Mário Silva (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Magalhães and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

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.

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 1995 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Silva was born in Porto. Having grown through the ranks of local Boavista F.C.^[1] he went on to represent FC Nantes,^[2] FC Porto, Recreativo de Huelva and Cádiz CF,^[3] returning to Boavista in June 2006^[4] and leaving after two seasons due to unpaid wages, in a litigation that would only be concluded in March 2010.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Midway through the 2008–09 campaign, Silva moved countries again and joined Doxa Katokopias FC of the Cypriot First Division.^[8] 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.^[9]

Silva resigned from his position just five months into the season, citing lack of payment as the reason for his departure.^[10] He subsequently returned to Porto, going on to act as manager for several youth sides^[11] and leading the under-19s to the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League;^[12] he was, however, replaced by Tulipa shortly after.^[13]

In September 2019, Silva was appointed director of academy at Spanish Segunda División club UD Almería, where his compatriot Pedro Emanuel was the coach.^[14][15] The following 26 June, he took the reins of the main squad until the end of the campaign,^[16][17] but was dismissed on 27 July just before the start of the promotion play-offs.^[18]

Days after leaving Spain, Silva was given his first top-flight job in his country, replacing Carlos Carvalhal at Rio Ave FC.^[19] 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.^[20] He left on 30 December 2020, with them in 13th.^[21]

Silva became C.D. Santa Clara's fourth manager of the season on 10 January 2022, signing a short-term contract.^[22] 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.^[23]

On 7 July 2024, Silva was appointed at Saudi First Division League's Al-Najma SC.^[24]

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		15 June 2011	9 November 2011	8	5	2	1	11	3	+8	062.50	[25]
Almería		26 June 2020	27 July 2020	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	028.57	[26]
Rio Ave		3 August 2020	30 December 2020	16	5	7	4	15	18	−3	031.25	[27]
Santa Clara		10 January 2022	6 January 2023	38	8	14	16	39	51	−12	021.05	[28]
Al-Najma		7 July 2024		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				69	20	25	24	73	81	−8	028.99	—

Honours

Player

Boavista

• Taça de Portugal: 1996–97
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1997

Nantes

• Ligue 1: 2000–01^[2]

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04
• Taça de Portugal: 2002–03
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03

Portugal

• UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1994

Manager

Porto U19

• Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2018–19
• UEFA Youth League: 2018–19

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

• Mário Silva at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Mário Silva at BDFutbol
• Mário Silva national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Mário Silva at National-Football-Teams.com