Silvestro "Silvio" Proto (born 23 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Proto spent the majority of his career with

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

, for whom he made over 300 appearances, won 13 trophies and served as captain for two seasons between 2005 and 2016. His other previous clubs include R.A.C.S. Couillet, Olympic Charleroi,

La Louvière La Louvière (; wa, El Lovire) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussoit, Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Houdeng-Aimeries, Hou ...

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

KV Oostende Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende () or KVO, is a Belgian football club from the city of Ostend, West Flanders in Belgium. The team was founded in 1904 as ''VG Oostende'' and has the matricule No. 31. History In 1911, a ...

and

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. He has also represented the Belgium national team, earning 13 caps between 2004 and 2011. He was called up as a replacement for the injured

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for Belgium's

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squad. However, he himself got injured and was then replaced by Sammy Bossut. On 28 September 2008, while playing for Germinal Beerschot, he scored a last minute equalizer in the 2–2 draw with

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for the

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Personal life

Proto is of part Sicilian descent and practises

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

La Louvière *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2003 Belgian Cup Final, 2002–03 Anderlecht *

(6): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 *

: 2007–08 Belgian Cup, 2007–08 * Belgian Supercup (6):

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Lazio *

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

: 2018–19 *

Supercoppa Italiana The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...

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Individual

* Belgian Professional Goalkeeper of the Season: 2004-05, 2011-12, 2012-13 *

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: 2008 * Belgian Bronze Shoe: 2012, 2013 * Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2013 * DH The Best RSC Anderlecht Team Ever: 2020

References

External links

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Silvio Proto naar KV Oostende: "Had nood aan nieuwe uitdaging"
nieuwsblad.be, 15 June 2016 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Charleroi Footballers from Hainaut (province) Belgian footballers R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes players R.A.A. Louviéroise players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Beerschot A.C. players K.V. Oostende players Olympiacos F.C. players S.S. Lazio players Belgium international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgian First Division A players Super League Greece players Serie A players Association football goalkeepers Belgian people of Sicilian descent Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy {{Belgium-footy-goalkeeper-stub