Thiago Silva, 38, will be the emblem of the Brazilian national team at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The defender shared the central pair with Marquinhos in the team’s last match against Tunisia and everything indicates that he will be among the eleven who will take the field on November 24 against Serbia.
Despite his talent, It was not easy for the captain of the Brazilian national team to be successful.
He started his career in 2003 playing for Youthof the local championship, and thanks to his good performances he finished in port of Portugal, great of the Old Continent.
But from his first experience in Europe, his career is in a steep swoop: he suffers from health problems, in 2005 he was loaned to the Moscow dynamoin Russia he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and subsequently had a lung operation.
After this first surgery there were some doctors who escaped him that he had to retire. He spent six months hospitalized and, although the professionals believed that the best thing would be to operate him again, Thiago and his relatives decided together that the best thing would be do not do it. The player then traveled to Portugal, where he finally completed his recovery and was miraculously able to return to training.
In FluluminenseBrazilian club that opened its doors for him to return to the field, had exceptional performances that allowed him, in 2008, to return to play in Europe, precisely in Milan from Italy.
Through football the world has witnessed its high level of competition. There he began to be the leader of the national and international football he is today. In Milan he played for four years and won a Serie A and an Italian Cup.
In 2012 he moved to France to play for Paris Saint Germain (PSG) along with other big stars and eight years later, after consolidating in the Parisian club, he made do with Chelsea to play the Premier League for the first time. He is currently part of the English team.
The titles won by Thiago Silva
At the national level, Silva has won two championships, the America’s Cup 2019 and the Confederation Cup 2013and was part of three Brazilian teams that played the World Cup: 2010, 2014 and 2018. Everything indicates that he will also do so in the next 2022 World Cup.
In clubs, with Fluminense he won the Brazilian Cup, with AC Milan the aforementioned Serie A from 2010-2011 and the 2011 Italian Super Cup and with PSG 25 championships, including 7 national leagues (Ligue 1).
Internationally at the club level, Thiago has won the continent’s most important tournament with Chelsea, the Champions League 2020-2021, and two cups detached from the title: the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.
As for his individual accolades, the Copa América Starting Eleven 2019, the World Starting Eleven in 2014 and 2018 and the best player of the 2021 Club World Cup stand out.
Source: Clarin
