Dani Silva

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Bandeiraand the second or paternal family name is Silva.

Dani Silva

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Filipe Bandeira e Silva
Date of birth	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Beja, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Midtjylland
Number	80
Youth career
2008–2009	Monte Caparica AC
2009–2012	Benfica
2012–2013	Belenenses
2013–2018	Vitória Setúbal
2018–2019	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2022	Vitória Guimarães B	44	(4)
2022–2024	Vitória Guimarães	47	(2)
2024–2025	Hellas Verona	25	(0)
2025–	FC Midtjylland	0	(0)
International career‡
2018	Portugal U18	8	(1)
2018–2019	Portugal U19	12	(2)
2019	Portugal U20	4	(0)
2023	Portugal U21	2	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Portugal UEFA European Under-19 Championship Runner-up 2019 Armenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Daniel Filipe Bandeira e Silva (born 11 April 2000), commonly known as Dani Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Super League

Club career

Silva is a youth product of the academies of Monte Caparica AC, Benfica, Belenenses, Vitória Setúbal and Vitória Guimarães. He began his senior career with Vitória Guimarães B where he became captain, before promoting to the senior team in 2022 and signing a professional contract on 13 April 2022. ^[1] He made his professional debut with Vitória Guimarães in a 1–1 Primeira Liga tie with Boavista on 6 May 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. ^[2]

On 25 January 2024, Silva joined Serie A club Hellas Verona. ^{[3] [4]} He reportedly signed a four-year contract for a €2 million transfer fee. ^[5]

In the late hours of deadline day, 3 February 2025, he joined Danish side FC Midtjylland for a reported fee of 3 million euro.

International career

Silva is a youth international for Portugal, and represented the Portugal U19s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. ^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 February 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		National cup [a]		League Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória B	2019–20	Campeonato de Portugal	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2020–21	Campeonato de Portugal	19	1	—		—		—		19	1
	2021–22	Liga 3	22	3	—		—		—		22	3
	Total		44	4	—		—		—		44	4
Vitória	2021–22	Primeira Liga	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2022–23	Primeira Liga	30	1	3	0	3	0	3 [b]	0	39	1
	2023–24	Primeira Liga	16	1	3	0	1	0	2 [b]	0	22	1
	Total		47	2	6	0	4	0	5	0	62	2
Hellas Verona	2023–24	Serie A	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
	2024–25	Serie A	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		25	0	1	0	—		—		26	0
Midtjylland	2024–25	Danish Superliga	0	0	—		—		1 [c]	0	1	0
Career total			116	6	7	0	4	0	6	0	133	6

1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia, Danish Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Conference League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Portugal U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2019 ^[7]

References

1. "Dani Silva renova com o Vitória. Agora tem contrato até 2024". tempodejogo.pt.
2. "Boavista X Vitória SC - AO MINUTO". Maisfutebol.
3. "Dani Silva is a new Yellow-Blue midfielder!". Hellas Verona. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
4. "Dani Silva transferido para o Hellas Verona" [Dani Silva transferred to Hellas Verona] (in European Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
5. "OFICIAL: Hellas Verona contrata Dani Silva ao V. Guimarães" [OFFICIAL: Hellas Verona signs Dani Silva from V. Guimarães]. MaisFutebol (in Portuguese). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
6. "Portugal's U19 Euro title defence off to a winning start". portugoal.net.
7. "Spain win 2019 U19 EURO: at a glance". UEFA.com. 27 July 2019.

External links

• Dani Silva at Soccerway
• Dani Silva national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)