Diego Silva (footballer, born 1983)

Diego Silva
Personal information
Full name Diego Alejandro Silva Fuentes
Date of birth (1983-03-11) 11 March 1983
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Cobresal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 Cobresal 210 (15)
2001 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) – (–)
2010–2011 Santiago Morning 53 (1)
2012 Unión San Felipe 29 (0)
2013–2015 Cobreloa 73 (5)
2015–2018 Cobresal 50 (1)
2016–2017 → San Luis (loan) 11 (2)
2019–2021 Deportes Santa Cruz 46 (3)
2021 Deportes Recoleta 8 (0)
2022 Real San Joaquín 21 (1)
Total 501 (28)
Managerial career
2023–2025 Cobresal (youth)
2025– Cobresal (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Alejandro Silva Fuentes (born 11 March 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

A historical player of Cobresal and Cobreloa, he retired from football after twenty one years as a professional football player at the end of 2022 season.[1]

Following his retirement, Silva assumed as coach for the Cobresal youth ranks and later he assumed as assistant coach of Gustavo Huerta for the first team.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Ortega, Pablo (12 February 2023). "Fue figura de Cobresal y Cobreloa, pero se retiró tras 21 años: "Me faltó jugar fuera de Chile"". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ @cobresaloficial; (16 January 2024). "🌟 ¡Visita técnica con la calidad de un verdadero minero!" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2026 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "⚒️ 𝑪𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒐 𝒕é𝒄𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒆𝒍 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🔥 ⚽️" (in Spanish). Club Deportes Cobresal Oficial. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2026.