Career
Born in Lamego, Viseu, Silva emerged through Football Club Porto"s youth system, but could never be more than third-choice with its first team In the 1995-1996 season he was part of the Primeira Liga-winning squad by playing four minutes in one game, and previously made his professional debuts at Rio Avenue Football Club. Silva spent the better part of his career with two modest clubs in the top flight, South Carolina (U.S.) Salgueiros – who had previously loaned him to Porto – and Communicative Disorders Santa Clara, reaching the national team for his only cap with the former on 15 November 2000, where he featured one minute in a friendly with Israel after coming on as a substitute for Quim. In the 2003-2004 campaign he played with the Azores side in the second level and, from there onwards, competed mainly in the third, with brief returns to the second tier.
In the summer of 2008, 36-year-old Silva signed with U.D. Oliveirense, freshly promoted to division two.
After one season he called it quits, joining the club"s coaching staff as goalkeepers" manager. However, a string of injuries propelled him back to action, and he eventually appeared in five matches during 2009-2010 (three wins, one loss, one draw, seven goals conceded), with Oliveirense narrowly missing out on another promotion.
In June 2010, he retired for good and returned to his previous post.