Igor Silva (footballer)
Igor Silva de Almeida (born 21 August 1996), simply known as Igor Silva or formerly Igor Carioca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French club Lorient.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Igor Silva de Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Comercial | |||
| 2015–2016 | Asteras Tripolis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Comercial | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Asteras Tripolis | 27 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Olympiacos | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → AEK Larnaca (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Osijek (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Osijek | 35 | (0) |
| 2021– | Lorient | 28 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2021 | |||
Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Igor started his professional career with Comercial Futebol Clube in Brazil. In 2013, at the age of 13, he made his first team debut in the Copa Paulista. Two years later, he featured for the team in Paulista A2.[2] In 2015, he moved abroad and joined the academy of Greek club Asteras Tripoli. He was promoted to the senior team in the following season.[2] He spent two seasons with the club, amassing 34 caps, scoring one goal and adding two assists.[1] On 11 January 2018, he joined fellow league club Olympiacos as a replacement for the departing Diogo Figueiras.[3]
However, Igor did not play regularly after being found surplus to requirements by manager Pedro Martins.[4] On 18 July 2019, he joined Cypriot club AEK Larnaca on a season-long loan deal.[4] On 18 July 2018 after a year in Cyprus, he joined Croatian club NK Osijek on a season-long loan deal.[5] On 29 July 2020, Osijek announce the acquisition of the player signing a three-year contract from Olympiacos on a transfer fee in the range of €1 million.[6]
On 23 July 2021, he joined French club Lorient on a five-year contract.[7]
Style of play
Although Igor Silva started his career as a forward, he switched his position to right back during his stint in the Asteras Tripolis academy.[2]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 21 July 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Comercial | 2013[8] | Paulista A2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014[8] | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2015[8] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Asteras Tripolis | 2015–16[8] | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[8] | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18[8] | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Olympiacos | 2017–18[8] | Superleague Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| AEK Larnaca (loan) | 2018–19[8] | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 12[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Osijek (loan) | 2019–20[8] | Prva HNL | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Osijek | 2020–21[8] | Prva HNL | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |
| Career total | 116 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 3 | ||
- ^ One Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
AEK Larnaca
- Cypriot Super Cup: 2018[9]
Individual
- Cypriot First Division Team of the Year: 2018–19[10]
- Croatian First League Team of the Year: 2019–20, 2020–21
References
- ^ a b c "Igor Silva joins Olympiacos". Olympiacos F.C. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ex-lateral do Comercial-SP é confirmando como reforço no grego Olympiacos" [Ex-side of Comercial-SP is confirming as reinforcement in the Greek Olympiacos] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Olympiacos sign defender Igor Silva, search for more squad reinforcements". Agona Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Igor Silva joins AEK Larnaca on loan from Olympiacos". SDNA. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Ολυμπιακός: Στην Όσιγιεκ ο Ιγκόρ Σίλβα". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Ολυμπιακός: Η Όσιγεκ αγόρασε τον Ιγκόρ Σίλβα". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "FC Lorient. Igor Silva, première recrue lorientaise". www.letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 23 July 2021..
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Igor Carioca". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "LES RÉSULTATS DU MATCH APOEL - AEK LARNACA, COMPTE, STATISTIQUES, RÉSULTATS". football24.cm. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ paspadmin (13 May 2019). "Οι κορυφαίοι ποδοσφαιριστές της σεζόν 2018/19!". ΠΑΣΠ. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
External links
- Superleague Greece profile