Néstor Andrés Silvera (born 14 March 1977) is a former Argentine
football striker. He has played for a number of other clubs in the
Argentine Primera División, as well as
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...
in Mexico.
With 45 goals, Silvera is the fifth all-time highest goalscorer of Tigres UANL.
Playing & Managing Career
Silvera began his career in 1994 with his hometown team
Comisión de Actividades Infantiles
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. He played for them in the lower leagues for 3 seasons, before transferring to
Huracán in the
Argentine Primera División. After one season, he moved on to
Unión.
In 2001, Silvera was signed by
Independiente. During the
2002 Apertura tournament he played an important role in helping Independiente claim their first Argentine league title in eight years. He was the top scorer of the tournament with 16 goals.
In 2003, Silvera was sold to
Mexican side
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...
, where he became top scorer in the
Primera División de México for the 2004 Clausura tournament.
In 2006, he returned to Argentine football with
San Lorenzo, and in 2007 he helped the club to win the
Clausura tournament.
In 2009, Silvera returned to
Independiente. He was part of the team that ended up as champion of the
2010 Copa Sudamericana
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.
In 2011, Silvera joined
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People
* Joaquín Belgrano (1773–1848), an Argentine patriot
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* Joseph Belgrano (1762–1823), Argentine military officer and politician, brother of Manuel
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.
In 2017 he joined
Al-Hilal FC
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technical staff as a second assistant coach for the first football team.
Titles
;Independiente
*
Argentine Primera División (1):
2002 Apertura
*
Copa Sudamericana (1):
2010
;San Lorenzo
*
Argentine Primera División (1):
2007 Clausura
Individual honours
*Goleador (top scorer),
Primera Division: Apertura 2002.
*Goleador (top scorer)
Primera División de México: Clausura 2004.
References
External links
Argentine Primera statisticsat Fútbol XXI
Profileat Football-Lineups
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1977 births
Living people
People from Comodoro Rivadavia
Argentine footballers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Association football forwards
Comisión de Actividades Infantiles footballers
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
Club Atlético Banfield footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Liga MX players
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico