Martín Silva

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Leites.

Martín Silva

Personal information
Full name	Martín Andrés Silva Leites
Date of birth	March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 28)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Club Olimpia
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2011	Defensor Sporting	176	(0)
2011–	Club Olimpia	10	(0)
National team‡
2001–2003	Uruguay U-20	14	(0)
2009–	Uruguay	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 May 2009

Martín Andrés Silva Leites (born March 25, 1983) is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Paraguayan Primera Division side Club Olimpia and the Uruguay national football team.

Club career

Silva has played all of his professional career in Defensor Sporting, starting in 2002. In 2010, while playing with Defensor in Argentina for the Copa Sudamericana, the goalkeeper was attacked with a rock to the head, thrown by an Independiente fan.^[1] Nonetheless, the game continued and Defensor was eliminated. In August 2011, he signed a five-year contract with the Paraguayan club Olimpia.

International career

Silva has appeared on Uruguay´s youth teams such us the Uruguay national under-17 football team and the Uruguay national under-20 football team during 2000 to 2002. He won his first international cap for Uruguay in a friendly match against Algeria, on August 12, 2009. He was included in the starting line-up of players for that match. Silva was also Uruguay's third choice goalkeeper in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Copa América.

Honors

Club

Defensor Sporting

• Primera División (1): 2007–08

National team

Uruguay

• 2010 World Cup: Fourth Place
• 2011 Copa América: Winner

References

1. ^ "Otra noche de vergüenza y descontrol" (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2010-10-19. http://www.canchallena.com/1316562-otra-noche-de-verg%C3%BCenza-y-descontrol. Retrieved 2010-10-20. 

External links

• Statistics at ESPN Soccernet

Persondata
Name	Silva, Martin
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Short description
Date of birth	1983-03-25
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
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