Igor Silva de Almeida (born 21 August 1996), simply known as Igor Silva or formerly Igor Carioca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French club Lorient.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Igor Silva de Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Comercial | |||
| 2015–2016 | Asteras Tripolis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Comercial | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Asteras Tripolis | 27 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Olympiacos | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → AEK Larnaca (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Osijek (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Osijek | 31 | (0) |
| 2021– | Lorient | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2021 | |||
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Igor started his professional career with Comercial Futebol Clube in Brazil. In 2013, at the age of 13, he made his first team debut in the Copa Paulista. Two years later, he featured for the team in Paulista A2.[2] In 2015, he moved abroad and joined the academy of Greek club Asteras Tripoli. He was promoted to the senior team in the following season.[2] He spent two seasons with the club, amassing 34 caps, scoring one goal and adding two assists.[1] On 11 January 2018, he joined fellow league club Olympiacos as a replacement for the departing Diogo Figueiras.[3]
However, Igor did not play regularly after being found surplus to requirements by manager Pedro Martins.[4] On 18 July 2019, he joined Cypriot club AEK Larnaca on a season-long loan deal.[4] On 18 July 2018 after a year in Cyprus, he joined Croatian club NK Osijek on a season-long loan deal.[5] On 29 July 2020, Osijek announce the acquisition of the player signing a three-year contract from Olympiacos on a transfer fee in the range of €1 million.[6]
On 23 July 2021, he joined French club Lorient on a five-year contract.[7]
Although Igor Silva started his career as a forward, he switched his position to right back during his stint in the Asteras Tripolis academy.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Comercial | 2013[8] | Paulista A2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014[8] | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2015[8] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Asteras Tripolis | 2015–16[8] | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[8] | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18[8] | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Olympiacos | 2017–18[8] | Superleague Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| AEK Larnaca (loan) | 2018–19[8] | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Osijek (loan) | 2019–20[8] | Prva HNL | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Osijek | 2020–21[8] | Prva HNL | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |
| Career total | 116 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 3 | ||
AEK Larnaca
FC Lorient – current squad | |
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