SOCCER PLAYER

Paulo da Silva

1980 - Today

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Paulo César da Silva Barrios (born 1 February 1980) is a Paraguayan former professional international footballer who played as a centre-back. He is one of the players in football with most official appearances ever with over 1,039 official appearances. He played top-flight football in Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, England, Italy and Argentina, mostly in Mexico, where in 2015 became a naturalized Mexican citizen. He played for the Paraguay national team from 2000 to 2017, and is their most-capped player of all time, earning over 100 caps, with the Paraguayan Football Association recognizing 150 caps, but FIFA 148. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo da Silva is the 7,132nd most popular soccer player (down from 6,028th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Paraguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paulo da Silva ranks 7,132 out of 21,273Before him are Gheorghe Craioveanu, Christian Maggio, Ángel Pedraza, Romaric, Manuel Astorga, and Constantino Noya. After him are Frank Baumann, Daisuke Matsui, Essam Abdel-Fatah, Ioan Sabău, Stelios Giannakopoulos, and Noa Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Paulo da Silva ranks 337Before him are Kim Sung-kyun, Geovanni, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Lane Garrison, D'Arcy Carden, and Igor Vori. After him are Sarah Drew, Jessica Bowman, Katsura Hoshino, Han Chae-young, Nick Cannon, and Esteban Solari.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Paulo da Silva ranks 107 out of 203Before him are Eugenio Morel (1950), Salvador Cabañas (1980), José Miracca (1903), Justo Villar (1977), Eustacio Chamorro (null), and Juan Torales (1956). After him are Jacinto Villalba (1910), Denis Caniza (1974), Santiago Salcedo (1981), Édgar Barreto (1984), Eduardo Aranda (1985), and Carlos Humberto Paredes (1976).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Paraguay

Among soccer players born in Paraguay, Paulo da Silva ranks 57Before him are Eugenio Morel (1950), Salvador Cabañas (1980), José Miracca (1903), Justo Villar (1977), Eustacio Chamorro (null), and Juan Torales (1956). After him are Jacinto Villalba (1910), Denis Caniza (1974), Santiago Salcedo (1981), Édgar Barreto (1984), Eduardo Aranda (1985), and Carlos Humberto Paredes (1976).