Mauro Silva
Silva in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mauro da Silva Gomes
Date of birth (1968-01-12) 12 January 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Guarani 1 (0)
1990–1992 Bragantino 61 (0)
1992–2005 Deportivo La Coruña 369 (1)
Total 431 (1)
International career
1991–2001 Brazil 59 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1994 USA
Copa América
Winner 1997 Bolivia
Runner-up 1991 Chile
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Third place 1998 USA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauro da Silva Gomes (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmawɾu ˈsiwvɐ]; born 12 January 1968), known as Mauro Silva, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

A hard-working player with great stamina, as well as tackling and leadership skills, he was best known for his spell with Deportivo. He amassed competitive totals of 458 games and one goal over 13 La Liga seasons, winning six major titles.[1][2]

Silva represented Brazil at the 1994 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments, winning the former tournament.

Club career

Silva was born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. After starting playing with Guarani he moved to Bragantino in 1990, where he spent the following two seasons. Subsequently, he was acquired up by Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña, for 250 million pesetas (approximately €1.6 million), arriving at the same time as countryman Bebeto.

Silva was an everpresent fixture with the Galicians, only suspensions and injuries preventing him from being cast into the starting XI – in the 1994–95 campaign he only appeared in six La Liga matches[3] and, already 26, was limited to 20 in his final year – as he helped them to one league, two cups and three supercups, adding to this the team's five participations in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the semi-finals in 2003–04: after a 0–0 away draw against FC Porto he missed the second leg due to suspension, and Depor lost 1–0.[4][5]

On 22 May 2005, after 13 years with Deportivo, Silva was replaced by longtime understudy Aldo Duscher during a 3–0 home loss against RCD Mallorca, bidding farewell to the Estadio Riazor and football in the same match as another club legend, Fran.[6]

In December 2016, as Deportivo celebrated its 110th anniversary, Silva was chosen by club fans as the best player in its history.[2][7]

International career

With Brazil, Silva collected 59 caps over ten years, making his debut in 1991. He played in every match and minute (except for the second half of the group stage match against Sweden) in his nation's victorious campaign at the 1994 FIFA World Cup;[8] in the same year, he was named by FIFA as the ninth best player in the world.[9] According to the organisation, the lack of attacking play in the final of the tournament against Italy was in part down to strong holding midfield play by Dino Baggio for Italy, and Dunga and Mauro Silva for Brazil; following a 0–0 draw after extra-time, Brazil won the match in a penalty shoot-out.[10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Guarani 1987 Série A 0 0
1988 1 0
1989 0 0
Total 1 0
Bragantino 1990 Série A 18 0
1991 21 0
1992 22 0
Total 61 0
Deportivo 1992–93 La Liga 37 0
1993–94 35 1
1994–95 6 0
1995–96 22 0
1996–97 32 0
1997–98 31 0
1998–99 36 0
1999–2000 33 0
2000–01 31 0
2001–02 27 0
2002–03 32 0
2003–04 27 0
2004–05 20 0
Total 369 1
Career total 431 1

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 1991 13 0
1992 7 0
1993 11 0
1994 11 0
1995 1 0
1996 1 0
1997 10 0
1998 4 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 1 0
Total 59 0

Honours

Bragantino

Deportivo

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Qué fue de… Mauro Silva" [What happened to… Mauro Silva]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 18 December 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b Alfonso Andrade (8 December 2016). "Mauro Silva: "Me retiré en el club de mi vida y eso es una suerte"" [Mauro Silva: «I retired in the club of my life and that is fortunate»]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ^ "El Deportivo se vuelve a quedar sin Mauro Silva hasta final de temporada" [Deportivo lose Mauro Silva again until the end of the season]. El País (in Spanish). 15 February 1995. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ "All eyes on the Riazor". UEFA. 4 May 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ Fabián Bouzas (24 July 2017). "El Dépor, Do Dragao y el drama de un empate envenenado" [Dépor, Do Dragao and the drama of a poisoned draw]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. ^ "El Mallorca da un portazo al ciclo de Fran y Mauro Silva" [Mallorca slam door on Fran and Mauro Silva's cycle]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 23 May 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Mauro Silva recibirá un homenaje de la afición en el Deportivo-Málaga" [Mauro Silva will be honoured by fans in Deportivo-Málaga]. Marca (in Spanish). 14 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Campeões do Mundo: Mauro Silva, o coadjuvante mais importante do tetra" [World Champions: Mauro Silva, the four-peat's most important assistant]. Fox Sports (in Portuguese). 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  9. ^ "FIFA Awards". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. ^ "1994 FIFA World Cup Final". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ^ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.

External links

Brazil squads
1992 World Soccer World XI
Bola de Ouro
1991 Bola de Prata
1992 Bola de Prata
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