Nuno Filipe da Silva (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss professional

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player who plays for FC Aarau in the

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Football career

A youth product of Young Boys, he made his professional debut for his former youth club Breitenrain in the

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, the third tier of Swiss football. On 23 July 2017, da Silva made his top-flight debut with

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in the

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, in a match against

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. In

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, he was relegated together with Thun to the

, after losing the relegation play-off to FC Vaduz. He caused quite a stir in February 2021, when he signed for Swiss record champion

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. GC had been relegated to the Challenge League the previous season and were in direct competition with Thun for the top spot at the time. Together with GC, he achieved promotion to the

at the end of the season. After one and a half years at

, he returned to the Challenge League, signing with FC Aarau on 16 June 2022. He had previously played at Aarau in 2016 during a loan spell.

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* 1994 births Footballers from Zürich Swiss people of Portuguese descent Living people Swiss men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Breitenrain Bern players FC Aarau players FC Thun players FC Winterthur players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub