Jorge Pinto da Silva

Jorge Silva
Personal information
Full name Luís Jorge Pinto da Silva
Date of birth (1975-12-14) 14 December 1975
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1991–1994 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2004 Boavista 103 (1)
1995–1997 → Académica (loan) 59 (1)
1997–1998 → União Leiria (loan) 29 (4)
2005–2007 Beira-Mar 52 (1)
2007–2008 Feirense 29 (0)
2008–2010 Boavista 43 (0)
2010–2011 Gondomar 18 (0)
Total 333 (7)
National team
1994–1995 Portugal U20 9 (1)
1998 Portugal U21 1 (0)
2002 Portugal 2 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Paços Ferreira (assistant)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Luís Jorge Pinto da Silva (born 4 December 1975), known as Silva, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Over the course of nine seasons he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 127 games and one goal, mainly in representation of Boavista, for which he also appeared in other levels.

Club career

Silva was born in Porto. Having emerged from local Boavista FC's youth ranks he was promoted to the first team in 1994, but took time to establish himself in the early years, serving two loans until 1998 (Académica de Coimbra and U.D. Leiria, both in the second division).

Silva returned to Boavista and went on to be a relatively important part in the club's historical national championship conquest, in 2000–01, assuming defensive duties in midfield with Petit. He featured heavily as the Axadrezados progressed to the following season's UEFA Champions League second group stage, adding a semifinal run in the UEFA Cup in the next year.

Starting in January 2005, Silva then played two 1/2 years at S.C. Beira-Mar, being relegated from the top flight in his last, after which he moved to C.D. Feirense also in the second level. In 2008 he returned to Boavista as the last survivor of the league-winning squad,[1] as the club was in a severe financial crisis in division two, ultimately being relegated for the second consecutive time.

In the 2010 summer, at nearly 35, Silva signed with another northern club, Gondomar S.C. in the third division. He retired in June of the following year, beginning a coaching career immediately as he was appointed assistant manager at F.C. Paços de Ferreira.

International career

In 2002, the year after Boavista's league conquest, Silva collected two caps for Portugal. He made his debut on 7 September, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw against England at Villa Park.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jorge Silva e Rui Lima de volta ao Bessa" [Jorge Silva and Rui Lima back at Bessa] (in Portuguese). Boavista's official website. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Portugal hold England". BBC Sport. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sílvio é o 14.º a estrear-se com Agostinho Oliveira" [Sílvio is debutant number 14 with Agostinho Oliveira] (in Portuguese). Record. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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