Antônio da Silva (born 13 June 1978) is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Da Silva began his professional career with

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in 1997, but did not play any league matches. In 1999, he moved to

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of Regionalliga Süd. Four years later, he joined

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where he completed 90 domestic league matches, before being transferred to

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in 2006. He won the

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during his time there, in the 2006–07 season. He then moved to

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but was put on loan to Swiss side

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after just one season. On 26 June 2009 it was announced that da Silva had signed a contract over a one-year loan to

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, with an option of a definitive takeover. It was hoped that he could be the replacement for Basel's play-maker Ivan Ergic, who had just retired from his active football career. He joined Basel's first team during their 2009–10 season under head coach

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. After playing in three test games, da Silva played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the

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on 12 July 2009 as Basel suffered a 0–2 defeat against St. Gallen. In a test match on 13 October against an amateur selection from Sissach-Gelterkinden, da Silva scored a hat-trick within 17 minutes. He scored his first league goal for the club in the away game again in the

against St. Gallen as Basel won the game 4–2 on 21 March 2010. At the end of the 2009–10 season he won the

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with the club. They won the

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Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed Young Boys. The team won the

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, winning the final 6–0 against

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. Da Silva played the full 90 minutes. The club did not take their contracted option and da Silva left the club. During the season with the club, da Silva played a total of 45 games for Basel scoring a total of five goals. 25 of these games were in the

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, three in the

, eight in the Europa League and nine were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league and the afore mentioned hattrick in the test game. For the 2010–11 season, he returned to the Bundesliga by signing a one-year contract with

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. On 21 April 2011, he signed a new one-year contract with Borussia. He left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Honours

VfB Stuttgart *

: 2006–07 Basel *

: 2009–10 *

: 2009–10 Borussia Dortmund *

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, 2011–12 *

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: 2011–12

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Antonio Da 1978 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players CR Flamengo footballers SV Eintracht Trier 05 players Eintracht Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt II players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players VfB Stuttgart players Karlsruher SC players FC Basel players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players MSV Duisburg players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)