Adler Da Silva Pereira (born 28 December 1998) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for Slovak club Slovan Bratislava.

Club career

Pohronie

In January 2021, Da Silva joined Pohronie on loan from Stade Nyon, with the Slovak first division club having the option to make the transfer permanent. Da Silva made his Fortuna Liga debut for Pohronie on 6 February 2021, in a fixture played at neutral ground at

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, against

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. He was featured in the starting line-up and opened the scoring sheet of the match in the 13th minute by converting a

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set after a

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's foul against David Bangala. While Nitra equalised before the half-time through Pagliuca, Pohronie regained the lead through Andrej Štrba ten minutes before the conclusion. Da Silva scored his second goal in stoppage time by converting a counterattack, following an assist by

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, securing Pohronie's second win of the season. Overall, Da Silva greatly contributed to Pohronie in avoiding relegation by scoring six league goals. He became the club's top scorer of the season, tied with James Weir. At the start of 2021–22 season, Da Silva remained goal-less and began some of the fixtures from the bench. His position in the club was made more difficult through the arrival of

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Slovan Bratislava

On 2 September 2021, reigning champions Slovan Bratislava had announced Da Silva's signing, on a year-long loan, followed by an automatic obligation to buy. Da Silva was acquired as a prospective offensive player to aid the club ahead of

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combined with domestic duties.

Loan to Stal Rzeszów

On 4 September 2023, Da Silva joined Polish

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side Stal Rzeszów on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent. He made his debut and first start eleven days later in a 0–1 home loss to

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. He remained a regular occurrence in Stal's starting line-up throughout the 2023–24 campaign, before suffering a season-ending injury in a rematch against Wisła on 2 April 2024. He scored eight goals in 16 I liga appearances, as Stal decided not to activate the buy option.

Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

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: 2021–22,

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Individual *

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Player of the Month: November 2023

References

External links

FK Pohronie official club profile

Futbalnet profile
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