Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Lima da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 11 February 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Sena Madureira, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2008 | Rio Branco | ||
2005 | → Bahia (loan) | ||
2007 | → Goiás (loan) | ||
2008–2011 | Litex Lovech | 62 | (24) |
2011– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 154 | (39) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2016. |
Francisco Lima da Silva (born 11 February 1984), commonly known as Doka Madureira or Doka, is a Brazilian football midfielder, currently playing for İstanbul Başakşehir in the Turkish Süper Lig.
Born in Sena Madureira, Acre, Doka spent the first five years of his career in with local Rio Branco, later moving to Bahia and Goiás. He was invited by Serbian FK Partizan for a trial period which began on June 2008, but nothing came of it and he subsequently returning to Rio Branco.
In November 2008 he was invited by Bulgarian Litex Lovech to join a trial period. He made his team debut a few days later in a 4–1 friendly win against Chavdar Etropole. In December 2008, Litex signed Madureira to a three-year deal. He was given the number 15 shirt.
Madureira marked his Litex Lovech competitive debut with a goal in a 5–1 win away to Nesebar in the Bulgarian Cup on 4 March 2009. Until the end of the season, he earned 17 appearances and scored eight goals. Litex won the Bulgarian Cup on 26 May 2009, to grant Doka his first career cup in Bulgaria. In the final he scored and assisted for a 3–0 win against Pirin Blagoevgrad.
Doka scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 21 November 2009, scoring the fourth goal of a 5–0 home win. On 14 March 2010, he scored Litex's first goal in their 3–0 victory over Levski Sofia and was awarded Man of the Match. Litex won the A PFG on 2 May 2010 with a win at away to Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Doka scored the second goal for a 3–0 win.