David Silva

When talking about football players from Spain's seeds have no end, one of his examples is David Josue Jimenez Silva he was a footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Spanish national team. Silva was able to play on the wing, as a traditional number 10 and sometimes as a support striker. A Spanish international since the age of 20 with more than fifty hat, he was a member of the team that won both Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010.

Personal Information
Full name : Josue David Jiménez Silva
Date of birth : 8 January 1986 (age 26)
Place of birth : Arguineguín, Spain
Height : 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position : attacking midfielder

Club Information
Current club : Manchester City
Number : 21

Early Life

Silva was born in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands to Fernando Jiménez, a former municipal police officer eventually who was Responsible for the safety of the Valencia CF stadium, and Eva Silva. His father, Fernando, is Canarian while his mother, Eva, is Japanese descent, confirmed in an interview by his family members to the Canarian media. Silva has two younger siblings, sister and brother Nando Natalia.

Silva began playing football in the youth team of UD San Fernando, near Maspalomas. Originally he played as a Goalkeeper, before Becoming a winger  and mirrored his game around his footballing idol as a youth, Michael Laudrup.


 Club Career

Valencia

Silva made his professional debut in 2004-05, with Segunda División's SD Eibar, while on loan from Valencia, playing 35 league games and scoring on five Occasions. After two late substitute Appearances, the first in a 2-0 home win over Málaga CF on 28 August 2005, Silva finished as an Undisputed starter as the Galician side reached the UEFA Cup straight from the second-tier.

On 3 January 2009, he scored twice in a 3-1 home win over Atlético Madrid, still contributing with 19 matches (four goals) as the Che qualified for the Europa League. In the 2009-10 season, Silva scored a career-best eight goals, as Valencia finished in third position and returned to the UEFA Champions League.

Manchester City

2010-2011
On 30 June 2010, Manchester City Announced That They Had reached an agreement with Valencia CF over the transfer of Silva And that he would join the club on a four-year deal, prior to the start of the 2010-11 season. Previously Had Manchester City tried to sign Silva and his Valencia team-mate David Villa in 2008, but put off  Valencia were the resource persons quoted a combined £ 135m price tag on Both players. On 17 October, he scored his first league goal in a game against Blackpool, netting City's third goal in a 3-2 away win. Three days later, he scored the only goal in Manchester City's win against Wigan Athletic. Silva netted the third goal in City's 5-0 Rout of Sunderland on 3 April.  Following his debut season in the Barclays Premier League, Silva has emerged as one of the Leagues finest playmakers. Carlos Tévez lauded him as "The best signing We (Manchester City) have made".

2011-2012
Silva began the 2011-12 season in fine form, scoring the third goal in City's 4-0 thrashing of Swansea City  and was voted man of the match Silva then set up two of Sergio Agüero's three goals in city's second home game against Wigan Athletic, after another magnificent display from Silva, Roberto Mancini compared Silva to fellow Spain internationals Xavi and Andrés Iniesta and Silva said That is "One of the best players in the world".  On the 1st of October Silva was Awarded the Premier League Player of the Month for his outstanding performances and making it That the first time ever two Manchester City players have won the award in back to back months with Edin Dzeko winning it the month before.

In the first Manchester derby of the season at Old Trafford, Manchester City won 6-1, with Silva proving, yet again, to be instrumental in the Manchester City attack, scoring the fifth goal and setting up Edin Dzeko's second volley with a chested pass through the United defense. On the 5th November 2011, Silva scored his 4th goal against QPR. On 18 December, David Silva scored his 5th goal of the season against Arsenal, the game finishing 1-0 to Manchester City.

International Career

Silva first Represented Spain in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland, scoring three goals. On 22 August 2007, he scored his first two goals for Spain, netting twice in a 3-2 friendly win versus Greece, and was then Called-up to the squad of 23 for the UEFA Euro 2008.

On 11 August 2010, During an international friendly with Mexico, Silva scored two minutes into second-half injury time, ending the game with a 1-1 draw. In a Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein on 3 September 2010, Silva scored after 62 minutes, in a 4-0 away win.

In Spain's first match for 2011, a friendly against Columbia on Feb 9, he came off the bench to score the game's only goal with just four minutes remaining, Helping Spain to a hard-fought 1-0 win. The win saw the Spaniards enter the tournament with a perfect qualifying record by winning all Their group games. He scored the 1st goal in Spain's 2-2 comeback against Costa Rica; a friendly match where he came on as a sub in the 2nd half with Spain trailing 2-0.

 Honours

Club

Valencia
     Copa del Rey : 2007-08
     Supercopa de España : 2008 Runner-up

Manchester City
     FA Cup : 2010-11
     Community Shield : 2011 Runner-up

Spain
     FIFA World Cup : 2010
     FIFA Confederations Cup : Third-place 2009
     UEFA European Football Championship : 2008
     UEFA European Under-19 Championship : 2004
     FIFA U-17 World Championship : Runner-up 2003

Individual
     FIFA U-17 World Championship : Bronze Ball 2003
     Pedro Zaballa award : 2005
     Medalla de Oro de Canarias : 2010
     Manchester City Player of the Month (4):
         October 2010
         November 2010
         December 2010
         September 2011
     Manchester City Player of the Year : Runner-up 2010-11
     Barclays Premier League Player of the Month : September 2011

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