Rui Silva (footballer, born 1994)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Águas Santas, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Granada | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | Futsal | ||
2006–2012 | Maia | ||
2012–2013 | Nacional | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013−2017 | Nacional | 50 | (0) |
2017− | Granada | 79 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013 | Portugal U19 | 3 | (0) |
2014 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
2014 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2020 |
Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva (born 7 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Nacional
Born in Águas Santas, Maia, Porto District, Silva began his development at local F.C. Maia before completing it at C.D. Nacional, whom he joined in 2012. He made his professional debut on 26 January 2014 in a dead rubber Taça da Liga group match at Leixões SC, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory.[1] His Primeira Liga debut came on 11 May in the final fixture away against Gil Vicente FC, giving away and conceding the penalty from which Diogo Viana scored the only goal.[2]
Silva eventually became first-choice for the Manuel Machado-led team, overtaking Brazilian Eduardo Gottardi.[3]
Granada
On 27 January 2017, Silva signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at Spanish La Liga club Granada CF, as a replacement for Levante UD-bound Oier Olazábal.[4] Costing €1.5 million, he was completely unused in his first season in which the Andalusians were relegated to the Segunda División, as Guillermo Ochoa was unchallenged.[5]
Silva remained second-choice, this time to Javi Varas, and debuted on 6 September 2017 in the second round of the Copa del Rey, a 3–0 away defeat to Real Zaragoza.[6] He made four league appearances, the first being a 0–1 loss at Rayo Vallecano on 2 December while the veteran Spaniard was grieving the death of a family member.[5]
Under new manager Diego Martínez, Silva became the starter and missed just two games as the Nazaríes finished second to CA Osasuna and won promotion in the 2018–19 campaign. He was given the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for best-performing goalkeeper in the league,[7] and was also voted best in his position.[8]
International career
Silva won his sole cap for the Portugal under-21 side on 13 November 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 away friendly defeat against England.[9][10]
Club statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nacional | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2014–15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
Granada | 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career totals | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
1Includes the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga
Honours
Individual
- Segunda División: Best Goalkeeper 2018–19[8]
- Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2018–19 Segunda División[7]
References
- ^ "Nacional vence Leixões para cumprir calendário" [Nacional defeat Leixões to complete fixtures]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Gil Vicente 1–0 Nacional" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Pestana, Emanuel (30 October 2016). "Rui Silva justifica elogios de Manuel Machado" [Rui Silva justifies compliments of Manuel Machado]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Azcoytia, Jorge (27 January 2017). "Rui Silva ficha por el Granada" [Rui Silva signs for Granada]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ a b Lamelas, Rafael (14 April 2018). "La invisibilidad de Rui Silva" [Rui Silva's invisibility]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Gaudioso, Sonia (6 September 2017). "El Zaragoza también ilusiona en Copa" [Zaragoza also get them dreaming in Cup]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ a b Pinto, José Pedro (1 August 2019). "Rui Silva, a muralha lusa do Granada. "Passei por momentos complicados"" [Rui Silva, Granada's Lusitanian wall. "I went through some complicated moments"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Rui Silva distinguido como o melhor guarda-redes da II Liga espanhola" [Rui Silva voted best goalkeeper of the Spanish II League] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ King, Dominic (13 November 2014). "England U21 3–1 Portugal U21: Ings looking up for Gareth Southgate as local hero Danny scores twice at Turf Moor". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Testes na seleção Sub-21 sacrificaram o resultado" [Tests in Under-21 national team sacrificed the result] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Rui Silva". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Rui Silva". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
External links
- Rui Silva at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
- Rui Silva at BDFutbol
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Maia, Portugal
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Primeira Liga players
- C.D. Nacional players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Granada CF footballers
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain