Best (Portuguese footballer)

Best
Personal information
Full name Artur Paulo Oliveira da Silva
Date of birth (1968-12-24) 24 December 1968
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1980–1985 Vitória Guimarães
1985–1988 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1995 Salgueiros 50 (0)
1995–1996 Leça 4 (0)
1996–2001 Tirsense
2001–2002 Terras do Bouro
2002–2003 Quarteirense
National team
1986 Portugal U18 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Artur Paulo Oliveira da Silva (born 24 December 1968 in Guimarães), known as Best, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

After unsuccessfully graduating at FC Porto's youth system, Best joined neighbouring S.C. Salgueiros in 1988 at nearly 20, going on to spend the following seven seasons with the Paranhos side, five of those in the top division: his best output in the competition consisted of 12 games, in 1990–91 (eight goals conceded).

In the 1996 summer, after one unassuming top level campaign with Leça FC, Best signed for F.C. Tirsense in the second division, going on to experience three consecutive relegations with the same team. He retired from football in 2003 at nearly 35, after one-year spells with two amateur clubs.

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