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Portuguese football manager and former player

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Magalhães and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Mário Silva
Personal information
Full name Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva
Date of birth (1977-04-24) 24 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team Al-Najma (manager)
Youth career
1986–1988 Bom Pastor
1988–1995 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2000 Boavista 88 (2)
2000–2001 Nantes 20 (0)
2001–2004 Porto 34 (0)
2004–2005 Recreativo 23 (0)
2005–2006 Cádiz 7 (0)
2006–2008 Boavista 27 (0)
2009 Doxa 3 (1)
Total 202 (3)
International career
1992 Portugal U15 3 (0)
1992–1993 Portugal U16 14 (0)
1993 Portugal U17 3 (0)
1994 Portugal U18 9 (0)
1995 Portugal U20 6 (0)
1996–1999 Portugal U21 13 (1)
2001 Portugal B 3 (0)
2002 Portugal 1 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Boavista U19
2010–2011 Boavista (assistant)
2011 Boavista
2012–2013 Porto U17 (assistant)
2013–2017 Padroense
2017–2018 Porto U17
2018–2019 Porto U19
2020 Almería
2020 Rio Ave
2022–2023 Santa Clara
2024– Al-Najma
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 1995 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva (born 24 April 1977; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾiu ˈsilvɐ]) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back, currently manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Najma.

Playing career

Silva was born in Porto. Having grown through the ranks of local Boavista F.C. he went on to represent FC Nantes, FC Porto, Recreativo de Huelva and Cádiz CF, returning to Boavista in June 2006 and leaving after two seasons due to unpaid wages, in a litigation that would only be concluded in March 2010.

Silva enjoyed his best years while with Porto, playing second fiddle to Nuno Valente on a side that won the 2002–03 UEFA Cup and the following year's UEFA Champions League while also adding back-to-back Primeira Liga titles under José Mourinho. Also at the club, on 27 March 2002, he earned his sole cap for the Portugal national team, appearing in a 1–4 friendly home defeat against Finland.

Midway through the 2008–09 campaign, Silva moved countries again and joined Doxa Katokopias FC of the Cypriot First Division. However, he was released after only a couple of months, and retired in the summer after not being able to find a new team.

Coaching career

In 2010, Silva began working as a manager, acting as both youth and assistant coach in Boavista (the latter already in the main squad). In June of the following year, with the team still in the third division, he was appointed as Filipe Gouveia's successor.

Silva resigned from his position just five months into the season, citing lack of payment as the reason for his departure. He subsequently returned to Porto, going on to act as manager for several youth sides and leading the under-19s to the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League; he was, however, replaced by Tulipa shortly after.

In September 2019, Silva was appointed director of academy at Spanish Segunda División club UD Almería, where his compatriot Pedro Emanuel was the coach. The following 26 June, he took the reins of the main squad until the end of the campaign, but was dismissed on 27 July just before the start of the promotion play-offs.

Days after leaving Spain, Silva was given his first top-flight job in his country, replacing Carlos Carvalhal at Rio Ave FC. In the Europa League, the team were eliminated in the playoffs by AC Milan after conceding an equaliser in the last minute of extra time and losing 9–8 on penalties. He left on 30 December 2020, with them in 13th.

Silva became C.D. Santa Clara's fourth manager of the season on 10 January 2022, signing a short-term contract. He concluded the campaign in seventh place and signed a new deal until 2024, but was dismissed from his post near the anniversary of his appointment, with the Azoreans in 15th position after as many games.

