Paulo da Silva
Paraguayan footballer (born 1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Paraguayan footballer. For the Brazilian wrestler, see Giant Silva. For the Brazilian footballer, see Paulo Rodrigues da Silva.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Da Silva and the second or maternal family name is Barrios.
Paulo César da Silva Barrios (born 1 February 1980) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Independiente in Paraguay, as a centre-back.
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Full name | Paulo César da Silva Barrios[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1980-02-01) 1 February 1980 (age 44) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | 12 de Junio | |||||||||||||
Number | 13 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Atlántida | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1995 | Atlántida | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||
1996 | Presidente Hayes | |||||||||||||
1997 | Sport Colombia | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Cerro Porteño | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||
1998–1999 | Perugia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
1999–2000 | Lanús | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
2000–2001 | Venezia | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
2001 | Cosenza | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2002–2003 | Libertad | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||
2003–2009 | Toluca | 235 | (20) | |||||||||||
2009–2011 | Sunderland | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
2011–2012 | Zaragoza | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||
2012–2015 | Pachuca | 33 | (2) | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | → Toluca (loan) | 76 | (12) | |||||||||||
2015–2017 | Toluca | 72 | (2) | |||||||||||
2017–2021 | Libertad | 50 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | 12 de Octubre | 67 | (2) | |||||||||||
2023 | Independiente | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023- | 12 de Junio | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1994[3] | Paraguay U17 | |||||||||||||
1999 | Paraguay U20 | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||
2000 | Paraguay U23 | |||||||||||||
2000–2017 | Paraguay | 148 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2023 (UTC) |
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He has previously played top-flight football in Paraguay, Italy, Argentina, England and Spain.
He played for the Paraguay national team from 2000 to 2017, and is their most-capped player of all time, earning over 100 caps. He played at two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, helping his country finish as runners-up in the 2011 Copa América.[4]
In 2015, da Silva became a naturalized Mexican citizen.[5]