Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva

Charles
Personal information
Full name	Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva
Date of birth	February 14, 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder
Youth career
2003–2005	Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Cruzeiro
2005	→ Ipatinga (loan)
2006	→ Cabofriense (loan)
2006–2007	→ Ipatinga (loan)
2008–2011	Lokomotiv Moscow
2011	→ Santos (loan)
2011	→ Cruzeiro (loan)
2012–2015	Cruzeiro
2013	→ Palmeiras (loan)
2016–2020	Antalyaspor
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2020

Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva or simply Charles (born February 14, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian defensive midfielder who most recently played for Turkish club Antalyaspor.

Career[]

Da Silva arrived at Cruzeiro in October 2003, at age 18, as a defender in the junior team. He was loaned to Ipatinga in 2005, when he won the State Championship. The next year, he was a defender with Cabofriense and returned to Ipatinga for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Da Silva returned to Cruzeiro in May 2007 for his first opportunity in the professional team, where he remained until the end of August 2008, when 70% of rights were traded to Lokomotiv Moscow of Russia.

He played 67 games for Cruzeiro and scored 7 goals.

On February 4, 2013, in an exchange for Luan, he signed for Palmeiras until the end of season.^[1]