Abel Silva
Abel Jorge Pereira da Silva CvIH (born 21 August 1969), sometimes known as just Abel, is a Portuguese former footballer.
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| Full name | Abel Jorge Pereira da Silva | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1984 | Atlético | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1988 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1994 | Benfica | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | → Académica (loan) | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | → Penafiel (loan) | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | → Marítimo (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993-1995 | → S.L. Benfica | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Vitória Setúbal | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Felgueiras | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Campomaiorense | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Estoril | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Alverca | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Atlético | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 227 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Benfica (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Al-Nassr (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Famalicão (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Portosantense | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
One of the players who scored (both editions combined) goals in Portugal's two consecutive U-20 World Cup triumphs, the right back played for a total of ten clubs.
He started his career with Benfica, where he later worked as an assistant coach and a scout after amassing Primeira Liga totals of 142 matches and two goals over the course of nine seasons.
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