Nilmar Honorato da Silva

Nilmar

Personal information
Full name	Nilmar Honorato da Silva
Date of birth	14 July 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 26)
Place of birth	Bandeirantes, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Villarreal
Number	7
Youth career
1999–2001	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
2002–2004	Internacional	0042 0(16)
2004–2006	Lyon	0032 00(2)
2005–2006	→ Corinthians (loan)	0021 00(7)
2006–2007	Corinthians	0011 00(1)
2007–2009	Internacional	0035 0(19)
2009–	Villarreal	0033 0(11)
National team‡
2004	Brazil U23	0007 00(0)
2003–	Brazil	0021 00(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 15, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 2, 2010

Nilmar Honorato da Silva (born 14 July 1984 in Bandeirantes, Paraná), commonly known as Nilmar, is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Villarreal.

Club career

Internacional

After coming through the Internacional youth teams, Nilmar played for the professional team in 2003 and 2004 seasons.

Lyon

Nilmar was signed for Lyon in summer 2004, initially as cover for the now ex-Lyon player Élber Giovane. He signed with a clause in his contract that stated that he could be loaned back to Internacional once Élber was fit.

Nilmar made an impressive start during his stint at Lyon, scoring two debut goals as a substitute against Stade Rennais, however he did not score any more goals in Ligue 1 that season.

Corinthians

With the impending signing of Fred, Lyon chose to loan Nilmar out,(this time to Corinthians). They were somewhat forced to do this in order to stay within the limit of non-EU players.

As well as this law, Lyon already had four established forwards , namely Fred, Sylvain Wiltord, Milan Baroš, and Sidney Govou, and, despite his good performances with Corinthians, Nilmar was ultimately sold to the South American club. At Corinthians, the young striker hit the target on his debut against São Paulo, with almost his first touch of the ball and he continued to impress fans and critics alike throughout his first season. His skill, speed and mazy dribbles helped win him a place in the Brazilian League all-star team for the 2005 season.

Return to Internacional

On 17 August 2007, the Justiça do Trabalho (literally, court of employment) cancelled Nilmar's contract because Corinthians owed the player €2 million. Nilmar was consequently available to sign for any club for free, while Corinthians must still pay the eight million euros they owed to Lyon for Nilmar's original transfer in 2005.

In the following month, Nilmar returned to Internacional, despite the interest of several major clubs in Europe and Brazil. He made his new debut for the Porto Alegre team on 4 November 2007, when Inter beat Vasco da Gama 2–1. He was chosen as the man of the Match.

In January 2008, he scored an impressive goal against Internazionale in the Dubai Cup final, which helped his side win the game. In the summer of 2008 Palermo offered €15M + bonus up to €3M however this was rejected and activated the clause that Internacional bought the remain rights from his agent^[1].

In December 2008 he scored the winning goal in the Copa Sudamericana final match, giving Internacional the title. It was the first time that the Copa Sudamericana was won by a Brazilian club.

Villarreal

Fernando Roig, president of Villarreal confirmed the signing of Nilmar on 25 July 2009.

He started Villarreal's first game of the La Liga 2009–10 against Osasuna. Santi Cazorla scored Villarreal CF's only goal of the game and Nilmar played the full 90 minutes. Nilmar and Giuseppe Rossi are currently the first-choice strikers for Villarreal.

On 17 September 2009 he scored a winning goal in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League clash against Bulgarian side PFC Levski Sofia.^[2]

International career

Nilmar made his international debut for Brazil in 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico on 13 July 2003. He appeared three times in the tournament as Brazil was defeated by Mexico in the final. Although Brazil chose to send Brazil Under-23 team to the tournament, all the international appearances in the tournament are recognized by FIFA as full international caps. His first international goal came against Haiti on 18 August 2004, as Brazil won 6–0.

After four years out of the national team, on 29 August 2008, Nilmar was recalled by coach Dunga as a replacement for the injured Rafael Sóbis for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia. On 21 May 2009, he was selected in Brazil squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.^[3] He made one substitute appearance in the tournament as Brazil went on to win the cup.

On 9 September 2009, he scored a hat-trick for Brazil in a 4–2 win against Chile.^[4] On 14 November 2009, Nilmar scored the only goal of the match with a header in a friendly against England. He then scored again in a second friendly match on 17 November 2009 against Oman. He was a member in the Brazil squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa, as a substitute.

