Mauro Silva

Mauro Silva

Personal information
Full name	Mauro da Silva Gomes
Date of birth	January 12, 1968 (1968-01-12) (age 43)
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1990	Guarani	1	(0)
1990–1992	Bragantino	61	(0)
1992–2005	Deportivo La Coruña	369	(1)
1988–2005	Total	431	(1)
National team
1991–2001	Brazil	59	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mauro da Silva Gomes (born 12 January 1968 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo), simply Silva, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

A workhorse with incredible stamina, as well as tackling and leadership skills, he was best known for his 13-year spell with Deportivo de La Coruña, also being part of Brazil's World Cup-winning squad in 1994.

Football career

After started playing with Guarani Futebol Clube, Silva moved to Clube Atlético Bragantino in 1990, where he spent the following two seasons. Subsequently, he was snapped by Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña, for 250 million pesetas (approximately €1.6 million), arriving at the same time as countryman Bebeto.

With the Galicians, Silva was an everpresent fixture, only suspensions and injuries preventing him from being cast into the starting XI (in 1994–95 he only appeared in six league matches and, already 36, was limited to 20 in his final year), as he helped the club to one league, two cups and three supercups, adding to this the club's five participations in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the semifinals in 2003–04: after a 0–0 draw at F.C. Porto, he missed the second leg due to suspension, and Depor lost 0–1.

On 22 May 2005, after 13 years with Deportivo, Silva was replaced by longtime understudy Aldo Duscher during a 0–3 home loss against RCD Mallorca, bidding farewell to the club and football (in the same match as another club legend, Fran). With Brazil, he collected 58 caps in 10 years, playing all the matches and minutes (except for the second half of the group stage match against Sweden) in the nation's victorious campaign at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		South America		Total
1987	Guarani	Série A	0	0
1988			1	0
1989			0	0
1990	Bragantino	Série A	18	0
1991			21	0
1992			22	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
1992/93	Deportivo	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
1999/00			33	0
2000/01			31	0
2001/02			27	0
2002/03			32	0
2003/04			27	0
2004/05			20	0
Country	Brazil		62	0
	Spain		369	1
Total			431	1

International

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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

Club

• São Paulo State League: 1990
• Spanish League: 1999–2000
• Spanish Cup: 1994–95, 2001–02
• Spanish Supercup: 1995, 2000, 2002

Country

• FIFA World Cup: 1994
• Copa América: 1997; Runner-up 1991
• CONCACAF Gold Cup: Third-place 1998

Individual

• Brazilian Golden Ball: 1991
• Brazilian Silver Ball: 1992

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Mauro Silva at National-Football-Teams.com
• Deportivo archives

Persondata
Name	Silva, Mauro
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	12 January 1968
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death