Fernando Dinarte Santos Silva (born 3 October 1980), known simply as Fernando, is a Portuguese retired

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. Mainly a

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, he could also play as a

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Football career

Fernando was born in

Funchal Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of ...

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. After also playing youth football there he was promoted to local powerhouse

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo ( locally ), is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Lig ...

's first team for the 1999–2000 season, but served only as a backup for the vast majority of his 12-year spell. On 30 September 2007, in a 1–1 away draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Fernando scored the club's historical 1,000 goal in the

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. However, he appeared in just five games during that campaign. Fernando played a combined 23 league matches for Marítimo in the following three years – no appearances whatsoever in 2010–11 – continuing to feature for the reserves sporadically. At the age of 30 he moved abroad for the first time, signing with

C.R.D. Libolo Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, usually known simply as Recreativo do Libolo, is an Angolan multisport club based in Libolo, Cuanza Sul Province. History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three different clubs in the vill ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernando Silva 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Funchal Portuguese footballers Madeiran footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football utility players Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players C.S. Marítimo players Girabola players C.R.D. Libolo players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Angola Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola