Néstor Andrés Silvera (born 14 March 1977) is a former Argentine

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striker. He has played for a number of other clubs in the

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, as well as

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

in Mexico. With 45 goals, Silvera is the fifth all-time highest goalscorer of Tigres UANL.

Playing & Managing Career

Silvera began his career in 1994 with his hometown team

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. He played for them in the lower leagues for 3 seasons, before transferring to

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in the

. After one season, he moved on to Unión. In 2001, Silvera was signed by Independiente. During the 2002 Apertura tournament he played an important role in helping Independiente claim their first Argentine league title in eight years. He was the top scorer of the tournament with 16 goals. In 2003, Silvera was sold to Mexican side

, where he became top scorer in the

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for the 2004 Clausura tournament. In 2006, he returned to Argentine football with San Lorenzo, and in 2007 he helped the club to win the Clausura tournament. In 2009, Silvera returned to Independiente. He was part of the team that ended up as champion of the

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. In 2011, Silvera joined

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. In 2017 he joined

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technical staff as a second assistant coach for the first football team.

Titles

;Independiente *

(1): 2002 Apertura *

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(1):

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;Tigres UANL *

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(2):

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;San Lorenzo *

(1): 2007 Clausura

Individual honours

*Goleador (top scorer), Primera Division: Apertura 2002. *Goleador (top scorer)

: Clausura 2004.

References

External links

* at Fútbol XXI
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at Football-Lineups {{DEFAULTSORT:Silvera, Andres 1977 births Living people Copa Sudamericana–winning players Footballers from Comodoro Rivadavia Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Comisión de Actividades Infantiles footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Tigres UANL footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico