Cristiano da Silva

Not to be confused with Cristian da Silva, Cris Silva, or Chris Silva.
Cristiano da Silva
Personal information
Full name Cristiano da Silva
Date of birth (1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Campo Mourão, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Portuguesa
Youth career
Adap Galo
2004–2005 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Toledo
2008 Adap Galo
2008 Marcílio Dias
2008 Campo Mourão [pt]
2009–2011 Metropolitano 22 (3)
2009 → Rio Claro (loan) 1 (0)
2009 → Chapecoense (loan) 13 (1)
2010–2011 → Juventude (loan) 31 (12)
2012–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 15 (3)
2013 → Tochigi SC (loan) 40 (16)
2014–2016 Ventforet Kofu 32 (5)
2015 → Kashiwa Reysol (loan) 34 (14)
2016–2022 Kashiwa Reysol 123 (48)
2022–2023 V-Varen Nagasaki 48 (8)
2023 → Ventforet Kofu (loan) 13 (2)
2024 Paraná 11 (4)
2024– Portuguesa 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Cristiano da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [kɾisˈtʃjɐnu dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 12 January 1987), sometimes known as just Cristiano, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as either an attacking midfielder or a forward for Portuguesa.[1]

Career

Cristiano was a youth product of Coritiba, but made his senior debut with Toledo in 2006. He subsequently represented Adap Galo, Marcílio Dias and Campo Mourão [pt] before signing for Metropolitano in 2009. He then served loans at Rio Claro, Chapecoense and Juventude.[2]

In 2011, he signed a contract with Red Bull Salzburg. On 11 December 2012, it was announced that he would be joining Tochigi SC on loan for the 2013 season.[3]

In 2014, Cristiano joined Ventforet Kofu. On 26 June 2016, after previously spending the past year on loan at the club, Kashiwa Reysol announced they had re-signed Cristiano on a permanent basis to a multi-year contract.[4]

Cristiano enjoyed a seven-year spell at Kashiwa, scoring 93 goals for the side. Ahead of the 2022 season, he moved to V-Varen Nagasaki.

On 5 August 2023, Cristiano was returned to Ventforet Kofu on loan until the end of the year.[5] He scored his first goal for Ventforet against Mito HollyHock on 30 of September 2023.[6]

On 27 March 2024, Cristiano returned to Brazil after more than 12 years, after signing for Paraná.[7] On 9 August, after helping the club to win the Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, he was announced at Portuguesa for the Copa Paulista.[8]

Career statistics

As of 15 November 2024[9][10][11]
Club Season League State League[a] Cup[b] League Cup[c] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metropolitano 2009 Catarinense — 10 1 — — — — 10 1
2010 Série D 0 0 12 2 — — — — 12 2
Total 0 0 22 3 — — — — 22 3
Rio Claro (loan) 2009 Paulista A2 — 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Chapecoense (loan) 2009 Série D 13 1 — — — — — 13 1
Juventude (loan) 2010 Série C 7 1 — — — — — 7 1
2011 Série D 9 6 15 5 — — — 7[d] 1 31 12
Total 16 7 15 5 — — — 7 1 38 13
Red Bull Salzburg 2011–12 Austrian Bundesliga 15 3 — 3 0 — — — 18 3
2012–13 0 0 — 1 1 — 2[e] 1 — 3 2
Total 15 3 — 4 1 — 2 1 — 21 5
Tochigi SC 2013 J. League Division 2 40 16 — 1 0 — — — 41 16
Ventforet Kofu 2014 J. League Division 1 32 5 — 3 1 5 6 — — 40 12
Kashiwa Reysol (loan) 2015 J1 League 34 14 — 3 4 2 0 10[f] 3 — 49 21
Kashiwa Reysol 2016 22 11 — 0 0 4 0 — — 26 11
2017 33 12 — 4 4 2 0 — — 39 16
2018 34 8 — 1 1 4 1 6[f] 3 — 45 13
2019 J2 League 39 19 — 2 0 3 0 — — 44 19
2020 J1 League 15 4 — — 3 0 — — 18 4
2021 31 7 — 2 1 2 1 — — 35 9
Total 208 75 — 12 10 20 2 16 6 — 256 93
V-Varen Nagasaki 2022 J2 League 36 6 — 1 1 — — — 37 7
2023 12 2 — 1 0 — — — 13 2
Total 48 8 — 2 1 — — — 50 9
Ventforet Kofu (loan) 2023 J2 League 12 2 — 0 0 — 5[f] 0 — 17 2
Paraná 2024 Paranaense Série Prata — 11 4 — — — — 11 4
Portuguesa 2024 Paulista — — — — — 8[g] 4 8 4
Career total 420 123 49 12 23 14 25 8 23 7 15 5 532 169
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Catarinense, Campeonato Paulista Série A2, Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Emperor's Cup
  3. ^ Includes J.League Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa FGF
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista

Honours

Juventude
Red Bull Salzburg
Kashiwa Reysol
Paraná

References

  1. ^ "クリスティアーノ：柏レイソル：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Ju acrescenta mais dois reforços para a Série C" [Ju add two more additions for the Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "クリスティアーノ選手 期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Kofu striker Cristiano rejoining Reysol". 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ "クリスティアーノ選手 V・ファーレン長崎より期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ". www.ventforet.jp (in Japanese). Ventforet Kofu. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Ventforet Kofu vs Mito Hollyhock - 30 September 2023". uk.soccerway.com.
  7. ^ "Atacante Cristiano é o novo reforço do Tricolor" [Forward Cristiano is the new addition of the Tricolor] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Paraná Clube. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Campeão com o Paraná Clube, Cristiano é o novo reforço da Lusa" [Champion with Paraná Clube, Cristiano is the new addition of Lusa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NetLusa. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 33 out of 289)
  10. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 107 out of 289)
  11. ^ Cristiano da Silva at Soccerway