Bundesliga - Silva out for 'eight or nine months'

Eurosport - Wed, 08 Jul 22:29:00 2009

Hamburg's Brazilian defender Alex Silva faces knee surgery and will miss most of next season after being injured in a friendly, according to team doctor Oliver Dierk.

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"Alex will be out of action for between eight and nine months," Dierk said.

The 24-year-old, who has won two caps for Brazil and joined Hamburg from Brazilian champions Sao Paulo one year ago, suffered the injury early in the second half of a match against Austria's Wacker Innsbruck on Tuesday.

Reuters

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