Dida (footballer, born 1973)

Brazilian association football player (born 1973)
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Nélson de Jesus Silva[1][2][3] (born 7 October 1973), better known simply as Dida, is a former Brazilian football player.

Dida
Personal information
Full name Nélson de Jesus Silva
Date of birth (1973-10-07) 7 October 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990 Cruzeiro de Arapiraca
1991–1992 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Vitória 24 (0)
1994–1998 Cruzeiro 120 (0)
1998–1999 Lugano 0 (0)
1999–2000 Corinthians 24 (0)
2000–2010 AC Milan 206 (0)
2001–2002Corinthians (loan) 8 (0)
2012 Portuguesa 32 (0)
2013 Grêmio 37 (0)
2014–2015 Internacional 27 (0)
Total 478 (0)
National team
1992–1993 Brazil U20 12 (0)
1996 Brazil Olympic 17 (0)
1995–2006 Brazil 91 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2002 Korea/Japan
Runner-up 1998 France
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1997 Saudi Arabia
Winner 2005 Germany
Runner-up 1999 Mexico
Copa América
Winner 1999 Paraguay
Runner-up 1995 Uruguay
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up 1996 United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
FIFA U–20 World Cup
Winner 1993 Australia
South American Youth Football Championship
Winner 1992 Colombia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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As of 14 November 2014
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
Vitória 1992 - - - - - - - - - -
1993 24 0 - - - - - - 24 0
Cruzeiro 1994 23 0 - - 6 0 - - 29 0
1995 20 0 3 0 8 0 - - 31 0
1996 22 0 9 0 ? ? - - 31 0
1997 25 0 2 0 20 0 1 0 48 0
1998 30 0 5 0 14 0 - - 49 0
Lugano 1998–99 - - - - - - - - - -
Corinthians 1999 25 0 - - - - - - 25 0
2000 - - - - 11 0 4 0 15 0
AC Milan 2000–01 1 0 - - 6 0 - - 7 0
Corinthians 2001 8 0 - - - - - - 8 0
2002 - - 9 0 - - 18 0 27 0
AC Milan 2002–03 30 0 - - 14 0 - - 44 0
2003–04 32 0 2 0 10 0 1 0 45 0
2004–05 36 0 - - 13 0 1 0 50 0
2005–06 36 0 - - 12 0 - - 48 0
2006–07 25 0 3 0 13 0 - - 41 0
2007–08 13 0 - - 5 0 2 0 20 0
2008–09 10 0 1 0 8 0 - - 19 0
2009–10 23 0 - - 5 0 - - 28 0
Portuguesa 2012 32 0 - - - - - - 32 0
Grêmio 2013 37 0 6 0 8 0 9 0 60 0
Internacional 2014 27 0 5 0 2 0 7 0 41 0
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total for Milan 206 0 6 0 86 0 4 0 302 0
Career totals 479 0 45 0 153 0 37 0 723 0

International

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[4]

Brazil national team
Year Apps Goals
1995 3 0
1996 6 0
1997 6 0
1998 - -
1999 17 0
2000 10 0
2001 6 0
2002 5 0
2003 11 0
2004 9 0
2005 12 0
2006 6 0
Total 91 0

Honours

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Cruzeiro

Corinthians

AC Milan[5]

Internacional

Brazil Youth

Brazil

Individual

References

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  1. Full name has been incorrectly given as Nelson Jesus Dida or Nelson Jesus da Silva. He was regularly called Nelson Dida by European media.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Hall of fame: Nelson Dida". forzamilanonline.com (in Italian). September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. Nelson Dida: Una storia incompleta
  4. "Nelson de Jesus Silva "Dida" – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Nelson Dida". acmilan.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. Pierrend, José Luis (31 January 2007). "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  7. Pierrend, José Luis (29 January 2006). "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  8. Etherington, Tom (6 January 2013). "Grêmio's Dida ranked best Brazilian goalkeeper of 21st century". Sambafoot. Retrieved 19 October 2015.