Marco da Silva (born 10 April 1992) is a French-Portuguese
footballer who plays as a
midfielder.
Career
Da Silva is a former graduate of the
Clairefontaine academy.
After leaving Clairefontaine, da Silva joined Valenciennes and was promoted to its reserve team after two seasons in the club's youth academy. He helped the team earn promotion to the
Championnat de France amateur
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in the
2010–11 season and is the team's current
captain
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.
Da Silva made his professional debut with Valenciennes on 31 August 2011 against
Dijon in the
Coupe de la Ligue
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. He started the match and was substituted out after 73 minutes as Valenciennes were defeated 3–2.
References
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1992 births
Living people
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
French men's footballers
French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
Ligue 1 players
Men's association football midfielders
NK Domžale players
NK Krško Posavje players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Valenciennes FC players