Douglas da Silva (born 7 March 1984) is a Brazilian professional association football player who plays for Brusque as a central defender.

Douglas da Silva
Personal information
Full name Douglas da Silva
Date of birth (1984-03-07) 7 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Florianópolis, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Center back
Team information
Current team
Brusque
Youth career
Avaí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Avaí
2003–2004 Atlético Paranaense
2005–2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba 122 (6)
2008–2011 Hapoel Tel Aviv 78 (12)
2011–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 15 (0)
2013Figueirense (loan) 25 (4)
2014Vasco da Gama (loan) 27 (5)
2015 Vasco da Gama 2 (0)
2015–2016 Joinville 8 (0)
2016 C.A. Bragantino 18 (5)
2016–2018 Mladá Boleslav 28 (3)
2018– Brusque
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2019

Career edit

Da Silva moved to Israel in 2005 to join Hapoel Kfar Saba. He quickly established himself as one of the best defenders in the Israeli league. After four years playing for Hapoel Kfar Saba he decided to leave the club after they were relegated to the second division and joined one of Israel's top clubs Hapoel Tel Aviv.

After signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv, he played for the first time in UEFA club competitions, In May 2010, he won the country double (both Championship and State Cup). He qualified with Hapoel to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group Stage and on November 24 he scored his first Champions League goal against S.L. Benfica in a 3–0 victory.

On 19 December 2010, he agreed with the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg where he joined in the transfer window on 11 January 2011, Hapoel Tel Aviv received 2.6 million for the deal, while Da Silva will earn 1 million per year with a five-year contract.[1]

On 5 January 2011, Da Silva was blackmailed by a former teammate. Due to it, his move to Red Bull Salzburg was postponed until 11 January 2011 for police investigation.[2]

In January 2013, he joined Figueirense on a loan deal.[3]

In February 2014, he was loaned to Vasco da Gama. In December 2014, Vasco da Gama signed him on a permanent basis.

In 2016, he signed with Czech First League side Mladá Boleslav on a free transfer. He made his debut on 4 October in a Europa League qualifying match against Tetovo.

Honours edit

Career statistics edit

As of 23 December 2010[4][5]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2004 Atlético Paranaense Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
2005–2006 Hapoel Kfar Saba Israeli Premier League 33 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 41 1
2006–2007 29 3 2 0 10 0 0 0 41 3
2007–2008 31 3 2 0 6 2 0 0 39 5
2008–2009 Hapoel Tel Aviv 32 3 2 1 5 1 6 1 45 6
2009–2010 34 6 5 0 3 0 12 0 54 6
2010 12 3 0 0 2 1 12 2 26 6
Austria League Austrian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011 Red Bull Salzburg Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–2012 11 0 2 0 1 0 14 0
2012–2013 2 0 - - 0 0 2 0
Total Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 171 19 11 1 34 4 30 3 246 27
Austria 13 0 2 0 1 0 16 0
Career total

References edit

  1. ^ דה סילבה הוצג בזלצבורג: שמח לפתוח דף חדש [Douglas da Silva in Red Bull Salzburg] (in Hebrew). ONE. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  2. ^ הוגש כתב אישום: כך סחט זרקו את דה סילבה (in Hebrew). ynet. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011
  3. ^ "Zagueiro Douglas e lateral Peter apresentados oficialmente" [Defender Peter Douglas and lateral officially presented] (in Portuguese). Figueirense. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ^ דגלאס דה סילבה [Douglas da Silva] (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  5. ^ דה סילבה דוגלאס [da Silva Douglas] (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-12-23.