Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back.
19 Facts About Marco Silva
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Marco Silva is the head coach of Premier League club Fulham.
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Marco Silva played for a variety of Portuguese clubs, finishing his career with a six-year spell at Estoril.
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Marco Silva managed them for three years before spending a season as coach of Sporting CP, during which the team won the Portuguese Cup.
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Marco Silva spent several years in England as head coach of Hull City, Watford, Everton and Fulham.
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On 10 June 2011, immediately after retiring, Marco Silva was appointed director of football at Estoril.
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Marco Silva ultimately was chosen as the league's Manager of the Year.
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Marco Silva agreed to a four-year contract with Sporting on 21 May 2014, replacing Leonardo Jardim who left for AS Monaco FC.
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On 4 June 2015, four days after winning the trophy, Sporting announced that Marco Silva had been dismissed with just cause, for not wearing their official suit in a cup match against FC Vizela.
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The dismissal was necessary for president Bruno de Carvalho to bring in Jorge Jesus from rivals Benfica, and included a clause requiring Marco Silva to pay Sporting should he join another Portuguese team.
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On 8 July 2015, Marco Silva was appointed the successor of countryman Vitor Pereira at Olympiacos, signing on a two-year contract.
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Marco Silva left Olympiacos on 23 June 2016, citing personal reasons.
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On 5 January 2017, Marco Silva was appointed as the head coach of Hull City until the end of the season, replacing Mike Phelan who was dismissed with the team bottom of the Premier League.
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Marco Silva brought in his own coaching team, including assistant Joao Pedro Sousa, first-team coach Goncalo Pedro and goalkeeping coach Hugo Oliveira.
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In March 2017, Marco Silva stated that he wanted to end the groundshare agreement with the Hull rugby league team at the KCOM Stadium, as the latter played on Friday and affected the pitch quality for his team at the weekend.
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On 27 May 2017, it was confirmed Marco Silva would join Premier League club Watford as head coach on a two-year contract.
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Marco Silva was dismissed by Watford on 21 January 2018, with the club citing the "unwarranted approach by a Premier League rival" that caused "significant deterioration in both focus and results to the point where the long-term future of Watford FC has been jeopardised".
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Marco Silva was confirmed as manager of Everton on 31 May 2018, on a three-year contract.
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On 1 July 2021, Marco Silva was appointed as head coach at recently relegated Championship club Fulham on a three-year contract, after Scott Parker had left to join Bournemouth.