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Silva
Personal information
Full name	Luís Carlos da Silva Matos
Date of birth	14 August 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
–1978	Botafogo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1982	Botafogo
1981	→ Vitória (loan)
1982	→ América-RN (loan)
1983	América-RN
1983–1984	ABC
1985–1986	Fortaleza
1987	América-RN
1988	Ferroviário
1989	Rio Branco-SP
1992	Sobradinho
1993	Gama
International career
1979–1980	Brazil Olympic
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2023

Luís Carlos da Silva Matos (born 14 August 1958), better known as Silva, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Great standout in Botafogo's youth sectors, he played for the club in the early 80s. On loan, he was successful in football in Rio Grande do Norte, both for América de Natal and ABC. He was also Ceará champion with Fortaleza in 1985. He ended his career in the early 90s, in football in the Federal District.^[1]

International career

Silva was part of the Olympic team of Brazil in 1979, being champion of the San Juan Pan American Games, being one of the competition's top scorers, and of the 1980 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament this time without repeating the success and not qualifying for Moscow.^[2]