Thiago Silva

**Thiago Emiliano da Silva** (born 22 September 1984), known as **Thiago Silva**, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fluminense. He also plays for the Brazilian national team.

## Career

In his youth, Thiago played for Fluminense and Barcelona-RJ.

He started his senior career at RS Futebol, moved to Juventude, and later Porto.

Later in his career, Thiago would go on loan at Dynamo Moscow, and eventually returned to Fluminense in 2006. Thiago would then go on to join A.C. Milan in 2009, for a €10 million fee.

On 14 July 2012, Thiago joined Paris Saint-Germain for a €36 million fee, and extended his contract to 2018 in 2013.

On 28 August 2020, he joined Chelsea on a one year contract.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|State league|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|RS Futebol|2002|Gaúcho Série B|—|8|2|—|—|—|—|8|2||||||
|2003|Gaúcho Série A2|—|17|0|—|—|—|—|17|0||||||||
|Juventude|2004|Série A|28|3|7|0|1|0|—|—|—|36|3|||||
|Porto B|2004–05|Segunda Divisão B|14|0|—|—|—|—|—|14|0|||||||
|Dynamo Moscow|2005|Russian Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|—|0|0|—|0|0|||||
|Fluminense (loan)|2006|Série A|31|0|4|0|7|0|—|4|0|—|46|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Fluminense|2007|Série A|30|5|9|0|12|3|—|—|—|51|8||||
|2008|Série A|20|1|14|3|—|—|12|2|—|46|6||||||
|rowspan="4"|AC Milan|2009–10|Serie A|33|2|—|0|0|—|7|0|—|40|2||||
|2010–11|Serie A|33|1|—|3|0|—|6|0|—|42|1||||||
|2011–12|Serie A|27|2|—|2|0|—|7|1|1|0|37|3|||||
|rowspan="9"|Paris Saint-Germain|2012–13|Ligue 1|22|0|—|1|0|2|1|9|2|—|34|3|||
|2013–14|Ligue 1|28|3|—|2|0|4|0|7|0|1|0|42|3||||
|2014–15|Ligue 1|26|1|—|5|0|3|0|6|1|0|0|40|2||||
|2015–16|Ligue 1|30|1|—|4|0|2|0|9|0|1|0|46|1||||
|2016–17|Ligue 1|27|3|—|3|1|3|2|7|0|0|0|40|6||||
|2017–18|Ligue 1|25|1|—|5|0|2|0|6|0|1|0|39|1||||
|2018–19|Ligue 1|25|0|—|4|0|2|0|7|0|1|0|39|0||||
|2019–20|Ligue 1|21|0|—|3|1|1|0|9|0|1|0|35|1||||
|rowspan="5"|Chelsea|2020–21|Premier League|23|2|—|2|0|1|0|8|0|—|34|2|||
|2021–22|Premier League|32|3|—|3|0|2|0|9|0|2|0|48|3||||
|2022–23|Premier League|27|0|—|0|0|0|0|8|0|—|35|0|||||
|2023–24|Premier League|26|3|—|4|1|3|0|—|—|33|4||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Brazil|2008|3|0|
|2009|3|0|||
|2010|5|0|||
|2011|13|0|||
|2012|8|1|||
|2013|12|1|||
|2014|9|1|||
|2015|6|1|||
|2016|1|0|||
|2017|7|1|||
|2018|10|1|||
|2019|12|1|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|9|0|||
|2022|11|0|||

- _Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first_

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|30 May 2012|FedExField, Landover, United States||2–0|4–1|Friendly|
|2|10 September 2013|Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States||1–1|3–1||
|3|4 July 2014|Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil||1–0|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup|
|4|21 June 2015|Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile||1–0|2–1|2015 Copa América|
|5|13 June 2017|Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia||2–0|4–0|Friendly|
|6|27 June 2018|Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia||2–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup|
|7|9 June 2019|Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil||2–0|7–0|Friendly|

## Honours

**Fluminense**
- Copa do Brasil: 2007

**Milan**
- Serie A: 2010–11
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2011

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- Ligue 1: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Coupe de France: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20; runner-up: 2018–19
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Trophée des Champions: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20

**Chelsea**
- UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
- UEFA Super Cup: 2021
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2021
- FA Cup runner-up: 2020–21, 2021–22
- EFL Cup runner-up: 2021–22, 2023-24

**Brazil U23**
- Olympics Bronze Medal: 2008
- Olympics Silver Medal: 2012

**Brazil**
- Copa América: 2019; runner-up: 2021
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013

**Individual**
- Bola de Prata: 2007
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Fan's Player: 2008
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2008
- CONMEBOL South American Team of the Year: 2008
- Samba Gold: 2011, 2012, 2013
- Serie A Team of the Year: 2010–11, 2011–12
- UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: March 2013, October 2019
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Group Stage: 2015
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2013, 2014, 2015
- FIFA Confederations Cup Dream Team: 2013
- FIFA Confederations Cup Castrol Index Top XI: 2013
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014, 2018
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014, 2018
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015–16
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2019
- IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2021
- Chelsea Player of the Year: 2022–23
- Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2022–23

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Thiago Silva
- **image**: 20180610 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil Thiago Silva 850 1582.jpg
- **caption**: Silva with Brazil national football team, Brazil in 2018
- **full name**: Thiago Emiliano da Silva
- **birth place**: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **height**: 1.81m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **clubnumber**: 6
- **youthyears1**: 1998–2000
- **youthclubs1**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **youthyears2**: 2000–2001
- **youthclubs2**: Barcelona Esporte Clube, Barcelona-RJ
- **youthyears3**: 2001–2002
- **youthclubs3**: Pedrabranca Futebol Clube, RS Futebol
- **years1**: 2002–2003
- **clubs1**: Pedrabranca Futebol Clube, RS Futebol
- **caps1**: 25
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2004
- **clubs2**: Esporte Clube Juventude, Juventude
- **caps2**: 35
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2004–2005
- **clubs3**: FC Porto B, Porto B
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2005–2006
- **clubs4**: FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow
- **caps4**: 0
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2006
- **clubs5**: → Fluminense FC, Fluminense (loan)
- **caps5**: 35
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2007–2009
- **clubs6**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **caps6**: 73
- **goals6**: 9
- **years7**: 2009–2012
- **clubs7**: AC Milan
- **caps7**: 93
- **goals7**: 5
- **years8**: 2012–2020
- **clubs8**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps8**: 204
- **goals8**: 9
- **years9**: 2020–2024
- **clubs9**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps9**: 155
- **goals9**: 9
- **nationalyears1**: 2008–2012
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-23 football team, Brazil Olympic (List of overage players in Olympic football, O.P.)
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2008–
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps2**: 113
- **nationalgoals2**: 7
- **club-update**: 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- **years10**: 2024-
- **clubs10**: Fluminense