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]
 Silva in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1995[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* | |||
| 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– | 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 | |||
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
| 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 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 22 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 126 | 99 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 175 | 141 | ||
| Aston Villa | 2020–21 | FA WSL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 164 | 114 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 218 | 158 | ||
International goals
- As of match played 4 March 2020. Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
Notes
References
External links
- Diana Silva – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Diana Silva at Soccerway