Israel Silva

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Israel Silva
Personal information
Full name Israel Silva Matos de Souza
Date of birth (1981-06-24) 24 June 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001 Portuguesa 0 (0)
2001–2002 Brasiliense 0 (0)
2002–2004 Teculután 39 (24)
2004–2007 Xelajú 105 (60)
2007–2008 Municipal 8 (1)
2008 Jalapa 5 (4)
2008–2010 Kerkyra 56 (16)
2010–2014 Xelajú 178 (81)
2014 Antigua 19 (1)
2015–2016 Motagua 3 (1)
2016 Marathón 14 (2)
2016 Rosario 0 (0)
2016 Nueva Concepción 0 (0)
2018–2019 Real de Minas 14 (5)
2020-2021 Xelajú 33 (9)
2022 Sacachispas 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2022

Israel Silva Matos de Souza (born 24 June 1981) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. [1]

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Club career

Silva started his career in Brazil but his best years as a soccer player came when he went to play in Guatemala. He started at Deportivo Teculután for whom he scored 34 goals [2] and moved on to Xelajú MC and scored twelve goals [3] taking them to a final and won by beating Marquense. Then CSD Municipal put their eye on him and he was transferred there in December 2007. [4] He did not have the best season so the team let him go. Deportivo Jalapa decided to buy him and little by little he became the player he once was. An offer to play in Greece was presented and left to play in Kerkyra FC.

Silva is Xelajú's all-time leader with 176 goals, helping the club win the league championship in 2012. [5]

Naturalization

During the time that Silva was playing in Guatemala he decided to give up his Brazilian citizenship to receive the Guatemalan. He is said that he would love to play for the Guatemala national football team.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Β Εθνική / ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ Α.Ο. ΠΑΕ / MATOS DE SOUZA ISRAEL SILVA" (in Greek). Hellenic League. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Silva no se rinde Archived 22 May 2007 at archive.today Prensa Libre(in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Israel Silva statistics". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Israel Silva firma contrato con Municipal - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Israel Silva tiene pie y medio en Saprissa" (in Spanish). La Nacion. 21 December 2013.
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