DAVID SILVA (BIOGRAPHY)

DAVID JOSUE JIMENEZ SILVA was born in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands in 8 January 1986. He is a Spanish football player of Korean descent who plays for Valencia FC and the Spanish National Team. Silva is capable of playing on either wing or as a traditional number 10, and sometimes as a supporting striker. A player of slight build, he is often compared to Pablo Aimar, the player he replaced at Valencia, also donning Aimar’s trademark number 21. Silva made his professional player in 2004-2005 at Segunda Division’s SD Eibar, on loan from Valencia FC, playing 35 matches and goaling on 5 occasions. In the next season, he was again loaned to Celta de Vigo, where he matched 34 games scoring 4 goals. After 2 late replace appearences, the first in a 2-0 home win over Malaga FC on 28 August 2005, Silva ended as an undisputed beginer as the Galican part reached the UEFA Cup straight from the second tier. Silva moved back to Valencia in the 2006 summer, working to become an automatic first-option despite his youth (20). In 2 seasons combined, he only missed 6 games while netting 14 goals. After not get appeared in the first 3 months of 2008-2009 both to a chronic ankle ailment, Silva moved back to the call-ups in mid-December. On 3 january 2009, he scored twice in a 3-1 home win against Atletico Madrid, still playing with 19 games (4 goals) as the Che qualified for the UEFA Europe League. In International Career, Silva first represented Spain alongside Cesc Fabregas in the 2003 FIFA U-17 in Finland, making 3 goals. In 2006, he became an under 21 international and made 4 goals during the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, this was enough to receive him joint 4th place in the goal ranking, alongside Italian striker Graziano Pelle. Silva made his senior international debut in the 1-0 friendly home beating Romania on 15 November 2006. Then he receive calls up to the side after great contributions in his first matches. On 22 august 2007, Silva gialed his first 2 goalsfor Spain, netting twice in a 3-2 friendly win against Greece. He was then called up to the team of 23 for UEFA Euro 2008. In the semi finals match versus Russia, Silva scored the 3rd goals for Spain after a fast counter attack in which Cesc Fabregas delivered a slow cross for Silva, who gave the ball into Igor Akinfeev’s goal with his left leg. In final, Silva was involved in an incident with Germany’s Lucas Podolski. After he pulled Podolski to the groundfield, the German approached Silva, which resulted in an angry exchange of words and a coming together of heads that the referee decided not to forgive. Minute afterward, Spanish coach Luis Aragones replacd Silva for Santi Cazorla in an attempt to calm the conditions.