Rubén da Silva

Rubén da Silva

Personal information
Full name	Rubén Fernando da Silva Echeverrito
Date of birth	April 11, 1968
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1986–1989	Danubio	?	(?)
1989–1991	River Plate	35	(14)
1991–1992	CD Logroñés	16	(3)
1992–1993	River Plate	34	(17)
1993–1995	Boca Juniors	49	(11)
1995–1998	Rosario Central	80	(38)
1998–2000	UAG Tecos	59	(14)
2000–2001	Club Nacional de Football	24	(7)
2001–2004	Danubio	66	(13)
National team
1988–2000	Uruguay	22	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Rubén Fernando da Silva Echeverrito is a retired Uruguayan football striker. He was born on April 11, 1968, in the city of Montevideo in Uruguay. He played for a number of clubs in Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Italy and Mexico.

Da Silva started his career in 1986 with Danubio in the Primera División Uruguaya. In 1988 he helped the team to win the league title, contributing 23 goals, which also won him the title of topscorer.

In 1989 he moved to Argentine giants River Plate, where he was part of the team that won the Primera Division in 1988–1989.

Da Silva then moved to Italy in 1991, where he played for U.S. Cremonese before returning to River Plate in 1992, where he was topscorer in the Clausura 1993, prompting his move to CD Logroñés in Spain

In 1994 Da Silva returned to Argentina to play for River Plate's fiercest rivals, Boca Juniors.

In 1995 Da Silva left Boca to join Rosario Central, where he won the Copa Conmebol (currently known as Copa Sudamericana) in 1995, and was again topscorer of Argentina, with 15 goals in the Apertura 1997 tournament.

Da Silva had a two-year spell with UAG Tecos in Mexico before returning home to Uruguay with Club Nacional de Football in 2000. Nacional won the Primera Division in 2000, then Da Silva returned to his first club, Danubio, where he retired in 2004 after helping the club to claim the Primera division title.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
1988	Danubio	Primera División Uruguaya
1989–1990	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1995	Uruguay	Copa América
1995	Rosario Central	Copa Conmebol
2000	Club Nacional de Football	Primera División Uruguaya
2004	Danubio	Primera División Uruguaya

Awards

Season	Club	Award
1988	Danubio	Primera División Uruguaya topscorer: 23 goals
Clausura 1993	River Plate	Primera División Argentina topscorer: 13 goals
1995	Rosario Central	Copa Conmebol topscorer: 4 goals
Apertura 1997	Rosario Central	Primera División Argentina topscorer: 15 goals

External links

• (Spanish) Profile at Tenfield
• Rubén da Silva at National-Football-Teams.com