Global InformationPaulo da Silva information
 Da Silva in 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paulo César da Silva Barrios[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlántida | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Atlántida | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Atlántida | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Presidente Hayes | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Sport Colombia | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Cerro Porteño | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Perugia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Lanús | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Venezia | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Cosenza | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Libertad | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2009 | Toluca | 235 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Sunderland | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Zaragoza | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Pachuca | 33 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | → Toluca (loan) | 76 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Toluca | 72 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Libertad | 50 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | 12 de Octubre | 67 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Independiente | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 12 de Junio | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024- | Atlántida | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994[3] | Paraguay U17 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Paraguay U20 | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Paraguay U23 | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2017 | Paraguay | 148 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Paulo César da Silva Barrios (born 1 February 1980) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Atlántida in Paraguay, as a centre-back.
He has previously played top-flight football in Paraguay, Italy, Argentina, England and Spain.
He played for the Paraguay national team from 2000 to 2017, and is their most-capped player of all time, earning over 100 caps. He played at two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, helping his country finish as runners-up in the 2011 Copa América.[4]
In 2015, da Silva became a naturalized Mexican citizen.[5]
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ Paulo da Silva FIFA World Cup profile
- ^ "Paulo da Silva quiere ser campeón del Mundo con Paraguay - Deportes - ABC Color".
- ^ "Paraguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Diario HOY | Paulo da Silva ahora es ciudadano mexicano". 18 December 2015.