Marcelo Andrés Silva Fernández (born 21 March 1989) is a former Uruguayan professional footballer who previously played for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake as a central defender.
Club career Born in Fray Bentos, Silva finished his youth formation in Danubio FC's youth category, making his professional debut on 13 September 2009, against Liverpool F.C.Liverpool vs. Danubio 1–0; Global Sports Media, 13 September 2009 His first career goal came on 5 December, in a 2–0 home win over Central Español.Danubio vs. Central Español 2–0; Global Sports Media, 5 December 2009
On 24 July 2010, Silva signed a contract with UD Almería, for an undisclosed fee.El Almería cierra la contratación del defensa uruguayo Marcelo Silva (Almería completes signing of Uruguayan centre-back Marcelo Silva); Marca, 24 July 2010 He made his La Liga debut on 18 September 2010, in a 0–1 away defeat against RCD Espanyol.Match: Espanyol v Almeria; ESPN FC, 18 September 2010 He scored his first goal abroad on 5 February 2011, in a 3–2 home win against Espanyol.Espanyol comeback in vain ; ESPN FC, 5 February 2011
In February 2012, after failing to retain a starting spot, Silva was loaned to Peñarol.Marcelo Silva pasa a Peñarol (Marcelo Silva goes to Peñarol); ESPN Deportes, 4 February 2012 He scored twice in only 11 league appearances for the Uruguayan giants, also appearing in that year's Copa Libertadores.
Silva appeared 23 times in the 2012–13 season (20 in the league, 1679 minutes of action), netting against CE Sabadell FCEl Almería se divierte y logra su primera victoria en casa en 2013 (Almería has fun and gets 2013's first home victory); Marca, 8 February 2013 and being, however, used mostly as a backup to Ángel Trujillo, Álvaro Mejía and Hernán Pellerano, as the Andalusians were promoted in the play-offs. He only appeared in six matches in the following season, only contributing with 114 minutes in the league.
On 1 August 2014 Silva rescinded his link with the rojiblancos,El Almería y Marcelo Silva llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato que les vinculaba (Almería and Marcelo Silva reach agreement to rescind the contract which tied them) ; UD Almería, 1 August 2014 and signed a one-year deal with UD Las Palmas hours later.La UD Las Palmas ficha al central Marcelo Silva (UD Las Palmas signs stopper Marcelo Silva) ; UD Las Palmas, 1 August 2014 On 22 July of the following year he moved to Real Valladolid also in the second level.El Pucela ficha al central uruguayo Marcelo Silva (Pucela signs Uruguayan stopper Marcelo Silva); Real Valladolid, 22 July 2015
On 16 July 2016, Silva signed a one-year contract with Real Zaragoza, still in the same division.El central Marcelo Silva se incorpora al Real Zaragoza (Stopper Marcelo Silva joins Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 16 July 2016
On 3 July 2017, Silva signed with Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.
International career Silva was part of the Uruguay U20 in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and in the 2009 South American Youth Championship.
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