_(cropped).jpg) Nilmar playing forInternacional in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nilmar Honorato da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Bandeirantes, Paraná, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Internacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Internacional | 42 | (16) |
| 2004–2005 | Lyon | 32 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | →Corinthians | 28 | (7) |
| 2006–2007 | Corinthians | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Internacional | 36 | (19) |
| 2009–2012 | Villarreal | 85 | (26) |
| 2012–2014 | Al Rayyan | 35 | (16) |
| 2014 | El Jaish | 3 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Internacional | 15 | (5) |
| 2015–2017 | Al-Nasr | 26 | (11) |
| 2017 | Santos | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 307 | (104) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Brazil U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2011 | Brazil | 24 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nilmar Honorato da Silva (born 14 July 1984), commonly known asNilmar, is a Brazilian former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
He won club and personal honours withInternacional andCorinthians in Brazil, and also played in France forLyon and in Spain forVillarreal. He also had several short spells in the Middle East towards the end of his career.
Nilmar made his international debut forBrazil in 2003 and scored 9 goals in 24 appearances. He was part of their squad that won the2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and represented his nation at the2010 FIFA World Cup.
After coming through the youth ranks ofInternacional, Nilmar was promoted to the first team in 2002 and appeared regularly.
Nilmar was signed byLyon in the summer of 2004, initially as cover for fellow Brazilian forwardGiovane Élber. He signed with a clause in his contract that stated that he could be loaned back to Internacional once Élber was fit.[citation needed]
Nilmar made an impressive start during his stint at Lyon, scoring two debut goals as a substitute againstRennes. He did not score any more goals in theLigue 1 that season.
With the impending signing ofFred, Lyon chose to loan Nilmar out, this time toCorinthians in his native Brazil. They were somewhat forced to do this in order to stay within the limit of non-EU players.[1]
As well as this law, Lyon already had four established forwards, namely Fred,Sylvain Wiltord,Milan Baroš, andSidney Govou, and, despite his good performances with Corinthians, Nilmar was ultimately sold to the South American club, for €10 million.[2] At Corinthians, the young striker hit the target on his debut againstSão Paulo FC, with almost his first touch of the ball and he continued to impress fans and critics alike throughout his first season. His skill, speed, and mazy dribbles helped win him a place in the Brazilian League all-star team for the 2005 season.
On 17 August 2007, the Justiça do Trabalho (literally "court of employment") cancelled Nilmar's contract[3] because Corinthians and third-party ownerMSI owed the player €2 million.[citation needed] Nilmar was consequently available to sign for any club for free,[citation needed] while Corinthians must still pay the transfer debt of €8million they owed to Lyon for Nilmar's original transfer in 2006.[4] Eventually Corinthians agreed to pay Lyon €6.5 million for the overdue portion of the transfer debt in December 2007.[5] after losing the case in theCourt of Arbitration for Sport[2] and FIFA Players' Status Committee.
In the following month, Nilmar returned to Internacional for undisclosed fee to Corinthians and third-party owners.,[4] despite the interest of several major clubs in Europe and Brazil. It was reported that Inter partnered withD.I.S. to sign 50% economic rights for €3 million.[6] Internacional had sold 20% economic rights forR$5.46 million to unknown parties in 2007.[7] He made his new debut for thePorto Alegre team on 4 November 2007, when Inter beatCR Vasco da Gama 2–1. He was chosen as the Man of the Match.
In January 2008, he scored an impressive goal againstInternazionale of Italy in the Dubai Cup final, which helped his side win the game. In the summer of 2008,Palermo offered €15 million, with a bonus of up to €3 million. This was rejected,[8] however, and activated the clause that Internacional bought 20% economic rights from Nilmar for reported €2.4 million, with other parties retained 50% economic rights.[9]
In December 2008, he scored the winning goal in theCopa Sudamericana final match, giving Internacional the title. It was the first time that the Copa Sudamericana was won by a Brazilian club.
In July 2009, Nilmar returned to Europe, signing for Spain'sVillarreal CF for an estimated €10 million fee.[10] He built up a prolific strike partnership with Italy internationalGiuseppe Rossi, which he likened to his title-winning alliance withCarlos Tevez at Corinthians.[11]
On 17 September 2009, Nilmar scored the winning goal in theEuropa League group stage clash against Bulgarian sideLevski Sofia.[12]
On 10 March 2011, he netted twice (including alast-minute goal) to help his team to a 3–2 away win against German clubBayer Leverkusen in the first leg of a last 16-round match of theEuropa League.[13] He again netted twice against Twente which his side won 5–1 at home.
