Marcelo Silva (footballer, born 1989)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marcelo Silva

| image = MLS FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake (51428743828) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Silva with Real Salt Lake in 2021

| full_name = Marcelo Andrés Silva Fernández

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|3|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mercedes, Uruguay

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}{{cite web |title=Marcelo Silva |url=https://www.rsl.com/players/marcelo-silva/ |access-date=22 August 2022 |publisher=Real Salt Lake}}

| position = Centre back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Danubio

| years1 = 2009–2010

| clubs1 = Danubio

| caps1 = 19

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2010–2014

| clubs2 = Almería

| caps2 = 45

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2012

| clubs3 = → Peñarol (loan)

| caps3 = 11

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2014–2015

| clubs4 = Las Palmas

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2015–2016

| clubs5 = Valladolid

| caps5 = 31

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2016–2017

| clubs6 = Zaragoza

| caps6 = 35

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2017–2024

| clubs7 = Real Salt Lake

| caps7 = 131

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2018

| clubs8 = → Real Monarchs

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U20

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 19:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Marcelo Andrés Silva Fernández (born 21 March 1989) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who previously played for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Fray Bentos, Silva finished his youth formation in Danubio FC's youth category, making his professional debut on 13 September 2009, against Liverpool F.C.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2009/09/13/uruguay/primera-division/liverpool-futbol-club/danubio-futbol-club/837274/ Liverpool vs. Danubio 1–0]; Global Sports Media, 13 September 2009 His first career goal came on 5 December, in a 2–0 home win over Central Español.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2009/12/05/uruguay/primera-division/danubio-futbol-club/central-espanol-fc/837350/ Danubio vs. Central Español 2–0]; Global Sports Media, 5 December 2009

File:Benzema dribbles.jpg, in a match against Real Madrid.]]

On 24 July 2010, Silva signed a contract with UD Almería, for an undisclosed fee.[http://www.marca.com/2010/07/24/futbol/equipos/almeria/1279970074.html El Almería cierra la contratación del defensa uruguayo Marcelo Silva (Almería completes signing of Uruguayan centre-back Marcelo Silva)]; Marca, 24 July 2010 {{in lang|es}} He made his La Liga debut on 18 September 2010, in a 0–1 away defeat against RCD Espanyol.[http://espnfc.com/match?id=301899&cc=3888 Match: Espanyol v Almeria]; ESPN FC, 18 September 2010 He scored his first goal abroad on 5 February 2011, in a 3–2 home win against Espanyol.[http://espnfc.com/en/report/301865/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=null Espanyol comeback in vain] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130827193516/http://espnfc.com/en/report/301865/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=null |date=2013-08-27 }}; ESPN FC, 5 February 2011

In February 2012, after failing to retain a starting spot, Silva was loaned to Peñarol.[https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1460294&s=uru&type=story Marcelo Silva pasa a Peñarol (Marcelo Silva goes to Peñarol)]; ESPN Deportes, 4 February 2012 {{in lang|es}} He scored twice in only 11 league appearances for the Uruguayan giants, also appearing in that year's Copa Libertadores.

Silva appeared 23 times in the 2012–13 season (20 in the league, 1679 minutes of action), netting against CE Sabadell FC[http://www.marca.com/2013/02/08/futbol/2adivision/1360360770.html El Almería se divierte y logra su primera victoria en casa en 2013 (Almería has fun and gets 2013's first home victory)]; Marca, 8 February 2013 {{in lang|es}} and being, however, used mostly as a backup to Ángel Trujillo, Álvaro Mejía and Hernán Pellerano, as the Andalusians were promoted in the play-offs. He only appeared in six matches in the following season, only contributing with 114 minutes in the league.

On 1 August 2014 Silva rescinded his link with the rojiblancos,[http://www.udalmeriasad.com/-/el-almeria-y-marcelo-silva-llegan-a-un-acuerdo-para-rescindir-el-contrato-que-les-vinculaba El Almería y Marcelo Silva llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato que les vinculaba (Almería and Marcelo Silva reach agreement to rescind the contract which tied them)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810053622/http://www.udalmeriasad.com/-/el-almeria-y-marcelo-silva-llegan-a-un-acuerdo-para-rescindir-el-contrato-que-les-vinculaba |date=2014-08-10 }}; UD Almería, 1 August 2014 {{in lang|es}} and signed a one-year deal with UD Las Palmas hours later.[http://www.udlaspalmas.es/-/la-ud-las-palmas-ficha-al-central-marcelo-silva La UD Las Palmas ficha al central Marcelo Silva (UD Las Palmas signs stopper Marcelo Silva)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803192346/http://www.udlaspalmas.es/-/la-ud-las-palmas-ficha-al-central-marcelo-silva |date=2014-08-03 }}; UD Las Palmas, 1 August 2014 {{in lang|es}} On 22 July of the following year he moved to Real Valladolid also in the second level.[http://www.realvalladolid.es/noticias/actualidad/22072015/El-Pucela-ficha-al-central-uruguayo-Marcelo-Silva/ El Pucela ficha al central uruguayo Marcelo Silva (Pucela signs Uruguayan stopper Marcelo Silva)]; Real Valladolid, 22 July 2015 {{in lang|es}}

On 16 July 2016, Silva signed a one-year contract with Real Zaragoza, still in the same division.[http://www.realzaragoza.com/noticias/58521 El central Marcelo Silva se incorpora al Real Zaragoza (Stopper Marcelo Silva joins Real Zaragoza)]; Real Zaragoza, 16 July 2016 {{in lang|es}}

On 3 July 2017, Silva signed with Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.{{cite web|url=https://www.rslsoapbox.com/2017/7/3/15912990/official-rsl-get-its-center-back-marcelo-silva|title=Official: RSL get its center back, Marcelo Silva|date=3 July 2017|publisher=}}