Dominique Da Silva

He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007. In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1. He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining Egyptian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011. Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped Al-Ahly win the Egyptian Premier League for the seventh successive season. On 9 September 2012, he came on as a late substitute in Al-Ahly's 2–1 win over ENPPI in the Egyptian Super Cup. In January 2014, Da Silva moved to Zamalek SC. He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games. In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing with Terengganu F.C. On 26 September 2023, Da Silva signed a contract with Senegalese football club ASC Jaraaf. On 26 January 2024, Da Silva joined Saudi Third Division club Radwa.

He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals. He scored his first goal for his country against Morocco in 2008.

Da Silva was born in Nouakchott, Mauritania to Guinea-Bissau parents. He is Catholic.

CS Sfaxien Tunisian President Cup: 2009 Al-Ahly Egyptian Premier League: 2010–11 Egyptian Super Cup: 2011 CAF Champions League: 2012, 2013 Zamalek Egypt Cup: 2014