David Silva
David Silva in the Spanish national team (2012 )
David Josué Jiménez Silva, short David Silva ( born January 8, 1986 in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Spain ) is a Spanish football player. He plays for the English first division club Manchester City.
The agile Silva shines both in the club and in the national team as templates and flank donors, as well as a shooter from a distance.
Club career
David Silva came at the age of 14 years to FC Valencia. In the second team of FC Valencia he played his first club game in the Segunda División B. In the following season he played at SD Eibar in the Spanish Segunda División on loan. In 35 games, the midfielder scored five goals.
2005 Silva moved on loan to Celta Vigo, for the match against Málaga CF, he played his first top-flight on 28 August 2005. Silva finished the season 2005/ 06 with Vigo as a regular player in sixth place in the table.
In the season 2006/ 07 he returned to FC Valencia. His first matches he played in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League against Red Bull Salzburg in the return match, he scored his first goal for the 3-0 for Valencia. In Valencia he was in his first two seasons, just slightly more than 20 years old, set and missed it only six of 76 league games. In 2008, he won the Spanish Cup with Valencia.
The start of the 2008 /09 hurt Silva in the first league match against RCD Mallorca and underwent because of it suffered chronic inflammation in his left ankle surgery, by which he failed three months. Three games after his comeback at the end of 2008 generated Silva his first brace in the 3-1 against Atlético Madrid. At the end of the season his club finished sixth in the table and was allowed to start in the coming season for the Europa League.
In the following season, Silva was able to increase its performance again, scoring his previous best value of eight league goals in 30 games. With his team difference in the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 quarter-final against Atlético Madrid, ranking at season's end in third place in the league.
For the 2010/11 season Silva moved to Manchester City. The transfer fee was the equivalent of 28.75 million euros. In his first season in England Silva was a regular player at Manchester City and won with the team the FA Cup.
National team career
Silva was successful as a player already in the various youth categories of the Spanish national team. In May 2003, he reached with the Spanish U- 17 team the final of the U-17 European Championship, where Spain vs Portugal 1:2 lost. Three months later, in August, he again reached with Spain's U -17 at the U -17 World Cup the final, but the Brazil won 1-0. Silva played in this tournament alongside Cesc Fabregas and scored three goals in three games.
With the U-19 national team he won the Spain U-19 Football Championship in 2004 and one year later became part in the Junior World Cup in 2005. Spain retired while in the quarter- final against the eventual champions Argentina. Silva was able to achieve four goals during the tournament and shared it fourth in the scoring charts with the Italian Graziano Pellè.
On 15 November 2006 he was in the game against Romania ( 0-1) made his debut in the senior team. His first two international goals he scored in a friendly match against Greece on August 22, 2007.
Silva was also a member of the squad, the Luis Aragonés nominated for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland. At the European Championship semi-final against Russia, he scored the last goal of the day to 3:0. In the final Silva nearly sent off after he clashed with Lukas Podolski and both collided with the heads. The referee Roberto Rosetti but left it with an exhortation, Luis Aragonés moved the player into the sequence composed.
At the Confederations Cup in 2009, he reached the third place with Spain.
In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, he completed five games in which he was able to achieve three goals. Vicente del Bosque called Silva in May 2010 in the squad for the 2010 World Cup., Where he arrived in Spain's first win a World Cup twice used. After a mixed performance in the opening game against Switzerland ( 0:1) Silva lost his place and then came only in the semi-final against Germany to a short-term use.
Silva was picked up by coach Vicente del Bosque in the squad of the Spanish national team for the UEFA Euro 2012. In the qualification to Spain's sovereign qualified with 26:6 gates and eight wins in eight games. Silva had met four times and was the second best scorer behind David Villa Spanish. Del Bosque was phased with a 4 -6- 0 formation play, so no real striker and only with very attacking midfielders. That statement Silva took the role of offensive power. He ran in every game as a team regular. In the first game, he paved the crucial equalizer for a 1-1 draw against Italy in front of a technically demanding document. In the group match against Ireland, he scored the 2-0 and prepared it 3-0 with a pass to Torres before. In the final against Italy, he shot 1-0. Spain became the first team ever to defend the title of European Champion title.
Achievements
Club:
- Spanish Cup winner: 2008
- English Cup Winners: 2011
- English Champion: 2012
- FA Community Shield: 2012
National team:
- World Champion: 2010 (2 inserts)
- European Champions: 2008, 2012 (5 inserts, 1 goal )
- Third place at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup (3 inserts)
- Finalist at the Confederations Cup 2013 ( 3 inserts, 2 goals)
- U-19 European Championship: 2004
- Vice -U- 17 European Championship: 2003
- Vice -U- 17 World Cup: 2003
Individual:
- Bronze Ball at the 2003 U -17 World Cup
- Premier League Player of the Month: September 2011
- Inclusion in the UEFA All- Star team 2012 European Championship