Nilmar

Nilmar

Personal information
Full name	Nilmar Honorato da Silva
Date of birth	(1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bandeirantes, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Villarreal
Number	12
Youth career
1999–2001	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Internacional	42	(16)
2004–2005	Lyon	32	(2)
2005–2007	Corinthians	59	(30)
2007–2009	Internacional	36	(19)
2009–	Villarreal	85	(26)
National team‡
2004	Brazil U23	7	(0)
2003–	Brazil	23	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2010

Nilmar Honorato da Silva (born 14 July 1984), commonly known as Nilmar, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Villarreal CF and the Brazilian national team.

Club career

Internacional

After coming through the Internacional youth teams, Nilmar played for the professional team in 2002 to 2004 seasons.

Lyon

Nilmar was signed for Olympique Lyonnais in summer 2004, initially as cover for the now ex-Lyon player Élber Giovane. He signed with a clause in his contract that stated that he could be loaned back to Internacional once Élber was fit.^{[citation needed]}

Nilmar made an impressive start during his stint at Lyon, scoring two debut goals as a substitute against Stade Rennais. Unfortunately, he did not score any more goals in the Ligue 1 that season.

Corinthians

With the impending signing of Fred, Lyon chose to loan Nilmar out, this time to Corinthians in his native Brazil. They were somewhat forced to do this in order to stay within the limit of non-EU players.^[1]

As well as this law, Lyon already had four established forwards, namely Fred, Sylvain Wiltord, Milan Baroš, and Sidney Govou, and, despite his good performances with Corinthians, Nilmar was ultimately sold to the South American club, for €10 million.^[2] At Corinthians, the young striker hit the target on his debut against São Paulo FC, with almost his first touch of the ball and he continued to impress fans and critics alike throughout his first season. His skill, speed, and mazy dribbles helped win him a place in the Brazilian League all-star team for the 2005 season.

Return to Internacional

On 17 August 2007, the Justiça do Trabalho (literally "court of employment") cancelled Nilmar's contract^[3] because Corinthians and third-parties owner MSI owed the player €2 million.^{[citation needed]} Nilmar was consequently available to sign for any club for free,^{[citation needed]} while Corinthians must still pay the transfer debt of €8million they owed to Lyon for Nilmar's original transfer in 2006.^[4] Eventually Corinthians agreed to pay Lyon €6.5 million for the overdue portion of the transfer debt in December 2007.^[5] after losing the case in the Court of Arbitration for Sport^[2] and FIFA Players’ Status Committee.

In the following month, Nilmar returned to Internacional for undisclosed fee to Corinthians and third-party owners.^[4], despite the interest of several major clubs in Europe and Brazil. It was reported that Inter partnerred with D.I.S. to sign 50% economic rights for €3 million.^[6] Internacional had sold 20% economic rights for R$5.46 million to unknown parties in 2007.^[7] He made his new debut for the Porto Alegre team on 4 November 2007, when Inter beat CR Vasco da Gama 2–1. He was chosen as the Man of the Match.

In January 2008, he scored an impressive goal against Internazionale of Italy in the Dubai Cup final, which helped his side win the game. In the summer of 2008, Palermo offered €15 million, with a bonus of up to €3 million. This was rejected,^[8] however, and activated the clause that Internacional bought 20% economic rights from Nilmar for reported €2.4 million, with other parties retained 50% economic rights.^[9]

In December 2008, he scored the winning goal in the Copa Sudamericana final match, giving Internacional the title. It was the first time that the Copa Sudamericana was won by a Brazilian club.

Villarreal

Fernando Roig, the President of Villarreal CF confirmed the signing of Nilmar on 25 July 2009.

He started Villarreal's first game of the La Liga 2009–10 against CA Osasuna. Santi Cazorla scored Villarreal's only goal of the game and Nilmar played the full 90 minutes.

On 17 September 2009, Nilmar scored the winning goal in the Europa League group stage clash against Bulgarian side Levski Sofia.^[10] On 10 March 2011, he netted twice (including a last-minute goal) to help his team to a 3:2 away win against German club Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of a last 16 round match of the Europa League.^[11] He again netted twice against Twente which his side won 5–1 at home.

International career

Nilmar made his international debut for Brazil in 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico on 13 July 2003. He appeared three times in the tournament as Brazil was defeated by Mexico in the final. Although Brazil chose to send Brazil under-23 team to the tournament, all the international appearances in the tournament are recognized by FIFA as full international caps. His first international goal came against Haiti on 18 August 2004, as Brazil won 6–0.

