Thiago Silva is an athlete who is well known to all football fans. He is known for playing for the Paris Club Saint-Germain and the Brazilian national team. This is a talented and productive defender, but because of his career and biography should be told in more detail.
Childhood
Thiago Silva, the highest paid player in League 1, was born into a very poor family. His mother already had two children, and she was convinced that she could not raise one more. However, the boy was born.
His family lived in the real slums of Rio de Janeiro. Little Thiago grew up in poverty, often sick. In addition, parents divorced.
Having become a little more mature and smart, Thiago did not contact teenage gangs, which in his area were a lot. He decided to follow a dream that seemed impossible to become a football player. He was supported in this by his stepfather - a kind, God-fearing person.
There was little money, but Thiago Silva, whose photo is presented above, did not miss the moment to practice. It is difficult to imagine, but he could not even get into the seedy local team. However, the boy did not give up. At the age of 14, he managed to get into FC Fluminense. There, by the way, he met Marcelo, who became his best friend.
Carier start
For two years, Thiago Silva played in FC Fluminense. Then he moved to the Brazilian “Barcelona”, a year later he tried himself in the “RG Football”. There he was delayed, in 2003 he played 25 matches for the main team and scored 2 goals.
And in 2004, the Brazilian signed a contract with FC Juventude, playing in Serie A. There he immediately became a base player. Of course, the talented footballer Thiago Silva was immediately noticed by representatives of other, more eminent clubs.
Send suggestions. And Thiago, without waiting for the end of his debut season, moved to Porto. They paid 2,500,000 euros for it. True, in Portugal, the young central defender could not break into the main team, and therefore played for the backup squad in the 3rd division.
In 2005, in January, he was noticed by the Moscow Dynamo. Thiago signed a contract with the Russian club for 3 years, but a month later he began to have serious health problems.
Treatment in Moscow
Football player Thiago Silva could not stand the Russian climate. In the cold Moscow winter, he fell ill, went to the hospital with tuberculosis for 6 months.
He always felt hungry, could not move, even getting out of bed was hard for him. Thiago was given several injections per day, given 10-15 tablets. Doctors told him that if he had not asked for help for another 2 weeks, he would have died. His lungs were affected.
Silva then said that at that terrible time he even thought about leaving football. Of course, for Dynamo, he did not play a single match, he was only at the training camp. And in 2006 he returned to Brazil to play for Fluminense. There, for three years, he became the leader of the club, even brought the team to the final of the Libertadores Cup. And as part of the Olympic team he won bronze at the Olympic Games 2008.
Relocation to Italy
In 2008, the Brazilian defender made an offer to Milan. For 10 million euros, Thiago moved to the Italian club. Soon after, the Dynamo management announced that they wanted to sue him for 15,000,000 cu. for arbitrarily terminating the contract. Allegedly, this amount was spelled out in his contract as "compensation".
But management was denied a lawsuit from FIFA. Thiago Silva terminated the contract back in 2005, in the summer, so this act is pure arbitrariness.
The debut of the defender in Milan took place in 2009, January 21. It was a friendly match. The next one took place on August 22. Why? Because Silva was not declared in Milan because of his lack of an EU passport. But with other players he trained. And Paolo Maldini, then ending his career, dubbed Thiago his "heir" in defense.
Further career
In 2010, Silve received an offer from Real Madrid. But he refused. Because his family did not want to move to Spain. Yes, and Milan also refused.
In Italy, Thiago delayed until 2012, although the contract was extended until June 30, 2016. For another season, he managed to stay in the role of captain of Milan, even won the Golden Samba prize, awarded to the best Brazilian players playing in Europe.
After 93 matches and scoring 5 goals, he, together with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, his teammate, went to France to play for Paris Saint-Germain. He was immediately appointed captain. The contract was first concluded for 5 years, but then extended until 2020. During his Parisian career, Thiago Silva spent 158 ​​matches and scored 9 goals.
National team
For ten years, Thiago Silva has been playing for the national team of Brazil. The most memorable, of course, was the “home” world championship, held in 2014.
He was rather ambiguous. The national team, being a favorite, started the championship very well. But with a bang, the semifinal lost to the Germans with a score of 7: 1 morally destroyed the entire squad. And especially Silva. After all, he could not participate in that game, as he earned too many yellow cards, and therefore was disqualified.
But, as they say, life went on. Carlos Dunga, the new coach, has not lost faith in Thiago. But the captain’s armband was still handed over to Neymar, and then to Miranda.
In 2015, Silva, along with other players participated in the America's Cup. The team reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to the Paraguayans. Silva was accused of losing. When the Brazilians were 2-1, he played with his hand, for which the team was punished with a penalty. Paraguayans equalized and then won.
After that, unfortunately, Thiago was not even included in the application for participation in the next America's Cup, the anniversary. However, the team in this tournament did not even leave the group in the playoffs.
But in the 2018 World Cup Silva participated. Although modestly, he spent only 5 matches. Unfortunately, the player became one of those who were affected by the 2014 fiasco.