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Paulo Silas
Sign in to saveAlso known as Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira
Brazilian association football player
Key facts
- 1985
- Brazil U-20
- 1990
- Central Español
- 1997
- São Paulo
- 2000
- Atlético Paranaense
- 2001
- Rio Branco-SP
- 2002
- Portuguesa
- 2007
- Fortaleza
- 2010
- Grêmio
- 2011
- Avaí
- 2012
- Al-Gharafa
- Full name
- Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira
- Date of birth
- ( 1965-08-27 ) 27 August 1965 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Campinas , Brazil
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Central midfielder
- 1980 1984
- São Paulo
- Years
- Team
- 1984 1988
- São Paulo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paulo
- Family name
- Pereira
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Campinas
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 1986 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- São Paulo FC
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Paulo Silas.jpg
- Height
- 175
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- Paulo Silas
- date of birth
- 1976-09-01
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira (born 27 August 1965), also known as Paulo Silas, Silas Pereira or simply Silas, is a Brazilian football pundit, coach, and former professional player.
In his playing career as a central midfielder, he broke through at São Paulo in the mid-1980s, before playing for Sporting CP in Portugal, Cesena and Sampdoria in Italy, and San Lorenzo in Argentina among others. After winning South American and world titles with the under-20 team in 1985, he earned 34 caps for Brazil between 1986 and 1992. He was chosen for the FIFA World Cup in 1986 and 1990 and the Copa América in 1987 and 1989, winning the latter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paulo Silas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.