Jéssica Silva

Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva (born 11 December 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Benfica and the Portugal women's national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nogueira and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Jéssica Silva
Silva in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Clube de Albergaria 25 (23)
2014 Linköpings FC 2 (0)
2014–2016 Clube de Albergaria 15 (11)
2016–2017 Braga 12 (12)
2017–2019 Levante 41 (6)
2019–2021 Olympique Lyonnais 2 (1)
2021–2022 Kansas City Current 14 (0)
2022– Benfica 17 (17)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 21 (4)
2011– Portugal 105 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023

Club career

She had a half year spell with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC from July to December 2014 and played for Clube de Albergaria from 2014 until 2016. From 2017 to 2019 she played for Levante UD in Spain.[3][4][5][6]

International career

Silva was born in Portugal to an Angolan father and Portuguese mother, with both of her grandmothers of Angolan descent.[7] In September 2011, she made her senior debut for the Portugal women's national football team, in a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying defeat by Austria in Pombal.

Silva was named by coach Francisco Neto in the final 23-player Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.[8] But in the last training session before departing for the tournament, she was injured. Diana Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.[9][10]

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[11]

International goals
Scores and reuslts list Portugal's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 September 2013Fyli Municipal Stadium, Fyli, Greece Greece5–15–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.12 February 2014Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal Albania5–17–1
3.7 March 2014Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal Austria2–03–22014 Algarve Cup
4.12 March 2014Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal Austria1–21–2
5.13 September 2014De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands Netherlands1–12–32015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.9 March 2015Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Denmark2–22–22015 Algarve Cup
7.11 March 2015Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal China3–33–3 (8–7 p)
8.1 March 2019Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal Sweden1–12–12019 Algarve Cup
9.4 October 2019Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania Albania1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
10.16 September 2021Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey Turkey1–11–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11.22 June 2022Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Greece3–04–0Friendly
12.9 July 2022Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England  Switzerland2–22–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022
13.15 November 2022Estádio FC Alverca, Alverca, Portugal Costa Rica1–01–0Friendly
14.17 February 2023Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand1–05–0
15.7 July 2023Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal Ukraine1–02–0
16.2–0

Honors

Benfica

Lyon

Linköpings FC

References
  1. "Jéssica Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. Jéssica Silva at Soccerway
  3. "Ännu en portugisiska till Linköping". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. "Jessica Silva is going to play at Sweden" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. "Jessica Silva is back at Club Albergaria" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. "FÉMININES : K.TALASLAHTI, J.CAYMAN, N.PARRIS ET J.SILVA ARRIVENT" (in French). www.ol.fr. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ""Na primeira chamada à seleção não percebia nada de futebol, estava sempre em fora de jogo e só aí aprendi o que é uma receção orientada"". Tribuna Expresso.
  8. "Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017" (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  9. "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  10. "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  11. updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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