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For the Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder, see Diana Silva (Miss Venezuela).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Abreu de Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Diana Silva
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
 Aston Villa
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– Aston Villa 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 28 (10)
2011– Portugal 58 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2020

Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva (born 4 June 1995),[1] commonly known as Diana Silva, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Aston Villa in the FA WSL and the Portugal national team.[2]

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.[3][4][1] She later moved to Clube de Albergaria.[3] In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting Lisbon Lionesses.[4] 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.[5] During this year she also started studying for a university degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon.[6] She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first year there.[7]

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[8] She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in September 2011.[2] In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.[9] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team.[10] 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.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 July 2020.[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] 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[d] 0 25 14
Sporting CP 2016–17 Nacional 24 26 5 5 — — — 29 31
2017–18 21 22 6 11 — 3 2 1[d] 0 31 35
2018–19 18 7 2 4 — 3 3 1[d] 0 24 14
2019–20 15 7 2 0 3 3 — — 20 10
Total 78 62 15 20 3 3 6 5 2 0 104 90
Aston Villa 2020–21 FA WSL 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 102 76 15 20 3 3 6 5 3 0 129 104
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga, League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c Includes Supertaça de Portugal

International goals

As of match played 4 March 2020. Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 9 March 2016 Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  Denmark 1–2 1–3 2016 Algarve Cup [14]
2 24 November 2017 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal  Moldova 4–0 8–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [15]
3 21 January 2018 Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal  Republic of Ireland 1–3 1–3 Friendly [16]
4 5 March 2018 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Norway 2–0 2–0 2018 Algarve Cup [17]
5 30 June 2018 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 5–0 7–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [18]
6 6–0
7 4 September 2018 Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal  Romania 4–1 5–1 [19]
8 5–1
9 17 January 2019 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal  Ukraine 1–0 1–1 Friendly [20]
10 20 January 2019 Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal  Ukraine 2–0 3–0 [21]
11 1 March 2019 Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal  Sweden 1–1 2–1 2019 Algarve Cup [22]
12 9 April 2019 Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal  Hungary 1–0 4–1 Friendly [23]
13 4 March 2020 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Italy 1–0 1–2 2020 Algarve Cup [24]

References

  1. ^ a b "Portugal - Diana Silva". Soccerway. 1995-06-04. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ^ a b "Diana Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. ^ a b "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Negocios. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  4. ^ a b Paulo A. Teixeira (2017-06-03). "Diana Silva a campeã leonina que comparam a Gelson Martins" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  5. ^ "Sporting anuncia três primeiros reforços para equipa feminina de futebol" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  6. ^ "Diana Silva: Futura farmacêutica dá receita do sucesso" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  7. ^ "VÍDEO: o golaço de Diana Silva na festa do título do Sporting" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  8. ^ "Diana Silva olha em frente: "Se calhar a Escócia é mais ao nosso nível"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ^ "Diana Silva: "Sentimos mesmo que as coisas estão a mudar no futebol feminino"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  10. ^ Murray, Keir (2017-07-23). "Women's Euro 2017: Scotland Women 1-2 Portugal Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ^ Magowan, Alistair (2017-07-27). "Women's Euro 2017: England win sets up quarter-final with France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  12. ^ "Diana Silva player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Diana Silva oGol profile". www.ogol.com.br (in Breton).
  14. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  15. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  16. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  17. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  18. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  19. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  20. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  21. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  22. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  23. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  24. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.


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