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| Full name | Mauro da Silva Gomes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1968-01-12)12 January 1968 (age 57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Guarani | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Bragantino | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2005 | Deportivo La Coruña | 369 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 431 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2001 | Brazil | 59 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mauro da Silva Gomes (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈmawɾuˈsiwvɐ]; born 12 January 1968), known asMauro Silva, is a Brazilian former professionalfootballer who played as adefensive midfielder.
A hard-working player with great stamina, as well as tackling and leadership skills, he was best known for his spell withDeportivo. He amassed competitive totals of 458 games and one goal over 13La Liga seasons, winning six major titles.[1][2]
Silva representedBrazil at the1994 World Cup and twoCopa América tournaments, winning the former tournament.
Silva was born inSão Bernardo do Campo,São Paulo. After starting playing withGuarani he moved toBragantino in 1990, where he spent the following two seasons. Subsequently, he was acquired up by Spain'sDeportivo de La Coruña, for 250 millionpesetas (approximately€1.6 million), arriving at the same time as countrymanBebeto.
Silva was an everpresent fixture with theGalicians, only suspensions and injuries preventing him from being cast into the starting XI – in the1994–95 campaign he only appeared in sixLa Liga matches[3] and, already 36, was limited to 20 inhis final year – as he helped them to one league, twocups and threesupercups, adding to this the team's five participations in theUEFA Champions League, reaching the semi-finals in2003–04: after a 0–0 away draw againstFC Porto he missed the second leg due to suspension, andDepor lost 1–0.[4][5]
On 22 May 2005, after 13 years with Deportivo, Silva wasreplaced by longtime understudyAldo Duscher during a 3–0 home loss againstRCD Mallorca, bidding farewell to theEstadio Riazor and football in the same match as another club legend,Fran.[6]
In December 2016, as Deportivo celebrated its 110th anniversary, Silva was chosen by club fans as the best player in its history.[2][7]
WithBrazil, Silva collected 59caps over ten years, making his debut in 1991. He played in every match and minute (except for the second half of the group stage match againstSweden) in his nation's victorious campaign at the1994 FIFA World Cup;[8] in the same year, he was named byFIFA as the ninth best player in the world.[9] According to the organisation, the lack of attacking play in thefinal of the tournament againstItaly was in part down to strong holding midfield play byDino Baggio for Italy, andDunga and Mauro Silva for Brazil; following a 0–0 draw after extra-time, Brazil won the match in a penalty shoot-out.[10]
A consistent and hard-working holding midfielder, with excellent stamina, tackling, leadership qualities, and a capacity to read the game well, Mauro Silva was known in particular for his ability to win back possession and distribute the ball accurately to his teammates, rather than for his flair and creativity. He helped to provide balance for his more offensive-minded teammates, forming a strong defensive midfield partnership with Dunga for Brazil during their victorious 1994 World Cup campaign.[1][10][11][12][13]
| Club | Season | League | ||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guarani | 1987 | Série A | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bragantino | 1990 | Série A | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61 | 0 | ||
| Deportivo | 1992–93 | La Liga | 37 | 0 |
| 1993–94 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 1994–95 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 369 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 431 | 1 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 0 | |
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