After four years out of the national team, on 29 August 2008, Nilmar was recalled by coach Dunga as a replacement for the injured Rafael Sóbis for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia. On 21 May 2009, he was selected in Brazil squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.^[12] He made one substitute appearance in the tournament as Brazil went on to win the cup.

On 9 September 2009, he scored a hat-trick for Brazil in a 4–2 win against Chile.^[13] On 14 November 2009, Nilmar scored the only goal of the match with a header in a friendly against England. He then scored again in a second friendly match on 17 November 2009 against Oman. He was a member in the Brazil squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa, as a substitute. He scored Brazil's third goal in a friendly match on 7 October 2010 against Iran.

Honours

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
• Copa Sudamericana: 2008

Lyon

• Trophée des champions: 2004
• Ligue 1: 2005

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005

Brazil

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 2003
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009

Individual

• São Paulo State League Top Goalscorer: 2006
• Copa Sudamericana Top Goalscorer: 2008

Career statistics

Club career

As of 13 May 2012

State League

International statistics

As of 11 October 2010.^{[22][23][24][25]}

National team Club Season Apps Goals Brazil Internacional 2003 4 0 Lyon 2004–2005 1 1 Internacional 2008 1 0 2009 2 1 Villarreal 2009–2010 15 7 Total 23 9

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2003 1. 13 July 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 2. 19 July 2003 Miami, United States  Colombia 2–0 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 3. 23 July 2003 Miami, United States  United States 2–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 4. 27 July 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 15 November 2003 São Paulo, Brazil Corinthians 2–0 0 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23)[26] 18 November 2003 Santos, Brazil Santos 3–1 0 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23)[26] 2004 18 January 2004 Valparaíso, Chile  Colombia 3–0 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 21 January 2004 Valparaíso, Chile  Argentina 0–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 25 January 2004 Viña del Mar, Chile  Paraguay 0–2 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 2004–2005 5. 16 August 2004 Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Haiti 6–0 1 Friendly 2008 6. 10 September 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Bolivia 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 7. 10 June 2009 Recife, Brazil  Paraguay 2–1 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 8. 18 June 2009 Pretoria, South Africa  United States 3–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 2009–2010 9. 12 August 2009 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–0 0 Friendly 10. 9 September 2009 Salvador, Brazil  Chile 4–2 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 11. 11 October 2009 La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 2–1 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. 14 October 2009 Campo Grande, Brazil  Venezuela 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 13. 14 November 2009 Doha, Qatar  England 1–0 1 Friendly 14. 17 November 2009 Muscat, Oman  Oman 2–0 1 Friendly 15. 2 March 2010 London, England  Republic of Ireland 2–0 0 Friendly 16. 2 June 2010 Harare, Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 3–0 0 Friendly 17. 7 June 2010 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania 5–1 0 Friendly 18. 15 June 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  North Korea 2–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 19. 25 June 2010 Durban, South Africa  Portugal 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 20. 28 June 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  Chile 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 21. 2 July 2010 Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Netherlands 1–2 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010–2011 22. 7 October 2010 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Iran 3–0 1 Friendly

Personal life

Nilmar is married to Laura Guimarães^[27][28]

References

External links

• Villarreal official profile
• La Liga profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Zerozero profile
• L'Équipe profile (French)
• Nilmar French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Nilmar at National-Football-Teams.com
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
• Nilmar – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile

Brazil squads v t e Brazil squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Gomes 2 Maicon 3 Luisão 4 Alex 5 Adriano 6 Paulo Almeida 7 Júlio Baptista 8 Kaká (c) 9 Ewerthon 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Alexandre Negri 13 Coelho 14 André Bahia 15 Nilmar 16 Nádson 17 Carlos Alberto 18 Thiago Motta Coach: Ricardo Gomes v t e Brazil squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Júlio César 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Juan 5 Felipe Melo 6 Kléber 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva 9 Luís Fabiano 10 Kaká 11 Robinho 12 Victor 13 Daniel Alves 14 Luisão 15 Miranda 16 André Santos 17 Josué 18 Ramires 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Kléberson 21 Pato 22 Nilmar 23 Gomes Coach: Dunga v t e Brazil squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Júlio César 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Juan 5 Felipe Melo 6 Michel Bastos 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva 9 Luís Fabiano 10 Kaká 11 Robinho 12 Gomes 13 Daniel Alves 14 Luisão 15 Thiago Silva 16 Gilberto 17 Josué 18 Ramires 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Kléberson 21 Nilmar 22 Doni 23 Grafite Coach: Dunga