[1] On 6 November 2007, he made his unofficial debut for Levski Sofia in a friendly match against PFC Haskovo.

Zé Soares played awesome but the stadium's awful condition declined the fast and creative Levski player so the match ended in a goalless draw.

Zé Soares scored his first goal for Levski on 22 March 2008 in a match against Belasitsa Petrich.

Zé made his debut in Europe on 13 August 2008 in a match against FC BATE Borisov.

[2] Da Silva was scouted by FC Kuban Krasnodar during the winter pause of Bulgarian League.

On 9 May 2009, Zé Soares assisted for the first goal of Levski Sofia in The Eternal Derby against CSKA and later scored the second.

Despite the bad results during the autumnal part of the season, after great matches in the spring, Levski Sofia fulfilled the plan before the term had set and became a champion for 26th time, before the last round has been played.

Zé Soares was rumored to play his last match with Levski on 2 December 2009 against Villarreal CF.

On 15 January 2010, Zé Soares was bought by Metalurh Donetsk for a transfer fee of €450,000.