Sullivan Oliveira Silva (born 14 July 1988) is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for

Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay Chill Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer team based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2000, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Chapples Park S ...

in USL League Two.

Career

Youth and amateur

After attending the Gonealves Ledo school in his native Brazil, Silva came to the United States in 2005 to study and play college soccer at Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was named an NAIA First-Team All-American in his junior year.

Professional

Silva signed with the USL First Division expansion franchise

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. He made his professional debut on 18 April 2009, in Austin's USL1 season opener against Minnesota Thunder, and scored his first professional goal on 25 April 2009, in Austin's game against the Cleveland City Stars. Continued to play the 2010 season with

. On 17 March 2011, Silva signed with

Capital City F.C. Capital City F.C. was a Canadian soccer team based in Ottawa, Ontario, which joined the Canadian Soccer League Canadian soccer pyramid, in January 2011. Founded by Neil Malhotra, the club pitch was Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Mooney's Bay Park ...

of the

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as the team's first signing. He made his debut for Capital City on 20 May 2011, in the team's first ever game against Toronto Croatia. Silva scored his first goal for the club on 3 June 2011, where he scored against Brampton United to help the club to its first ever home victory. Silva and Capital City went on to have a 12-game unbeaten streak which was broken by

SC Toronto SC Toronto was a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1994. The team was a member of the Canadian Soccer League, and played its final home games at Lamport Stadium in the city of Toronto, Ontario. The club found success early on since its ince ...

after losing 2–0 at home. Sullivan Silva hit the second half of the season running scoring 10 goals and adding ten assists to help lead CCFC to a top three finish. In the second half of the season CCFC put on a second 12-game unbeaten streak and clinched home field advantage in the postseason by the September first. In the playoffs Silva scored three times in four games helping to lead CCFC to a "Cup Final" in their first season. Sullivan finished the season with 28 appearances and 26 starts. He also led CCFC in goals with 15 and finished second in the CSL in goals, and second on the team with assists. His season earned him a nomination for the MVP award for the CSL where he came in second. He still took home the CCFC players award for team MVP and the Supporters Award. Since 2012, Sullivan has played in USL League Two with Canadian side

References

External links

USL League Two profile

OBU profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Sullivan Living people 1988 births Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Oklahoma Baptist Bison men's soccer players Austin Aztex FC players Thunder Bay Chill players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada USL League Two players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Goiânia