Daniel Da Silva (soccer, born 1998)

Daniel Da Silva (born March 28, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward.

Daniel Da Silva
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-28) March 28, 1998
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Rush Canada
Benfica
Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Toronto FC III 18 (11)
2017–2018 Toronto FC II 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 15, 2019

Early life

During his youth career, Da Silva played for the Rush Canada Soccer Academy.[1] In 2015, he went to Portugal joining the S.L. Benfica U18 team.[2] He later returned to Canada, joining the Toronto FC Academy.[3]

Career

While with Toronto FC Academy, he made his debut with Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario on April 30, 2017, scoring a goal in a 6–0 win over FC London.[4] He finished the season with 11 goals for second most for the team behind Cyrus Rollocks, who scored 17 goals.[5]

He made his professional debut for Toronto FC II in the second-tier USL on September 28, 2017 in a substitute appearance against Louisville City FC.[6] He made his first professional start a week later, on October 7 against Bethlehem Steel F.C.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club
As of December 15, 2018[9]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III 2017[10] League1 Ontario 1711–??–1711
2018[11] 10–00–10
Toronto FC II 2017 USL 20–––20
2018 10–––10
Career total 21110000002111

References
  1. "Daniel da Silva Trying Out for Benfica (Portugal)". Rush Canada. June 30, 2015.
  2. "Daniel da Silva Signs for Benfica's U18 Team". Rush Canada. August 6, 2015.
  3. Davidson, Neil (March 8, 2017). "Young Toronto FC side heads to Italy for prestigious Viareggio Cup tournament". Canadian Press.
  4. "Match Recap: Toronto FC III 6 - 0 FC London". League1 Ontario. May 1, 2017.
  5. "TFC III 2017 Stats". League1 Ontario.
  6. Grossi, James (September 28, 2017). "TFC II stun East leaders Louisville City FC". Waking the Red.
  7. Grossi, James (October 7, 2017). "Shaan Hundal stays hot but Bethlehem Steel too much for TFC II". Waking the Red.
  8. Alessandrini, Mike (October 7, 2017). "TFC II youngsters play key role despite loss to Bethlehem". The Toronto Observer.
  9. Daniel Da Silva at Soccerway
  10. "Daniel Da Silva 2017 Statistics". League 1 Ontario.
  11. "Daniel Da Silva 2018 Statistics". League 1 Ontario.


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