On 15 July 2012,Qatar Stars League sideAl Rayyan announced that they signed Nilmar on a four-year deal, ahead of undergoing a medical.[14]
He was loaned toLekhwiya for one game on 31 December so that he could take part in the club's friendly match againstPSG on 2 January 2013.[15] He was selected as a cover forSebastián Soria who was training with theQatar national team for the upcoming Asian Cup.
On 6 August 2013, he declared to Arabic news network Al Jazeera that he was looking to terminate his loan at Lekhwiya and return to Al Rayyan following a training ground bust up with Lekhwiya first team coach Oliver Rumbold.
On 24 January 2014, Nilmar signed forEl Jaish.[16] On 16 September, already as afree agent, he returned to Internacional for a third spell, signing until December 2017.[17]
On 30 July 2015, Nilmar moved toAl-Nasr for two seasons.[18] After scoring 11 league goals in his first season, he was separated from the first team.
On 10 July 2017, Nilmar signed a contract withSantos until December 2018, after being released by Al-Nasr.[19] In September, after just 39 minutes of action in two appearances, his contract was suspended with the player alleging "personal reasons"; it was later revealed that he was suffering withdepression.[20]
On 13 December 2017, Nilmar cut ties with Santos, after appearing in just two matches.[21]
Nilmar made his international debut forBrazil in2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match againstMexico on 13 July 2003. He appeared three times in the tournament as Brazil was defeated by Mexico in the final. Although Brazil chose to sendBrazil under-23 team to the tournament, all the international appearances in the tournament are recognized byFIFA as full internationalcaps. His first international goal came againstHaiti on 18 August 2004, as Brazil won 6–0.
After four years out of the national team, on 29 August 2008, Nilmar was recalled by coachDunga as a replacement for the injuredRafael Sóbis forWorld Cup qualifiers againstChile andBolivia. On 21 May 2009, he was selected in Brazil squad for the2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.[22] He made one substitute appearance in the tournament as Brazil went on to win the competition.
On 9 September 2009, he scored ahat-trick for Brazil in a 4–2 win againstChile.[23] On 14 November 2009, Nilmar scored the only goal of the match with a header in a friendly againstEngland. He then scored again in a second friendly match on 17 November 2009 againstOman. He was a member of the Brazil squad that took part at the2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa, appearing as a substitute. He scored Brazil's third goal in a friendly match on 7 October 2010 againstIran.
Nilmar is married to Laura Guimarães.[24][25]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | State League | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Internacional | 2003 | Série A | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 43 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | 30 | 12 | |||
| Total | 42 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | — | 73 | 24 | |||
| Lyon | 2004–05[27] | Ligue 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9[b] | 4 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 6 | |
| 2005–06[27] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | 43 | 6 | |||
| Corinthians | 2005 | Série A | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | ||||
| 2006 | 11 | 1 | — | 8[e] | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 6 | ||||
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 47 | 12 | |||
| Internacional | 2007 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7[a] | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | 42 | 20 | |||
| 2009 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 16 | 13 | 1[f] | 0 | 30 | 19 | |||
| Total | 36 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 39 | ||
| Villarreal | 2009–10 | La Liga | 33 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9[g] | 1 | — | — | 44 | 12 | ||
| 2010–11 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12[g] | 7 | — | — | 44 | 18 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | — | 28 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 85 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 8 | — | — | 116 | 34 | ||||
| Al Rayyan | 2012–13 | Qatar Stars League | 20 | 14 | — | 6[h] | 3 | — | — | 26 | 17 | |||
| 2013–14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 42 | 19 | ||||
| El Jaish | 2013–14 | Qatar Stars League | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[h] | 6 | — | — | 12 | 8 | ||
| Internacional | 2014 | Série A | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | 7 | 3 | — | 8[e] | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 25 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 5 | — | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 33 | 9 | ||||
| Al-Nasr | 2015–16 | UAE Pro League | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6[h] | 3 | — | 6[i] | 2 | 38 | 16 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 6 | 2 | 38 | 16 | |||
| Santos | 2017 | Série A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 307 | 104 | 21 | 2 | 81 | 37 | 58 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 476 | 167 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 8 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 8 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 June 2009 | Estádio do Arruda,Recife, Brazil |  Paraguay | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 9 September 2009 | Estádio de Pituaçu,Salvador, Brazil |  Chile | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 3–2 | |||||
| 4 | 4–2 | |||||
| 5 | 11 October 2009 | Estadio Hernando Siles,La Paz, Bolivia |  Bolivia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 14 November 2009 | Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium,Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |  England | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 17 November 2009 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex,Muscat, Oman |  Oman | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 7 October 2010 | Zayed Sports City Stadium,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Iran | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
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