The central defender Thiago Silva will return to Fluminense after succeeding for 16 years in European football, in top-level clubs such as AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, as announced this Tuesday by the Brazilian team. The 39-year-old defender signed a contract until “June 2026” with the Rio team, where he trained and which he will join when his relationship with English club Chelsea ends at the end of the European season. , in approximately a month.“Race, skill and vigor”described the ‘Flu’, champion of the 2023 Copa Libertadores, when announcing the long-awaited return of the ‘Moleque de Xerém’, which he referred to as a “legend of world football”. Silva, however, will only be able to debut with the Tricolor from Rio starting July 10, when the next transfer market opens.
See also: Colombia National Team player has a new team: he signed with an English club. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Silva trained in the youth ranks of Fluminense from the ages of 11 to 18. He debuted with the first team in 2006 and two years later he signed for AC Milan, where he began to make a name for himself among the best defenders in the world. In 2012 he joined Paris Saint-Germain, with which he won seven French leagues.In 2020 he went to Chelsea in London, where he was crowned by winning the Champions League and the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup. With the Brazilian team, he has participated in four World Cups (South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022) and in two Olympic Games, where he achieved two medals bronze in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
You may be interested in: Surprising team qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores: it has Brazil on its shield. The 3rd shirt also won the titles of the Copa América (2019) and the Confederations Cup (2013) for a total of 113 games and 7 goals with the senior team. Thiago Silva will share a defensive line in the team led by Former coach Fernando Diniz with full-back Marcelo, who, after becoming a Real Madrid legend, also decided to return to Fluminense, the club where he also trained.
