 Varela training with Portugal in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1985[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Almada, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2001 | Pescadores | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Sporting CP B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Sporting CP | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → Casa Pia (loan) | 36 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 45 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Recreativo (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Estrela Amadora | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Porto | 141 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Parma (loan) | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Kayserispor | 55 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | B-SAD | 52 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Porto B | 41 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 449 | (70) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Portugal U19 | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Portugal U21 | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Portugal B | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Portugal | 27 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela (born 2 February 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.
He represented mainly Porto during his career, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 268 matches and 47 goals over 12 seasons and winning 11 major titles, including three national championships and the 2011 Europa League. He also competed professionally in Spain, England, Italy and Turkey.
Varela appeared for Portugal at Euro 2012 and the 2014 World Cup, scoring in both tournaments.
- ^ a b c d "Silvestre Varela" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 August 2020.