Martín Silva

Uruguayan footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroUruguayan footballer
A.K.A.Martin Silva Martín Andrés Silva Leites Martín A. Silva Leites
A.K.A.Martin Silva Martín Andrés Silva Leites Martín A. Silva Leites
PlacesUruguay
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth25 March 1983, Montevideo, Uruguay
Age41 years
Star signAries
ResidenceMontevideo, Uruguay
Stats
Height:187 cm
The details

Biography

Martín Andrés Silva Leites (born 25 March 1983) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan side Club Libertad and the Uruguay national football team.

Club career

Defensor Sporting

Silva has played most of his professional career in Defensor Sporting, starting in 2002.

Olimpia

In August 2011, he signed a four-year contract with the Paraguayan club Olimpia. He made his league debut for the club on 7 August 2011, going the full ninety in a 4-0 home victory over 3 de Febrero. Silva scored his first league goal for the club on 9 December 2012, scoring a penalty in the 53rd minute of a 1-0 victory over Sol de América. In November 2013, Silva controversially rescinded his contract with Olimpia after a successful Copa Libertadores and being loved by the fans.

Vasco da Gama

In December 2013, he signed a four-year contract with the Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

Libertad

In December 2018, Silva moved back to Paraguay, signing a three-year contract with Libertad. He made his league debut for the club on 22 January 2019, playing all ninety minutes in a 2-0 defeat to Sol de América.

International career

Silva has appeared on Uruguay's youth teams such us the Uruguay national under-17 football team and the Uruguay national under-20 football team during 2000 to 2002. He won his first international cap for Uruguay in a friendly match against Algeria, on 12 August 2009. He was included in the starting line-up of players for that match. Silva was also Uruguay's third choice goalkeeper in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Copa América. He played for the national team against Tahiti on 23 June 2013, when Uruguay defeated the Tahitians 8-0 in the Confederations Cup, and had his third and fourth games against Jordan, when Uruguay won its place for the 2014 World Cup, on 13 and 20 November 2013, respectively.

In 2018 he was selected in Uruguay's 23 men squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

As of 30 January 2019.
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpia2011Primera División106070
2012411100511
2013230160390
Total651320971
Vasco da Gama2014Série B25015050450
2015Série A21017070450
2016Série B26017070500
2017Série A34012040500
201824011020120490
Total13007202501202390
Libertad2019Primera División100000000010
Career total1651720250380003301

International

Updated 15 June 2018

Uruguay
YearAppsGoals
200910
201330
201420
201510
201610
201730
Total110

Honors

Club

Defensor Sporting
  • Uruguayan Primera División: 2007–08
Runner-up
2005, 2008–09, 2010–11
Olimpia
  • Paraguayan Primera División - Clausura: 2011
  • Paraguayan Primera División - Aggregate: 2011
  • Copa Libertadores runner-up: 2013
Vasco da Gama
  • Campeonato Carioca: 2015, 2016

International

Uruguay
  • FIFA World Cup Fourth Place: 2010
  • Copa América: 2011
  • FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place: 2013

Individual

  • South American Goalkeeper of the Year: 2013
  • Campeonato Carioca Team of the year: 2016, 2017
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