Emílio da Silva

Not to be confused with da Silva (footballer, born 1988).

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]

Ari^[1]

Personal information
Full name	Emilio Ribeiro Neves da Silva[1]
Date of birth	(1982-04-05) 5 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Dili, East Timor, Indonesia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Carsae FC
Number	10[citation needed]
Youth career
2000–2002	FC Zebra[citation needed]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	FC Zebra[citation needed]	38	(20)
2004–2010	AD Esperança[citation needed]	193	(121)
2010–2014	Ad. Dili Oeste[2]
2015–	Carsae FC
International career‡
2004–2012	Timor-Leste	18	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 October 2007	Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	Hong Kong	1–2	2–3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				2–1
3.	28 October 2007	Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong		1–3	1–8

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. "AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Timor Leste #10 ARY". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
3. "The Mag: Best-paid players from 200 countries". 4 May 2012.
4. Emílio da Silva – FIFA competition record (archived)
5. "da Silva, Emilio 'Ary'". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 April 2017.