Real Sociedad midfielder David Silva, trained in the Valencia youth academy and who played in his first team for four seasons, has decided to retire from football, after confirming the serious injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Although some complementary medical tests are still pending, the 37-year-old midfielder from the Canary Islands has decided to abandon professional football, as Cadena Ser announced on Friday and sources close to the footballer have confirmed to EFE.
Real Sociedad reported on Thursday that Silva suffers from an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee, a serious ailment that could keep him off the pitch all season.
The player withdrew from training on Wednesday with knee discomfort and, in the imaging tests carried out, the ligament injury was detected. At 37 years old, the injury will force Silva to hang up his boots when he was still at an excellent competitive level at Real Sociedad.
The Canarian midfielder arrived in San Sebastián on August 17, 2020 after finishing his successful career at Manchester City. He signed for two years with Real, with the possibility of extending his contract for one more season.
In that third season he was fundamental in Real Sociedad’s qualification for the Champions League, which encouraged the Canarian footballer to renew for one more season with Real Sociedad. However, the injury will deprive him of playing that fourth season.
Born in Arguineguin (Gran Canaria) in 1986, David Josué Jiménez Siva started at San Fernando de Maspalomas, but at the age of 14 he moved to the Valencia youth academy. In the 2003-2004 season he played for Valencia Mestalla in Segunda B and in the 2004-2005 season he played on loan for Eibar and later for Celta, this time in the First Division, before returning to Valencia in 2006. In the summer of 2010, while he was playing and winning the World Cup in South Africa, his move to Manchester City was confirmed, the club where he stayed for a decade.
At the end of his time in Manchester, at the age of 34, Silva looked for a destination in which to continue competing at the highest level and enjoying football, and at that moment he came across Imanol Alguacil’s attractive Real Sociedad.
With Real he won a Copa del Rey and was key in the European qualification in the three seasons he has played with txuri urdin. With the Spanish team, Silva is part of the chosen group of players who have won a World Cup and two European Championships.
