VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF BRAZIL DEFENDER THIAGO SILVA'S CAREER AS HE SIGNS WITH FC PORTO SHOWS: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (FILE – JUNE 7, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. PYROTECHNICS AT MARACANA STADIUM 2. VARIOUS OF THIAGO SILVA WALKING OUT WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER SIGNING FOR FLUMINENSE 3. VARIOUS OF SILVA SIGNING A FOOTBALL AND KICKING IT INTO STANDS STOKE D'ABERNON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – APRIL 17, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 4. SILVA WALKING OUT FOR CHELSEA TRAINING 5. PLAYERS WALKING OUT SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, FRANCE (FILE – AUGUST 17, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) 6. VARIOUS OF SILVA JOGGING AT PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN TRAINING WITH NEYMAR JUNIOR SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, FRANCE (FILE – SEPTEMBER 11, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. NEYMAR WITH HIS ARM AROUND SILVA SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, FRANCE (FILE – NOVEMBER 21, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 8. SILVA PASSING BALL 9. SILVA WARMING UP WITH MARQUINHOS AND NEYMAR MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – NOVEMBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) 10. SILVA JOGGING WITH KYLIAN MBAPPE AND NEYMAR AMONGST OTHER PSG TEAMMATES 11. SILVA WARMING UP WITH MARQUINHOS AND NEYMAR DOHA, QATAR (FILE – NOVEMBER 21, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) 12. SILVA DURING RONDO DRILL AT BRAZIL TRAINING 13. RONDO DRILL ENFIELD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – MAY 29, 2018) (REUTERS – Access all) 14. VARIOUS OF SILVA DURING RONDO DRILL 15. SILVA DURING TRAINING MATCH SOCHI, RUSSIA (FILE – JUNE 19, 2018) (REUTERS – Access all) 16. SILVA DOING KEEPIE-UPS LIMA, PERU (FILE – NOVEMBER 14, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all) 17. SILVA DOING KEEPIE-UPS, PASSING BALL RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (FILE – JULY 7, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 18. STILL OF SILVA AND RICHARLISON HOLDING COPA AMERICA TROPHY PARIS, FRANCE (FILE – MAY 17, 2014) (REUTERS – Access all (MUTE) 19. STILL OF SILVA LIFTING LIGUE 1 TROPHY AS PSG CAPTAIN STORY: Veteran Brazilian defender Thiago Silva joined Porto on Saturday (December 20), signing a short-term deal until the end of the season. The 41-year-old centre-back was available as a free agent after Fluminense agreed to terminate his contract prematurely. Silva returned to his boyhood club in 2024 after almost two decades in Europe with AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea. The Champions League winner joins a Porto side sitting five points clear at the top of the Portuguese Primeira Liga and is aiming to impress in a bid to make Carlo Ancelotti's Brazil squad for this summer's World Cup. Silva has made 113 appearances for his country but has not featured for the Selecao since their 2022 World Cup quarter-final exit. (Production: Conal Quinn)
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