Honours

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
• Copa Sudamericana: 2008

Lyon

• Trophée des champions: 2004
• Ligue 1: 2005

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005

Brazil

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 2003
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009

Individual

• São Paulo State League Top Goalscorer: 2006
• Copa Sudamericana Top Goalscorer: 2008

Career statistics

Club career

As of 19 August, 2010

State League

International statistics

As of July 2, 2010.^{[15][16][17][18]}

National team Club Season Apps Goals Brazil Internacional 2003 4 0 Lyon 2004–2005 1 1 Internacional 2008 1 0 2009 2 1 Villarreal 2009–2010 13 6 Total 21 8

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2003 1. July 13, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 2. July 19, 2003 Miami, United States  Colombia 2–0 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 3. July 23, 2003 Miami, United States  United States 2–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 4. July 27, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) November 15, 2003 São Paulo, Brazil Corinthians 2–0 0 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23) November 18, 2003 Santos, Brazil Santos 3–1 0 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23) 2004 January 18, 2004 Valparaíso, Chile  Colombia 3–0 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) January 21, 2004 Valparaíso, Chile  Argentina 0–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) January 25, 2004 Viña del Mar, Chile  Paraguay 0–2 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 2004–2005 5. 16 August 2004 Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Haiti 6–0 1 Friendly 2008 6. September 10, 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Bolivia 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 7. June 10, 2009 Recife, Brazil  Paraguay 2–1 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 8. June 18, 2009 Pretoria, South Africa  United States 3–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 2009–2010 9. August 12, 2009 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–0 0 Friendly 10. September 9, 2009 Salvador, Brazil  Chile 4–2 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 11. October 11, 2009 La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 2–1 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. October 14, 2009 Campo Grande, Brazil  Venezuela 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 13. November 14, 2009 Doha, Qatar  England 1–0 1 Friendly 14. November 17, 2009 Muscat, Oman  Oman 2–0 1 Friendly 15. March 2, 2010 London, England  Republic of Ireland 2–0 0 Friendly 16. June 2, 2010 Harare, Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 3–0 0 Friendly 17. June 7, 2010 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania 5–1 0 Friendly 18. June 15, 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  Korea DPR 2–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 19. June 25, 2010 Durban, South Africa  Portugal 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 20. June 28, 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  Chile 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 21. July 2, 2010 Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Netherlands 1–2 0 2010 FIFA World Cup

References

External links

• CBF (Portuguese)
• zerozero.pt (Portuguese)
• French Focus (English)
• globoesporte (Portuguese)
• l'equipe (French)
• Futpédia (Portuguese)
• zerozerofootball.com (English)
• Nilmar French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

Brazil squads Brazil squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Gomes • 2 Maicon • 3 Luisão • 4 Alex • 5 Adriano • 6 Paulo Almeida • 7 Júlio Baptista • 8 Kaká (c) • 9 Ewerthon • 10 Diego • 11 Robinho • 12 Alexandre Negri • 13 Coelho • 14 André Bahia • 15 Nilmar • 16 Nádson • 17 Carlos Alberto • 18 Thiago Motta • Coach: Ricardo Gomes Brazil squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Júlio César • 2 Maicon • 3 Lúcio (c) • 4 Juan • 5 Felipe Melo • 6 Kléber • 7 Elano • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Luís Fabiano • 10 Kaká • 11 Robinho • 12 Victor • 13 Daniel Alves • 14 Luisão • 15 Miranda • 16 André Santos • 17 Josué • 18 Ramires • 19 Júlio Baptista • 20 Kléberson • 21 Pato • 22 Nilmar • 23 Gomes • Coach: Dunga Brazil squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Júlio César • 2 Maicon • 3 Lúcio (c) • 4 Juan • 5 Felipe Melo • 6 Michel Bastos • 7 Elano • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Luís Fabiano • 10 Kaká • 11 Robinho • 12 Gomes • 13 Daniel Alves • 14 Luisão • 15 Thiago Silva • 16 Gilberto • 17 Josué • 18 Ramires • 19 Júlio Baptista • 20 Kléberson • 21 Nilmar • 22 Doni • 23 Grafite • Coach: Dunga