In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Abreu de Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
 Silva in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Amadora, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2015 | Atlético Ouriense | 124 | (89) |
| 2015–2016 | Clube de Albergaria | 24 | (14) |
| 2016–2020 | Sporting CP | 78 | (62) |
| 2020–2021 | Aston Villa | 13 | (1) |
| 2021– | Sporting CP | 48 | (37) |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Portugal U19 | 28 | (10) |
| 2014– | Portugal | 101 | (20) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 November 2023 | |||
Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva (born 4 June 1995), commonly known as Diana Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sporting and the Portugal women's national football team.
Career
Silva started playing football at six years old. When she was 13, she started playing for Atlético Ouriense's boys' team before being promoted straight into their women's team as Atlético Ouriense had no girls' youth team. She later moved to Clube de Albergaria. In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting CP women's football team. Silva was among the first names revealed to have joined Sporting's new women's team after the club had been 21 years without one. During this year she also started studying for the conclusion of an integrated master's degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon after transferring from the University of Coimbra where she had been studying for three years since she was 18. She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first season with the club.
International career
Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in March 2014. In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team. She also played in Portugal's final group match against the England women's national football team however Portugal lost 2–1 and were eliminated. On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 January 2024.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Clube de Albergaria | 2015–16 | Nacional | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 25 | 14 | ||
| Sporting CP | 2016–17 | Nacional | 24 | 26 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 29 | 31 | |||
| 2017–18 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 11 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 35 | |||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 20 | 10 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 22 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 126 | 99 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 175 | 141 | ||
| Aston Villa | 2020–21 | FA WSL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 164 | 114 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 218 | 158 | ||
International goals
- As of match played 4 March 2020. Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
Notes
- Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup
- Includes Taça da Liga, League Cup
- Includes UEFA Champions League
- ^ Includes Supertaça de Portugal
References
- ^ "Portugal – Diana Silva". Soccerway. 4 June 1995. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Diana Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Negocios. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Paulo A. Teixeira (3 June 2017). "Diana Silva a campeã leonina que comparam a Gelson Martins" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Sporting anuncia três primeiros reforços para equipa feminina de futebol" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- "Diana Silva: Futura farmacêutica dá receita do sucesso" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ADN de Leão | Episódio 71: Diana Silva, retrieved 20 March 2024
- "VÍDEO: o golaço de Diana Silva na festa do título do Sporting" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Diana Silva olha em frente: "Se calhar a Escócia é mais ao nosso nível"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Diana Silva: "Sentimos mesmo que as coisas estão a mudar no futebol feminino"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- Murray, Keir (23 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: Scotland Women 1–2 Portugal Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- Magowan, Alistair (27 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: England win sets up quarter-final with France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- "Diana Silva player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Diana Silva oGol profile". www.ogol.com.br (in Breton).
- "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
External links
- Diana Silva – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Diana Silva at Soccerway
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- Women's association football forwards
- Portuguese women's footballers
- Footballers from Amadora
- Portuguese people of African descent
- Women of African descent
- Portugal women's international footballers
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino players
- Sporting CP (women's football) players
- Atlético Ouriense players
- Clube de Albergaria players
- Aston Villa W.F.C. players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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