Elpídio Pereira Silva Filho (haife shi 19ga watan Yuli 1975), da aka sani da Silva, shi ne a Brazil ritaya kwallon da suka buga a matsayin dan wasan . Ya shafe mafi yawan aikinsa a Fotigal, galibi yana wakiltar Boavista da tara jimillar Primeira Liga na wasanni 187 da kwallaye 62 sama da shekaru takwas. Baya ga kasarsa, Silva ya kuma fafata a fagen kwararru a Japan, Koriya ta Kudu da Cyprus. An haife shi a Campina Grande, Paraíba, Silva ya fara aikinsa na ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Clube Atlético Mineiro amma da sauri ya ƙaura zuwa ƙasashen waje, inda ya shiga ƙungiyar Kashiwa Reysol ta J1 League . Bayan shekara daya kawai ya sanya hannu tare da SC Braga ta Portugal, inda ya kasance na tsawon shekaru biyu. Lokacin rayuwa mafi amfani da Silva, ya kasance tare da takwaransa na Firayim Minista na Boavista FC, inda ya kasance mai taimakawa wajen cin nasarar gasar ta 2001 (kadai) ta hanyar zira kwallaye a wasan karshe da aka tashi 3-0 a gidan CD Aves a wasan karshe.