Diana Silva (footballer)

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]

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 Sousa and 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[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 (16)
2016–2020 Sporting CP 78 (62)
2020–2021 Aston Villa 13 (1)
2021- Sporting CP 30 (26)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 28 (10)
2014– Portugal 99 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 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 Lisbon Lionesses.[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 a university degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon.[7] She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first year there.[8]

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[9] 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.[10] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team.[11] 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.[12] On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 July 2020.[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Clube de Albergaria 2015–16 Nacional 241400——1[lower-alpha 4]02514
Sporting CP 2016–17 Nacional 242655———2931
2017–18 2122611—321[lower-alpha 4]03135
2018–19 18724—331[lower-alpha 4]02414
2019–20 1572033——2010
Total 7862152033652010490
Aston Villa 2020–21 FA WSL 1310000——00
Career total 102761520336530129104
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup
  2. Includes Taça da Liga, League Cup
  3. Includes UEFA Champions League
  4. Includes Supertaça de Portugal

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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 9 March 2016Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal Denmark1–21–32016 Algarve Cup[16]
2 24 November 2017Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal Moldova4–08–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[17]
3 21 January 2018Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Republic of Ireland1–31–3Friendly[18]
4 5 March 2018Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Norway2–02–02018 Algarve Cup[19]
5 30 June 2018Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova5–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[20]
6 6–0
7 4 September 2018Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal Romania4–15–1[21]
8 5–1
9 17 January 2019Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal Ukraine1–01–1Friendly[22]
10 20 January 2019Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal Ukraine2–03–0[23]
11 1 March 2019Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal Sweden1–12–12019 Algarve Cup[24]
12 9 April 2019Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal Hungary1–04–1Friendly[25]
13 4 March 2020Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Italy1–01–22020 Algarve Cup[26]
14 23 October 2020AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
15 26 October 2021Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bulgaria2–05–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16 3–0
17 12 April 2022Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal Bulgaria1–03–0
18 22 June 2022Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Greece1–04–0Friendly
19 13 July 2022Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England Netherlands2–22–3UEFA Women's Euro 2022

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" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. "Sporting anuncia três primeiros reforços para equipa feminina de futebol" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. "Diana Silva: Futura farmacêutica dá receita do sucesso" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. "VÍDEO: o golaço de Diana Silva na festa do título do Sporting" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. "Diana Silva olha em frente: "Se calhar a Escócia é mais ao nosso nível"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. "Diana Silva: "Sentimos mesmo que as coisas estão a mudar no futebol feminino"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. Murray, Keir (23 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: Scotland Women 1-2 Portugal Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  12. Magowan, Alistair (27 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: England win sets up quarter-final with France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  13. updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  14. "Diana Silva player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  15. "Diana Silva oGol profile". www.ogol.com.br (in Breton).
  16. "Seleção A Feminina - Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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