Andrés Silvera

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Néstor Silvera
Personal information
Full name	Néstor Andrés Silvera
Date of birth	March 14, 1977 (1977-03-14) (age 31)
Place of birth	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Height	188cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	San Lorenzo
Number	7
Youth clubs
	CAI
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2006 2006-present	CAI Huracán Unión Independiente UANL Tigres San Lorenzo	- 29 (6) 66 (21) 52 (36) 91 (46) 49 (25)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Néstor Andrés Silvera (born March 14, 1977, in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut) is an Argentine football striker who has played for a number of clubs in the Argentine Primera and UANL Tigres in Mexico. He currently plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Silvera began his career in 1994 at local side Comisión de Actividades Infantiles, he played for them in the lower leagues for 3 seasons before earning a move to Huracán in the Primera Division. After one season he moved on to Unión.

In 2001 Silvera was signed by Independiente, in the Apertura 2002 tournament, he played an important role in helping Independiente claim their first Argentine league title since Clausura 1994. He was top scorer of Apertura 2002 with 16 goals.

In 2003 Silvera was sold to Mexican side Tigres, where he became equal top scorer in the Primera División de México for the Clausura 2004 tournament.

In 2006 he made his return to Argentinian football with San Lorenzo and in 2007 he helped the club to win the Clausura tournament.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 2002	Independiente	Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2007	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina

[edit] Individual honours

• Goleador (top scorer), Primera Division: Apertura 2002.

• Goleador (top scorer) Primera División de México: Clausura 2004.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Profile at Football-Lineups

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