Name Elpidio Silva Years Team | Playing position Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in) | |
Full name Elpidio Pereira Silva Filho Date of birth (1975-07-19) 19 July 1975 (age 40) | ||
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil | ||
Elpídio Pereira da Silva Filho (born 19 July 1975), known as Silva, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.
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He spent most of his career in Portugal, mainly representing Boavista and amassing top division totals of 187 games and 63 goals over the course of eight seasons.
Other than in his country, Silva also competed professionally in Japan, South Korea and Cyprus.
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Club career
Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Silva started his professional career with Clube Atlético Mineiro but quickly moved overseas, joining J. League club Kashiwa Reysol. After just one season he signed with Portugal's S.C. Braga, where he remained for two seasons.
Silva's most productive period, however, was lived with fellow Portuguese League side Boavista FC, where he was instrumental in the 2001 league conquest (Boavista's only) by scoring in the decisive 3–0 home win against C.D. Aves in the last matchday.
In the subsequent edition of the UEFA Champions League Silva scored in a 1–1 draw at Liverpool, also finding the net in the second match between the two teams, with the same result. In Boavista's UEFA Cup semifinal run the following campaign, he labelled Celtic a "one-man team" prior to the sides' meeting in the competition's semifinals; the Scottish won it 2–1 on aggregate, with Henrik Larsson – also a target in Silva's tirade – scoring the decisive goal in Porto.
A move to Sporting Clube de Portugal ensued but, barred by newly signed compatriot Liédson, Silva received few opportunities to shine, although he did net six league goals in his debut season, also being loaned to Vitória de Guimarães in between.
Released by the Lisbon club in January 2006, he subsequently represented Derby County, where he did not appear due to fitness problems, Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Alki Larnaca FC. In January 2009 he moved to AEK Larnaca FC, also in the Cypriot First Division.