David Da Silva

For the Dutch football player, see David Mendes da Silva. For the Portuguese football player, see David Silva (Portuguese footballer).

David Da Silva

Personal information
Full name	David Aparecido Da Silva
Date of birth	December 11, 1989 (1989-12-11) (age 21)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Shelbourne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2011	Birkirkara	0	(0)
2011–	Shelbourne	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

David Aparecido Da Silva (born 12 November 1989), commonly known as David Da Silva or Davi Da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays for League of Ireland First Division club Shelbourne. David previously had a brief spell with Maltese club Birkirkara before transferring to Shelbourne in August 2011.

Career

Birkirkara

Da Silva joined Maltese club Birkirkara on 20 June 2011. Da Silva played his first game for Birkirkara on 23 June in a pre-season Triangular Tournament match against Valletta, the game finished 2-2. On 30 June Da Silva came on as a substitute in Birkirkara's 1-0 loss against Albanian club KS Vllaznia Shkodër in the first leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round.^[1] Da Silva started the second leg in the Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër. Da Silva scored the equalising goal for Birkirkara in a 1-1 draw with Vllaznia, Birkirkara's first goal in either the UEFA Cup or Europa League since 2004.^[2] Da Silva was released by Birkirkara in August 2011, after just two months with the Maltese club.

Shelbourne

On 11 August 2011 Da Silva joined Irish club Shelbourne.^[3] On 12 August, Da Silva made his Shelbourne debut as a substitute in a 3-1 victory against Longford Town.^[4] Da Silva played his first game in Tolka Park for the Reds in a 3-2 defeat in the 2011 FAI Cup Fourth Round against Non-League club Sheriff YC, however Sheriff were later ejected from the Cup for fielding an ineligible player and the game was declared Void. Da Silva played his next match for the Reds in the next round of the cup in a 4-3 victory over Limerick. He made a substitute appearance in the cup semi final in a 1-1 draw with St Patrick's Athletic. He made his second league appearance for Shelbourne in a 4-1 victory away to Salthill Devon. Da Silva was forced to watch from the sidelines as Shelbourne narrowly lost the league title to Cork City and then the 2011 FAI Cup Final to Sligo Rovers on a penalty shoot-out.

Career statistics

Correct as of October 26, 2011.

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe 1		Other 2		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Birkirkara	2011–12	Maltese Premier League	0	0	0	0	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	1
	Total		0	0	0	0	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	1
Shelbourne	2011	LOI First Division	2	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	1	0	6	0
	Total		2	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	1	0	6	0
Career total			2	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	8	1

^Note 1 Competitions include UEFA Europa League
^Note 2 Competitions include Leinster Senior Cup

References

1. ^ "Birkirkara 0-1 Vllaznia". uefa.com (UEFA). 30 June 2011. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000268/match=2007016/index.html. Retrieved 30 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Vllaznia 1-1 Birkirkara". uefa.com (UEFA). 7 July 2011. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/matches/live/day=-7/session=1/match=2007041/matchcenterlight/index.html. Retrieved 7 July 2011. 
3. ^ "Brazilian Football comes to Tolka". Shelbournefc.com (Shelbourne F.C.). 11 August 2011. http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=1915. Retrieved 11 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Longford Town 1 - 3 Shelbourne". Extratime.ie (Extratime.ie). 13 August 2011. http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/6430/. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 

External links

• 2011-12 Europa League Profile
• Shelbourne FC Profile
• Birkirkara FC Profile
• Extratime.ie Profile

Persondata
Name	Da Silva, David
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Short description
Date of birth	11 December 1989
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death
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