Picon (footballer)

Fernando Picon da Silva, known as Picon (born 6 February 1976) is a Brazilian professional football defender last playing with Ituano Futebol Clube.

Picon
Personal information
Full name Fernando Picon da Silva
Date of birth (1976-02-06) 6 February 1976
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central defender or
defending midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 São Paulo
2000 XV de Piracicaba
2000–2001 Ionikos
2003 OFK Beograd
2003–2005 Imperatriz
2006 Rio Preto
2007 Ionikos
2007 → Shanghai Stars (loan)
2008 Poços de Caldas
2008–2009 Pelotas
2009 Ituano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 September 2009

Career

Born in São Paulo, he begin his career playing with local giants São Paulo FC. He was part of São Paulo team that won the 1998 Campeonato Paulista.[1] He played one season with XV de Piracicaba in 2001 before moving abroad to play with Super League Greece side Ionikos F.C.

He had a spell in Serbia playing with OFK Beograd in the First League of FR Yugoslavia before returning to Brazil. In 2004, he was playing with Sociedade Imperatriz de Desportos winning with them the state championship in 2005.

After a spell with Rio Preto Esporte Clube in 2006 he will return to Ionikos F.C. in early 2007, however as the club ended up relegated at the end of the 2006-07 season, Picon was loaned to Chinese side Shanghai Stars until the end of the year.

In 2008, he returned to Brazil joining Poços de Caldas, a side that had just been formed a year earlier. Between summer 2008 and 2009 he will play with Esporte Clube Pelotas, before finishing the year with Ituano Futebol Clube.

Honours
São Paulo
Imperatriz
Pelotas

References
  1. O título do Paulistão de 1998 at saopaulofc.net, 10-5-2018, retrieved 11-5-2018 (in Portuguese)

External sources
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