Emílio da Silva

Emilio Ribeiro Neves da Silva, known simply as Emílio da Silva; born 5 April 1982 in Dili, Timor Timur, Indonesia, is a footballer from East Timor who has represented AD Esperança since 2004. Prior to this, da Silva played for FC Zebra for two years, having spent the entirety of his youth career (2000–2002) there also. A prolific striker at club level, he has also notched 10 goals in 25 caps for the Timor-Leste national football team since 2003, and is their all-time top scorer and appearance holder, both by a considerable margin. Da Silva is considered to be the best East Timorese footballer of all time. In 2011, Emilio was the highest paid athlete from East Timor, making $20,000 (USD).[3]

Not to be confused with da Silva (footballer, born 1988).
Ary[1]
Personal information
Full name Emilio Ribeiro Neves da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1982-04-05) 5 April 1982
Place of birth Dili, Timor Timur, Indonesia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Carsae FC
Number 10
Youth career
2000–2002 FC Zebra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 FC Zebra 38 (20)
2004–2010 AD Esperança 193 (121)
2010–2014 Ad. Dili Oeste[2]
2015– Carsae FC
National team‡
2004–2012 Timor-Leste 18 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2012

International career

Da Silva scored two goals during Timor-Leste's unsuccessful 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign,[4] both against Hong Kong.

International goals
Scores and results list East Timor's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 October 2007Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia Hong Kong1–22–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.2–1
3.28 October 2007Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Hong Kong1–31–82010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "Team List of Timor Leste National Team" (PDF). HKFA. c. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. http://www.affsuzukicup.com/timorleste/10.html
  3. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7858737/floyd-mayweather-united-states-best-paid-athlete-espn-magazine
  4. Emílio da Silva – FIFA competition record
  5. "da Silva, Emilio 'Ary'". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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