Daniel De Silva

De Silva in the jersey of the Australian U -20 ( 2013)

Peter Daniel De Silva ( born March 6, 1997, Perth ) is an Australian football player.

Career

De Silva's football education began at Olympic Kingsway and the Stirling Lions before he was taken in 2012 at the National Training Centre of Western Australia Association. His talent was recognized early, in 2009 he participated in the national student championship part and belonged to an Australian U-13 selection who participated in a tournament in the Asian Football Confederation in Malaysia soon after. In 2011 he played in the qualifying for the U -16 Asian Cup and 2012 was part of the final banns of youth coach Alistair Edwards.

Early 2013 sighted the midfielder to a change to the English club Everton, which due to visa problems, however, could not be realized. Instead, he signed a professional contract with Perth Glory to the end of the 2014 season / 15 campaign. Shortly before his 16th birthday De Silva made ​​his debut on March 2, 2013 against Sydney FC in the A-League. With his introduction, he became the second youngest player in the league history after Teeboy Kamara. By the end of the season Perth coach Alistair Edwards three more times put it on, including in the play-off match against Melbourne Victory.

In April 2013 De Silva was invited by U-20 national team coach Paul Okon in a perspective training camp, but after just one training session Okon De Silva decided in the current U-20 squad to take and nominated him in June 2013 for the U- 20 World Cup in Turkey. As the youngest player in the tournament, he scored in the 1-1 draw against Colombia at the start of the Australian hit, but the draw was Australia's only point win in the tournament. With the hit, he was also the third youngest scorer in the tournament's history.