José Barros Silva (born 26 December 1973 in

Praia Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

an retired

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who played as a defender. His first club was ADESBA of the

Santiago Island League The Santiago Island League was a regional championship played in all of Santiago Island until 2002 when it was broken up into two present divisions, the North and the South zones, Cape Verde. It formed a part of the Santiago Regional Football As ...

in which he played from 1999 until 2002. He later played in France with

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for a season. He was then one of the first players and defenders of any team in the Middle East, all of them in Qatar, first with al-Ahli of Doha from 2003 to 2005 then

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for three seasons until 2008. He returned to Cape Verde and in 2013 became assistant coach for

Sporting Clube da Praia Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: ''Sporting Klubi di Praia'') is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is ...

for a season. A year later he became coach of

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until 2016.

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* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Praia Cape Verdean men's footballers Men's association football defenders AD Bairro players Santiago South Premier Division players Qatar Stars League players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Al-Shamal SC players Cape Verde men's international footballers Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Cape Verdean football managers Académica da Praia Sporting Clube da Praia Wasquehal Football players {{CapeVerde-footy-bio-stub