Dida

Brazilian association football player (born 1973)

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Updated 2026-09-08

Nélson de Jesus Silva, better known simply as Dida, is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach. He started his senior club career in Brazil in the early 1990s with Vitória before moving to Cruzeiro and Corinthians. He is perhaps best remembered for his ten-year stint with AC Milan from 2000 to 2010, where he established himself as one of the world's best goalkeepers and won multiple trophies and individual awards with the club, including one Serie A title (Scudetto) and twice the UEFA Champions League, with the first of those victories coming after he saved three penalties in the 2003 final against Serie A rivals Juventus, and is one of four Milan keepers with 300 career appearances. After a two-year absence from playing, he returned to Brazil in 2012, appearing for three teams—Portuguesa, Grêmio and Internacional—in as many seasons. He returned to Milan to serve as their goalkeeping coach from 2020 to 2022.

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S.C. Internacional
2014–2015
Grêmio FBPA
2013–2013
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
2012–2012
S.C. Corinthians Paulista
2001–2002
AC Milan
2000–2010
S.C. Corinthians Paulista
1999–2000
FC Lugano
1998–1999
Brazil national under-23 football team
1996–1996
Brazil men's national football team
1995–2006
Cruzeiro E.C.
1994–1998
E.C. Vitória
1992–1993
Brazil national under-20 football team
1992–1993

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2014–2015	27	0
2013–2013	37	0
2012–2012	32	0
2001–2002	8	0
2000–2010	206	0
1999–2000	24	0
1998–1999	0	0
1996–1996	17	0
1995–2006	91	0
1994–1998	120	0
1992–1993	24	0
1992–1993	12	0