Stefan Silva

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Stefan Silva
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Personal information
Full name Maximiliano Stefan Silva Rojas
Date of birth (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 Akropolis 74 (14)
2013–2015 IK Sirius 69 (30)
2016 GIF Sundsvall 30 (7)
2017 Palermo 1 (0)
2018–2021 AIK 27 (1)
2019 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2021

Maximiliano Stefan Silva Rojas (born 11 March 1990), known as Stefan Silva, is a Swedish-Chilean [1] professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Career

A Chilean Swede, [2] Silva was born and grew up in Rissne, Sundbyberg, northwestern Stockholm, and made his first-team debut in 2009 at Akropolis, a Stockholm-based club founded by Greek emigrants. In 2013, he moved to IK Sirius, then in the third tier, with whom he won promotion to Superettan on his first season, and missed out a second consecutive promotion on playoffs on the following one.

In 2016, Silva signed a two-year deal with Allsvenskan club GIF Sundsvall, thus making his top flight debut. This came on 3 April 2016 in a 1-1 draw with AIK. [3] His first goal for Sundsvall came on 7 April 2016 in a 2-1 loss to Gefle. His goal, assisted by Eric Larsson, came in the 8th minute. [4]

On 9 January 2017, Serie A club Palermo confirmed to have signed Silva on a deal set to expire on 30 June 2021. [5] He made his league debut on 5 February 2017 in a 1-0 win against Crotone. He came on for Aleksandar Trajkovski in the 74th minute. [6] This was the only league appearance he made for Palermo. The contract was terminated by mutual consent 15 December 2017. [7]

On 9 January 2018, AIK announced they had signed Silva on a contract that expires 31 December 2020. [7] Silva made his first league appearance and goal on 22 April 2018 against IFK Göteborg.

Personal life

Silva holds the Chilean nationality by descent since his parents are Chilean. [1] His family is from Valparaíso and his uncles were footballers for Santiago Wanderers in Chile. At least, he has traveled to Chile three times until he was 21 years old. [8]

Honours

AIK

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References

  1. 1 2 "El desconocido jugador chileno que sorprendió fichando en Italia". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2022. delantero nacido en Suecia, pero que tiene un fuerte lazo con Chile, ya que posee la nacionalidad al ser hijo de padres chilenos.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Silva: El sueco-chileno que puede llegar al fútbol italiano y sueña con la 'Roja'". 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ AIK vs GIF Sundsvall 1 - 1 soccerway.com Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "GIF Sundsvall vs. Gefle - 7 April 2016 - Soccerway".
  5. ↑ "STEFAN SILVA E' DEL PALERMO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Palermo vs. Crotone - 5 February 2017 - Soccerway".
  7. 1 2 "Stefan Silva klar för AIK Fotboll".
  8. ↑ Vera, Pablo (23 March 2018). "Stefan Silva, ariete chileno-sueco: "Mi sueño es ser el '9' de Chile"" (in Spanish). AS Chile . Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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