Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva or simply Charles (born 14 February 1985), is a Brazilian former

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Career

Da Silva arrived at Cruzeiro in October 2003, at age 18, as a defender in the junior team. He was loaned to Ipatinga in 2005, when he won the State Championship. The next year, he was a defender with Cabofriense and returned to Ipatinga for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Da Silva returned to Cruzeiro in May 2007 for his first opportunity in the professional team, where he remained until the end of August 2008, when 70% of rights were traded to Lokomotiv Moscow of Russia. He played 67 games for Cruzeiro and scored 7 goals. On 4 February 2013, in an exchange for Luan, he signed for Palmeiras until the end of season."Luan dá autógrafos ao chegar a Minas e espera agradar cruzeirenses"
''ESPN.co.br.'', February 4, 2013

Honours

;Ipatinga *

Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Minas Gerais Football Federation (FMF). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: bef ...

: 2005 ;Cruzeiro *

: 2008 ;Santos *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

;Palmeiras *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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* 1985 births Living people Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Russian Premier League players Süper Lig players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Santos FC players Copa Libertadores–winning players SE Palmeiras players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Al Raed FC players Antalyaspor footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub