Silva enjoyed his best years while with Porto, playing second fiddle to Nuno Valente on a side that won the 2002-03 UEFA Cup and the following year's UEFA Champions League, while also adding back-to-back national titles under José Mourinho.
Midway through the 2008-09 campaign, Silva moved countries again and joined Cyprus' Doxa Katokopias F.C. of the first division [REF].