Thiago Silva
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Thiago Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, with a distinguished career in both European club football and the Brazil national team.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thiago Silva canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8554627 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiago Silva Context triple: [Fluminense Football Club, notablePlayer, Thiago Silva]
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A.
Michael Essien
Michael Essien is a Ghanaian former professional footballer best known as a powerful, versatile midfielder who starred for clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid as well as the Ghana national team.
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B.
Geovani Silva
Geovani Silva is a Brazilian former footballer best known for starring at youth level, where he emerged as one of the standout attacking talents of his generation.
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C.
Blaise Matuidi
Blaise Matuidi is a French former professional footballer and World Cup winner known for his dynamic, hard-working midfield play for clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus as well as the French national team.
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D.
Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian former professional footballer renowned as a tough, intelligent central defender and long-time leader of the Italian national team and Juventus.
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E.
Leonardo Bonucci
Leonardo Bonucci is an Italian professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, particularly for his long, successful spell with Juventus and the Italian national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiago Silva Target entity description: Thiago Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, with a distinguished career in both European club football and the Brazil national team.
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A.
Michael Essien
Michael Essien is a Ghanaian former professional footballer best known as a powerful, versatile midfielder who starred for clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid as well as the Ghana national team.
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B.
Geovani Silva
Geovani Silva is a Brazilian former footballer best known for starring at youth level, where he emerged as one of the standout attacking talents of his generation.
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C.
Blaise Matuidi
Blaise Matuidi is a French former professional footballer and World Cup winner known for his dynamic, hard-working midfield play for clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus as well as the French national team.
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D.
Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian former professional footballer renowned as a tough, intelligent central defender and long-time leader of the Italian national team and Juventus.
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E.
Leonardo Bonucci
Leonardo Bonucci is an Italian professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, particularly for his long, successful spell with Juventus and the Italian national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
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human ⓘ |
| captained | Brazil national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1984-09-22 ⓘ |
| familyName | Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Thiago Emiliano da Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Thiago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Iago Silva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isago Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlayedForClub |
AC Milan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chelsea F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Dynamo Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ FC Porto B NERFINISHED ⓘ Fluminense FC NERFINISHED ⓘ Fluminense FC (second spell) NERFINISHED ⓘ Juventude NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Saint-Germain F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ RS Futebol Clube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlayedForNationalTeam | Brazil national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Isabelle Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of the best central defenders of his generation ⓘ |
| isRightFooted | true ⓘ |
| joinedClub |
AC Milan in 2009
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Chelsea in 2020 ⓘ Fluminense (second spell) in 2024 ⓘ Paris Saint-Germain in 2012 ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| nationalTeamDebutYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
2010 FIFA World Cup
NERFINISHED
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2011 Copa América NERFINISHED ⓘ 2014 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2015 Copa América NERFINISHED ⓘ 2018 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2019 Copa América NERFINISHED ⓘ 2021 Copa América NERFINISHED ⓘ 2022 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInLeague |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
NERFINISHED
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Ligue 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Premier League NERFINISHED ⓘ Serie A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
centre-back
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defender ⓘ |
| roleAtClub | captain of Paris Saint-Germain ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
composed
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excellent positional sense ⓘ strong in aerial duels ⓘ tactically intelligent ⓘ |
| won |
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
NERFINISHED
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2019 Copa América NERFINISHED ⓘ FIFA Club World Cup with Chelsea in 2021 ⓘ Serie A title with AC Milan ⓘ UEFA Champions League with Chelsea in 2021 ⓘ UEFA Super Cup with Chelsea in 2021 ⓘ multiple Ligue 1 titles with Paris Saint-Germain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thiago Silva Description of subject: Thiago Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer renowned as one of the top central defenders of his generation, with a distinguished career in both European club football and the Brazil national team.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fluminense Football Club