Profile David Silva

Personal information

Full name : David Josué Jiménez Silva
Date of birth : 8 January 1986
Place of birth : Arguineguín, Spain
Height : 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position : Midfielder / Winger
Current club : Manchester City
Number : 21
Youth career :
UD San Fernando
2000–2003 Valencia
Senior career :
2003–2004 Valencia B
2004–2010 Valencia
2004–2005 → Eibar (loan)
2005–2006 → Celta Vigo (loan)
2010– Manchester City
National team :
2001–2002 Spain U16
2002–2003 Spain U17
2004–2005 Spain U19
2005 Spain U20
2004–2006 Spain U21
2006– Spain

Club career

Valencia

Silva made his businesswoman début within 2004–05, with Segunda División's SD Eibar, onto credit from Valencia, performing 35 league toys and scoring onto five occasions. In the consecutive season, he was again loaned, this moment towards Celta de Vigo, whereas he performed 34 fits, scoring four goals. After two late spare impressions, the former within a 2–0 house victory again Málaga CF onto 28 August 2005, Silva ceased as an undisputed starter as the Galician side reached the UEFA Cup straight from the second-tier.

Silva replaced towards Valencia within the 2006 summer, advancing towards become an automatic first-choice despite his young age (20). In two seasons jointly, he alone missed six fits whilst netting 14 goals (his former arriving onto 5 November 2006 within a 1–1 draw at RCD Espanyol). In August 2008, he lengthy his relate a further five years, amidst interest of numerous Premier League teams.

After not having appeared within the former three months of 2008–09 due towards a chronic ankle ailment, Silva replaced towards the call-ups within mid-December. On three January 2009, he scored twice within a 3–1 house victory again Atlético de Madrid, still contributing with 19 fits (four goals) as the Che experienced for the Europa League.

In the 2009–10 season, Silva scored a career-best eight goals, as Valencia ceased within third grading and replaced towards the UEFA Champions League. On 15 April 2010, he scored a brace against Athletic Bilbao for a 2–0 house victory, adding three assists within the 4–4 thriller at SV Werder Bremen, for the Europa League's round of 16.

Manchester City

On thirty June 2010, Manchester City informed that they had reached an dealing with Valencia again the shift of Silva and that he would collaborate the club onto a four-year import, prior towards the activate of the 2010–11 season. On 14 July, the Premier League side finalised the signing; the musician was honored the 21 shirt.[8][9][10] Manchester City had previously endeavoured towards sign Silva and his Valencia team-mate David Villa within 2008, but were put off when Valencia put a £135m jointly price label onto both players.

On 14 August 2010, Silva made his league début, within a 0–0 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. On 16 September, he scored his former goal for the club, eight minutes into the Europa League category match against FC Red Bull Salzburg. He scored his former league goal onto 17 October against Blackpool, netting City's third goal within a 3–2 away win. In the 3-1 house victory within the Europa League against Lech Poznan, he predetermined up two goals for Emmanuel Adebayor.. His dramas possess sighted him victory back towards back Player of the Month honors from Manchester City for October and November.. He made another aid slipping across Adam Johnson for Manchester City's third within a 3-1 away victory against West Ham United.

International career

Silva former portrayed Spain within the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship within Finland, scoring three goals. In 2006, he became an under-21 international and scored four goals during the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship; this was adequate towards incur him joint-fourth site within the goal ordering, beside Italian striker Graziano Pellè.

Silva made his senior international début within the 1–0 friendly house defeat towards Romania onto 15 November 2006, and persisted towards obtain call-ups towards the side as soon as nice contributions within his former games. On 22 August 2007, he scored his former two goals for Spain, netting twice within a 3–2 friendly victory versus Greece, and was otherwise called-up towards the squad of 23 for UEFA Euro 2008.

In the semi-finals toy versus Russia, Silva scored the third goal for Spain as soon as a rapid counter-attack within which Fàbregas delivered a low cross, and he posted the ball into Igor Akinfeev's goal with his deserted foot. In the final, he was embroiled within an incident with Germany's Lukas Podolski. After he heaved Podolski towards the ground, the German contacted Silva, which resulted within an angry exchange of vocabulary and a arriving together of brains that the referee decided not towards punish. Shortly thereafter, Spanish instructor Luis Aragonés substituted Silva for Santi Cazorla within an tackle towards composure the tensions.

After appearing frequently during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification levels – Spain won everybody ten fixtures – Silva was also chosen for the squad for the finals within South Africa. His involvement would be however a low one, as the national team won the tournament: he activated within the former match, a 0–1 category level defeat against Switzerland, otherwise performed the last four minutes of the 1–0 victory against Germany within the semifinals.

On August 11, 2010, during an international friendly with Mexico, Silva scored two minutes into second-half sting moment, ending the toy with a 1–1 draw.

In an Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein onto three September 2010, Silva scored as soon as 62 minutes, within a 4–0 away win. The consecutive month, within the equivalent competition, he scored across a rare header, as the national team downed Lithuania within Salamanca (3–1)