Diana Silva (footballer)

For the Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder, see Diana Silva (model).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Abreu de Sousaand the second or paternal family name is Silva.

Diana 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 30) [1]
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Benfica
Number	17
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)
2021–2025	Sporting CP	75	(44)
2025–	Benfica	0	(0)
International career‡
2011–2013	Portugal U19	28	(10)
2014–	Portugal	116	(26)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2025

Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva (born 4 June 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Benfica and the Portugal national team. ^[3]

Club 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]

On 4 July 2025, Silva was announced at Benfica on a three year contract. ^[11]

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. ^[12] 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. ^[13] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team. ^[14] 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. ^[15] On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. ^[16]

On 24 June 2025, Silva was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. ^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2025. ^{[18] [ citation needed ]}

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	3	0	129	104
Aston Villa	2020–21	FA WSL	14	1	0	0	4	2	—		—		18	3
Sporting CP	2021–22	Nacional	20	16	6	2	3	4	—		1	0	30	22
	2022–23		18	14	1	0	4	2	—		2	1	25	17
	2023–24		18	9	4	3	3	2	—		1	0	26	14
	2024–25		16	5	2	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		72	44	13	6	14	10	4	0	4	1	81	53
Career total			188	121	28	26	21	15	10	5	7	1	253	174

1. Includes Taça de Portugal Feminina, FA Cup
2. Includes Taça da Liga, League Cup
3. Includes UEFA Champions League
4. Includes Supertaça de Portugal

International

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
2	24 November 2017	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Moldova	4–0	8–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3	21 January 2018	Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal	Republic of Ireland	1–3	1–3	Friendly
4	5 March 2018	Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal	Norway	2–0	2–0	2018 Algarve Cup
5	30 June 2018	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	5–0	7–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6				6–0
7	4 September 2018	Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal	Romania	4–1	5–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8				5–1
9	17 January 2019	Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal	Ukraine	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[19]
10	20 January 2019	Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal	Ukraine	2–0	3–0		[20]
11	1 March 2019	Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal	Sweden	1–1	2–1	2019 Algarve Cup
12	9 April 2019	Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal	Hungary	1–0	4–1	Friendly	[21]
13	4 March 2020	Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal	Italy	1–0	1–2	2020 Algarve Cup
14	23 October 2020	AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
15	26 October 2021	Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria]	Bulgaria	2–0	5–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16				3–0
17	12 April 2022	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal	Bulgaria	1–0	3–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18	22 June 2022	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	Greece	1–0	4–0	Friendly
19	13 July 2022	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England	Netherlands	2–2	2–3	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
20	6 October 2022	Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Cyprus	Belgium	1–0	2–1	2023 Women's World Cup qualifying play-offs
21	12 October 2022	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal	Iceland	2–1	4–1	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22	5 April 2024	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
23	25 October 2024	Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	4–1	4–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
24	29 October 2024	Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela, Portugal	Azerbaijan	1–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
25				2–0
26	3 December 2024	Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
27				2–1

Honours

Atlético Ouriense

• Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino: 2012–13, 2013–14
• Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino: 2011–12
• Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2013-14

Sporting CP

• Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2016-17, 2017-18
• Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22
• Supertaça de Portugal Feminina: 2017, 2021, 2024

References

1. "Portugal – Diana Silva". Soccerway. 4 June 1995. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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.
3. "Diana Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
4. "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Negocios. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
5. Paulo A. Teixeira (3 June 2017). "Diana Silva a campeã leonina que comparam a Gelson Martins". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
6. "Sporting anuncia três primeiros reforços para equipa feminina de futebol". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
7. "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
8. "Diana Silva: Futura farmacêutica dá receita do sucesso" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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10. "VÍDEO: o golaço de Diana Silva na festa do título do Sporting" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
11. "Diana Silva signs until 2028". www.slbenfica.pt.
12. "Diana Silva olha em frente: "Se calhar a Escócia é mais ao nosso nível"". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
13. "Diana Silva: "Sentimos mesmo que as coisas estão a mudar no futebol feminino"". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
14. Murray, Keir (23 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: Scotland Women 1–2 Portugal Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
15. Magowan, Alistair (27 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: England win sets up quarter-final with France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
16. updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
17. "Lista final com Kika Nazareth: as 23 convocadas de Portugal para o Europeu feminino" (in European Portuguese). Record. 24 June 2025.
18. "Diana Silva player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
19. "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
20. "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
21. "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