Journalist and writer, author of the books Los 50 mejores equipos (The 50 Best Teams) (2025), about the best teams in the history of Colombian professional football; El mejor equipo del Mundo (The Best Team in the World) (2023), about the extraordinary Millonarios team of “El Dorado” – a publication that became a documentary in 2024, which he co-directed; Egan, el campeón predestinado (Edgar, The Pre-Destined Champion) (2019), about the only Latin American winner of the Tour de France; La leyenda de los escarabajos (The Legend of The Beetles) (2017), which brings together the 100 greatest moments in Colombian cycling; El 5-0 (2013), a chronicle detailing the before, during and after of Colombia's victory over Argentina in 1993; ¿Quién mató al Joe? (Who Killed Joe?) (2012) and El Centurión de la noche (The Centurion of the Night) (2008), texts that summarise the life, death and work of the brilliant Joe Arroyo, and the trilogy Enséñame a ser héroe (Teach Me to Be a Hero) (2020, 2016 and 2014), the most comprehensive literary series on Colombian sport. Three-time winner of the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award (in 2004 for his interview with El Joe Arroyo, El rey no ha muerto; in 2010 for his report on the life of Faustino Asprilla, La fiesta de Fausto, and in 2019 for his interview with Yerry Mina, El rey de las alturas), Silva has had an extensive career as a reporter, columnist and editor for the newspapers La Prensa and El Tiempo and the magazines Soho, Semana, Cambio, Donjuán and BOCAS, where he was editor-in-chief for a decade. He has also won the India Catalina Award (2009), the Excellence in Journalism Award (2016 and 2020) and the National Press Award (2018).
