Silvester van der Water

Silvester van der Water (born 30 September 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Club career Almere City In 2014, van der Water joined the Almere City academy from amateur side SDO Bussum where he had spent 11 years. Ahead of the 2015–16 season, van der Water was moved up to the club's under-21 team contesting the Beloften Eredivisie. That same season he was promoted to the senior team, making his senior debut on 12 February 2016 as an 82nd minute substitute for Travis Brent in a 2–1 Eerste Divisie defeat to FC Eindhoven. He scored his first senior goals for the club on his third appearance, netting a brace in a 7–0 win over Jong PSV. He began the following season a regular starter but as Almere City's form declined, van der Water was dropped to the bench, earning most of his playing time as either a substitute or with the under-21s.

After eight goals in nine games in the Derde Divisie with Jong Almere City to start the 2017–18 season, van der Water earned a recall to the first-team. He scored 12 goals in 26 regular season appearances before proving instrumental in the 2017–18 promotion playoffs with three goals and three assists in six games as Almere City reached the final but missed out on the club's first promotion to the Eredivisie, losing to De Graafschap 3–2 over two legs. He returned to the squad the following week for the 1–1 draw with PSV Eindhoven. Transfer speculation returned in the winter window and on 19 February 2021, Wormuth confirmed van der Water had been given permission to leave the squad to complete a transfer. With three goals and four assists in the first half of the season, van der Water was second only to Rai Vloet in goal involvements on the team at the time of his transfer.

Orlando City On 23 February 2021, Orlando City confirmed the signing of van der Water on a three-year contract plus a club option on a TAM deal. He made his club debut on 17 April as substitute for Alexandre Pato in the 80th minute of a season-opening goalless draw with Atlanta United. Van der Water made his first start in place of the suspended Nani on 22 May 2021. He provided the assist for Tesho Akindele on the only goal of the game and was named player of the match as Orlando beat Toronto FC 1–0 to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. He scored his first goal for the club on 29 May 2021 as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat away to New York Red Bulls.

Cambuur On 1 July 2022, Van der Water signed a three-year contract with an option for an additional year with Cambuur.

On 1 February 2024, van der Water was loaned by PEC Zwolle.

RKC Waalwijk On 2 September 2024, van der Water moved to RKC Waalwijk until the end of the season.

Panionios On 12 July 2025, he joined Super League Greece 2 club Panionios.

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