Diana Silva (footballer)

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Diana Silva
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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) [1]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
*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. [3]

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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. [4] [5] [1] She later moved to Clube de Albergaria. [4] In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting CP women's football team. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] [8] [9] She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first season with the club. [10]

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. [11] She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in March 2014. [3] In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. [12] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team. [13] 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. [14] On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 January 2024. [16] [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] Continental [c] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Clube de Albergaria 2015–16 Nacional 241400——1 [d] 02514
Sporting CP 2016–17 Nacional 242655———2931
2017–18 2122611—321 [d] 03135
2018–19 18724—331 [d] 02414
2019–20 1572033——2010
2021–22 20166234103022
2022–23 18141042212517
2023–24 1072322201612
Total12699242512116571175141
Aston Villa 2020–21 FA WSL 1410042——183
Career total164114242516136581218158

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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
19 March 2016 Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, PortugalFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–21–3 2016 Algarve Cup
224 November 2017 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, PortugalFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 4–08–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
321 January 2018 Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, PortugalFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–31–3 Friendly
45 March 2018 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, PortugalFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–02–0 2018 Algarve Cup
530 June 2018 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, MoldovaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 5–07–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
66–0
74 September 2018 Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, PortugalFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 4–15–1
85–1
917 January 2019 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, PortugalFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–01–1 Friendly [18]
1020 January 2019 Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, PortugalFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–03–0 [19]
111 March 2019 Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, PortugalFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–12–1 2019 Algarve Cup [20]
129 April 2019 Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, PortugalFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1–04–1 Friendly [21]
134 March 2020 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, PortugalFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–01–2 2020 Algarve Cup
1423 October 2020 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, CyprusFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2–03–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
1526 October 2021 Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, BulgariaFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–05–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
163–0
1712 April 2022 Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, PortugalFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1–03–0
1822 June 2022 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, PortugalFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–04–0Friendly
1913 July 2022 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, EnglandFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2–22–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
205 April 2024 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, PortugalFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–03–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
2125 October 2024 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 4–14–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
2229 October 2024 Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela, PortugalFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1–04–0
232–0

Notes

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  2. ↑ "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.
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