Dida (footballer, born 1973)

Nélson de Jesus Silva^[1][2][3] (born 7 October 1973), better known simply as Dida, is a former Brazilian football player.

Dida

Personal information
Full name	Nélson de Jesus Silva
Date of birth	(1973-10-07) 7 October 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990	Cruzeiro de Arapiraca
1991–1992	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1993	Vitória	24	(0)
1994–1998	Cruzeiro	120	(0)
1998–1999	Lugano	0	(0)
1999–2000	Corinthians	24	(0)
2000–2010	AC Milan	206	(0)
2001–2002	→ Corinthians (loan)	8	(0)
2012	Portuguesa	32	(0)
2013	Grêmio	37	(0)
2014–2015	Internacional	27	(0)
Total		478	(0)
International career
1992–1993	Brazil U20	12	(0)
1996	Brazil Olympic	17	(0)
1995–2006	Brazil	91	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 2002 Korea/Japan Runner-up 1998 France FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 1997 Saudi Arabia Winner 2005 Germany Runner-up 1999 Mexico Copa América Winner 1999 Paraguay Runner-up 1995 Uruguay CONCACAF Gold Cup Runner-up 1996 United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team FIFA U–20 World Cup Winner 1993 Australia South American Youth Football Championship Winner 1992 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 November 2014

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls
Vitória	1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1993	24	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	0
Cruzeiro	1994	23	0	-	-	6	0	-	-	29	0
	1995	20	0	3	0	8	0	-	-	31	0
	1996	22	0	9	0	?	?	-	-	31	0
	1997	25	0	2	0	20	0	1	0	48	0
	1998	30	0	5	0	14	0	-	-	49	0
Lugano	1998–99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corinthians	1999	25	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	0
	2000	-	-	-	-	11	0	4	0	15	0
AC Milan	2000–01	1	0	-	-	6	0	-	-	7	0
Corinthians	2001	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	0
	2002	-	-	9	0	-	-	18	0	27	0
AC Milan	2002–03	30	0	-	-	14	0	-	-	44	0
	2003–04	32	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	45	0
	2004–05	36	0	-	-	13	0	1	0	50	0
	2005–06	36	0	-	-	12	0	-	-	48	0
	2006–07	25	0	3	0	13	0	-	-	41	0
	2007–08	13	0	-	-	5	0	2	0	20	0
	2008–09	10	0	1	0	8	0	-	-	19	0
	2009–10	23	0	-	-	5	0	-	-	28	0
Portuguesa	2012	32	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	0
Grêmio	2013	37	0	6	0	8	0	9	0	60	0
Internacional	2014	27	0	5	0	2	0	7	0	41	0
	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total for Milan		206	0	6	0	86	0	4	0	302	0
Career totals		479	0	45	0	153	0	37	0	723	0

International

^[4]

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	3	0
1996	6	0
1997	6	0
1998	-	-
1999	17	0
2000	10	0
2001	6	0
2002	5	0
2003	11	0
2004	9	0
2005	12	0
2006	6	0
Total	91	0

Honours

Cruzeiro

• Copa de Oro: 1995
• Copa do Brasil: 1996
• Copa Libertadores: 1997

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1999
• Copa do Brasil: 2002
• Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 2002
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2000

AC Milan^[5]

• Serie A: 2003–04
• Coppa Italia: 2002–03
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2004
• UEFA Champions League: 2002–03, 2006–07
• UEFA Super Cup: 2003, 2007
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2007

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2014, 2015

Brazil Youth

• South American Youth Championship: 1992
• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1993
• CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1996

Brazil

• FIFA World Cup: 2002
• Copa América: 1999
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997, 2005

Individual

• Placar Bola de Prata: 1993 (Vitória), 1996, 1998 (Cruzeiro), 1999 (Corinthians)
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper silver ball: 2005^[6]
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper bronze ball: 2004^[7]
• FIFPro World XI: 2005
• FIFPro Goalkeeper of the Year: 2005
• IFFHS Best Brazilian Goalkeeper of the 21st Century^[8]
• AC Milan Hall of Fame^[2][5]