Nuno Filipe da Silva (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss professional football player who plays for Bellinzona in the Swiss Challenge League.

Nuno da Silva
Personal information
Full name Nuno Filipe da Silva
Date of birth (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bellinzona
Number 77
Youth career
Breitenrain
Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Young Boys U21 59 (20)
2015Breitenrain (loan) 12 (3)
2015–2017 Breitenrain 51 (7)
2016Aarau (loan) 7 (0)
2017–2021 Thun 47 (7)
2018Thun U21 5 (0)
2019–2020Winterthur (loan) 36 (3)
2021–2022 Grasshopper Club Zürich 38 (1)
2022–2024 Aarau 51 (3)
2024 Schaffhausen 18 (4)
2024– Bellinzona 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024

Career

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A youth product of Young Boys, he made his professional debut for his former youth club Breitenrain in the Swiss Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football.

On 23 July 2017, da Silva made his top-flight debut with Thun in the Swiss Super League, in a match against Sion.[1] In 2020, he was relegated together with Thun to the Swiss Challenge League, after losing the relegation play-off to FC Vaduz.

He caused quite a stir in February 2021, when he signed for Swiss record champion Grasshopper Club Zürich.[2] GC had been relegated to the Challenge League the previous season and were in direct competition with Thun for the top spot at the time. Together with GC, he achieved promotion to the Swiss Super League at the end of the season.

After one and a half years at Grasshopper Club Zürich, he returned to the Challenge League, signing with FC Aarau on 16 June 2022.[3] He had previously played at Aarau in 2016 during a loan spell.

On 1 February 2024, da Silva moved to Schaffhausen, also in the Challenge League.[4]

On 6 August 2024, da Silva joined Bellinzona.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "FC Thun 0-1 FC Sion". ZeroZero. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ "GC verpflichtet Nuno da Silva". srf.ch (in German). SRF. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Nuno Da Silva kehrt zum FC Aarau zurück". fcaarau.ch (in German). FC Aarau. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Nuno da Silva verstärkt Mittelfeld" [Nuno da Silva strengthens midfield] (in German). Schaffhausen. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Benvenuto Nuno" [Welcome Nuno] (in Italian). Bellinzona. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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