Chico Silva (footballer, born 1978)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chico Silva

| image =

| fullname = Francisco Miguel Soares Silva{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/chico-silva/oliveirense/1636-582-19447|title=Chico Silva|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=Portuguese|accessdate=25 October 2024}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lamego, Portugal

| height = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}}

| position = Left-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1991–1994

| youthyears2 = 1994–1996

| youthclubs1 = Cracks Lamego

| youthclubs2 = Lamego

| years1 = 1996–1999

| years2 = 1999–2001

| years3 = 2002–2003

| years4 = 2003–2005

| years5 = 2005–2006

| years6 = 2006–2007

| years7 = 2007–2009

| years8 = 2009–2013

| clubs1 = Lamego

| clubs2 = Vilanovense

| clubs3 = Belenenses

| clubs4 = Dragões Sandinenses

| clubs5 = União Madeira

| clubs6 = Trofense

| clubs7 = Paços Ferreira

| clubs8 = Oliveirense

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 59

| caps3 = 8

| caps4 = 65

| caps5 = 20

| caps6 = 26

| caps7 = 41

| caps8 = 91

| totalcaps = 310

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 5

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 5

| totalgoals = 19

}}

Francisco Miguel Soares Silva (born 9 May 1978 in Lamego, Viseu District), known as Chico Silva, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left-back.

His older brother, Jorge, was also a footballer.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/belenenses/detalhe/chico-silva-faz-estreia-como-titular-esta-epoca|title=Chico Silva faz estreia como titular esta época|trans-title=Chico Silva makes starting debut this season|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=23 November 2002|accessdate=25 March 2019}}