | (14) |
| 2007–2011 | Vélez Sarsfield | 76 | (34) |
| 2009 | → Banfield (loan) | 35 | (22) |
| 2011 | Fiorentina | 12 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Boca Juniors | 56 | (20) |
| 2013–2015 | Lanús | 54 | (13) |
| 2015 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 20 | (7) |
| 2016 | Banfield | 26 | (11) |
| 2017– | Universidad Católica | 10 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2016. |
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Santiago Martín Silva Olivera (born 9 December 1980) nicknamed El tanque (the tank), is an Uruguayan football forward who plays for Universidad Católica.
Silva started his career in Uruguay playing for Central Español, River Plate Montevideo and Defensor Sporting. He then had his first spell outside the country playing with Brazilian side SC Corinthians. However, after half a year he returned to Uruguay to play for Nacional (where he won the 2002 Uruguayan Primera División), and a second period with River Plate.
Subsequently, Silva had two European spells with German Energie Cottbus and Portuguese S.C. Beira-Mar. In 2005, he had his first spell in Argentina playing half a season for Newell's Old Boys. After half a year back in Uruguay with his first team, Central Español, Silva returned to Argentina to play for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in 2006. Three years after his period at Gimnasia, the Uruguayan forward admitted to the press that the team lost on purpose a match against Boca Juniors, who were challenging the 2006 Apertura with Gimnasia's rivals Estudiantes de La Plata, after pressure from their own team's hooligans.
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