Date of birth: September 22, 1984
Instagram: @thiagosilva
Club(s): RS Futebol, Juventude, Porto B, Dinamo Moscow (loan), Fluminense, AC Milan, Paris St Germain, Chelsea
Country: Brazil
Signing fee: Free
After seeing his career and even life threatened by tuberculosis while on loan at Dinamo Moscow in 2005, has developed into one of the game's top centre-halves. The Brazil international's reputation grew at Fluminense before his rise to global prominence continued at AC Milan. That persuaded Paris St Germain to splash out a reported £34.8million for him in 2012, captaining the club until his departure to Chelsea in the summer of 2020.
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