Rubén Fernando da Silva Echeverrito (born 11 April 1968) is a retired Uruguayan

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who played as a striker. He played for a number of clubs in

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and

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. Da Silva started his career in 1986 with Danubio in the Primera División Uruguaya. In 1988, he helped the team to win the league title, contributing 23 goals, which also won him the title of topscorer. In 1989, he moved to Argentine giants River Plate, where he was part of the team that won the Primera Division in 1988–1989. Da Silva then moved to

in 1991, where he played for U.S. Cremonese before returning to River Plate in 1992, where he was topscorer in the

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1993, prompting his move to

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club has ...

In 1994 Da Silva returned to Argentina to play for River Plate's fiercest rivals, Boca Juniors. In 1995 Da Silva left Boca to join

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, where he won the

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(currently known as Copa Sudamericana) in 1995, and was again topscorer of Argentina, with 15 goals in the Apertura 1997 tournament. Da Silva had a two-year spell with UAG Tecos in Mexico before returning home to Uruguay with

Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mon ...

in 2000. Nacional won the Primera Division in 2000, then Da Silva returned to his first club, Danubio, where he retired in 2004 after helping the club to claim the Primera division title.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Ruben da 1968 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Uruguayan expatriate footballers Association football forwards Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players La Liga players Danubio F.C. players Club Atlético River Plate footballers U.S. Cremonese players CD Logroñés footballers Boca Juniors footballers Rosario Central footballers Club Nacional de Football players Tecos F.C. footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Italy Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Uruguay international footballers 1989 Copa América players 1995 Copa América players 1997 Copa América players Uruguayan football managers El Tanque Sisley managers Copa América-winning players C.A. Progreso managers