Vragel da Silva
Vragel da Silva ( born March 29, 1974 in Campo Grande ) is a former Brazilian footballer.
Career
In Campo Grande Vragel da Silva learned to play football in the resident club AC Campo Grande where he played from youth to the professional team. With the AC he made the ascent in the Série A, the highest league in Brazil.
In 1998, da Silva to Denmark Brondby IF. With Brondby he played the same in the Champions League, where he played against Manchester United. After one and a half years moved da Silva during the winter break of the 1999/2000 season by Germany to the second division club Karlsruher SC. With Karlsruhe he dismounted at the end of the season. For the season 2000/ 01 he moved to SSV Ulm 1846. Using the Ulmern he rose again according to the season from from the second league. After the descent of Ulm, he joined Energie Cottbus in the Bundesliga. The powerful defender played immediately in the starting lineup. In his second top-flight since Silva scored his first goal against Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga. Even after the decline in 2003 in the second league, he remained faithful to Cottbus. On 14 May 2006 he made a crucial headed goal for Cottbus, which was important for promotion to the first division.
Vragel da Silva is feared because of his heading ability among the opponents. During his training in Brazil, he has trained every day for hours on the head ball pendulum.
Striking da Silva was in the Bundesliga by repeatedly, crass sport misconduct, which several times brought him a lock. He paused at the turn of the 07/08 round across as many as eight games after 96 misconduct Gaëtan Krebs came with the elbow in the face in the match against Hannover. Da da Silva seven games was already once for such offense has been locked, put the sports court to an unusually high penalty.
In October 2009 Vragel finished da Silva his active footballing career due to serious knee injuries.
Coaching career
After acquiring the B license took over da Silva in October 2010, the responsibility for the U -17 FC Energie Cottbus. Since 2011 he is assistant coach of the U- 19th For the 2013/14 season he succeeds Vasile Miriuta as coach of the U -23.