Héctor Silva (Uruguayan footballer)

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1940-2015)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Héctor Silva

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|02|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|8|30|1940|02|01}}

| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| years1 = 1958–1963 | clubs1 = Danubio| caps1 = 115 |goals1 = 37

| years2 = 1964–1970 | clubs2 = Peñarol| caps2 = 184|goals2 = 91

| years3 = 1970–1971 | clubs3 = Palmeiras| caps3 = 80|goals3 = 16

| years4 = 1972 | clubs4 = L.D.U. Quito| caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1972–1973 | clubs5 = Portuguesa| caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 1974–1975 | clubs6 = Danubio| caps6 = 27 |goals6 = 11

| nationalyears1 = 1961–1969 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay| nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 7

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Héctor Jesús "Lito" Silva (1 February 1940 – 30 August 2015) was a Uruguayan football forward who played for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups.[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/teams/team=43930.html 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013032654/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D21/teams/team%3D43930.html |date=October 13, 2011 }} He also played for Danubio and C.A. Peñarol.

Hector died on 30 August 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.conmebol.com/en/08312015-0718/hector-lito-silva-has-passed-away |title=Héctor "Lito" Silva passes away {{!}} Conmebol.com |website=www.conmebol.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060453/http://www.conmebol.com/en/08312015-0718/hector-lito-silva-has-passed-away |archive-date=2015-09-23}}