On 7 July 2024, Silva was appointed at Saudi First Division League's Al-Najma SC.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 5 January 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Boavista Portugal 15 June 2011 9 November 2011 8 5 2 1 11 3 +8 062.50
Almería Spain 26 June 2020 27 July 2020 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 028.57
Rio Ave Portugal 3 August 2020 30 December 2020 16 5 7 4 15 18 −3 031.25
Santa Clara Portugal 10 January 2022 6 January 2023 38 8 14 16 39 51 −12 021.05
Al-Najma Saudi Arabia 7 July 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 69 20 25 24 73 81 −8 028.99 —

Honours

Player

Boavista

Nantes

Porto

Portugal

Manager

Porto U19

References

  1. "Mário Silva chegou a pensar poder ir ao Mundial..." [Mário Silva thought about going to World Cup...]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 May 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Mário Silva (Nantes) campeão de França" [Mário Silva (Nantes) French champion] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 12 May 2001. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. "Casquero, Esteban y Silva inician una nueva etapa" [Casquero, Esteban and Silva's new lease of life]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 July 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. "Maiorca contrata Paíto e empresta-o ao Braga ou ao FC Porto" [Mallorca sign Paíto and loan him to Braga or FC Porto]. Público (in Portuguese). 3 June 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. "Boavista chega a acordo com Mário Silva" [Boavista reach settlement with Mário Silva]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 March 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. Caetano, Filipe (3 December 2003). "F.C. Porto: Mário Silva, a afirmação de um lateral ofensivo" [F.C. Porto: Mário Silva, the coming of age of an attacking fullback] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. Tadeia, António (28 March 2002). "Portugal frente à Finlândia: Com a leveza da camisola nova" [Portugal against Finland: As light as the new shirt]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  8. "Mário Silva assina pelo Doxa" [Mário Silva signs for Doxa]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 February 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. Vieira, Miguel (15 June 2011). "Boavista: Mário Silva é o novo treinador" [Boavista: Mário Silva is the new manager]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  10. Vieira, Miguel (9 November 2011). "Mário Silva demite-se do Boavista" [Mário Silva resigns at Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  11. "Formação: Equipas técnicas definidas para 2018/19" [Youth system: Coaching teams confirmed for 2018/19] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  12. Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  13. "Tulipa substitui Mário Silva ao comando dos sub-19" [Tulipa replaces Mário Silva at the helm of the under-19s]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  14. Góngora, Rafa (16 September 2019). "Mario Silva, nuevo director de la cantera" [Mario Silva, nuevo director de la cantera] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  15. García, Nico (22 October 2019). "Mario Silva: "Queremos una Academia al nivel de los grandes"" [Mario Silva: "We want an Academy like those of the big guns"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  16. Sánchez, Guillermo (26 June 2020). "Mario Silva y Nandinho, los nuevos técnicos del Almería para intentar el ascenso" [Mario Silva and Nandinho, the new managers of Almería to try to achieve promotion]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  17. "Nandinho y sus ayudantes en el filial se incorporan a la primera plantilla" [Nandinho and their assistants in the reserve team join the first team] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  18. "Mario Silva stops training UD Almería after reaching an agreement with the club". UD Almería. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  19. "Mário Silva é o novo treinador do Rio Ave" [Mário Silva is the new manager of Rio Ave]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  20. "EL: Milan ride luck with Rio Ave". Football Italia. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  21. Cunha, Pedro (30 December 2020). "Rio Ave oficializa saída de Mário Silva e anuncia sucessor imediato" [Rio Ave confirm Mário Silva's exit and announce immediate successor]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  22. "OFICIAL: Mário Silva é o novo treinador do Santa Clara" [OFFICIAL: Mário Silva is the new manager of Santa Clara] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  23. "Mário Silva deixa comando técnico do Santa Clara" [Mário Silva leaves the helm of Santa Clara]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  24. "OFICIAL: Mário Silva ruma ao Al Najma da segunda divisão saudita" [OFFICIAL: Mário Silva heads to Al Najma of Saudi second division] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  25. "Boavista FC: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  26. "Mário Silva: Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  27. "Rio Ave FC: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  28. "CD Santa Clara: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links

Managerial positions
Boavista F.C. – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
Rio Ave F.C. – managers
C.D. Santa Clara – managers
UD Almería – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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