André Silva (footballer, born 1995)

André Miguel Valente da Silva (European Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ ˈsiɫvɐ]; born 6 November 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Portugal national team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Valente and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
André Silva
Personal information
Full name André Miguel Valente da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995[1]
Place of birth Baguim do Monte, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 33
Youth career
2003–2007 Salgueiros
2007–2008 Boavista
2008–2010 Salgueiros
2010–2011 Padroense
2011–2014 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Porto B 84 (24)
2015–2017 Porto 41 (17)
2017–2020 Milan 25 (2)
2018–2019 → Sevilla (loan) 27 (9)
2019–2020 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 25 (12)
2020– Eintracht Frankfurt 19 (17)
National team‡
2009–2010 Portugal U16 12 (2)
2010–2011 Portugal U17 11 (2)
2011–2012 Portugal U18 10 (0)
2012–2014 Portugal U19 24 (16)
2014–2015 Portugal U20 10 (8)
2015–2016 Portugal U21 3 (4)
2016– Portugal 37 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2020

An academy graduate of Porto, he impressed during his time with the reserve side before making his debut with the first team in 2015. He ultimately made over 50 appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals before joining Milan in 2017. He went on to represent Sevilla and Eintracht Frankfurt on loan, signing a permanent contract with the latter in 2020.

Silva represented Portugal at various youth levels, and was part of the squad which came second at the 2014 European Under-19 Championship. His senior international debut followed two years later, and he featured at the 2017 Confederations Cup where his team came third, also being selected for the 2018 World Cup.

Club career

Reserves

Silva was born in Baguim do Monte, a local parish in Gondomar, and started playing football with Porto-based S.C. Salgueiros. He had a brief spell with neighbouring Boavista FC, but quickly returned to his previous club, now renamed Salgueiros 08.

Silva finished his formation with FC Porto, having signed with the juniors in 2011 at the age of 15.[3] On 12 August 2013, he made his professional debut, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Tozé as the B-team won 3–2 away against S.C. Beira-Mar in the Segunda Liga championship.[4]

Silva finished his second season with 34 games and seven goals, helping Porto B to the 13th position in the second level. Highlights included a brace on 4 January 2015, for a 3–0 home success over Vitória de Guimarães B.[5]

First team

Silva made his competitive debut for the first team on 29 December 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against C.S. Marítimo in the Taça da Liga.[6] His maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga occurred four days later, as he replaced Vincent Aboubakar for the last 20 minutes in a 0–2 defeat at Sporting CP.[7]

Silva started the 2015–16 campaign as fourth-choice striker behind Aboubakar and Dani Osvaldo, and his plight worsened in January 2016 with the acquisition of Suk Hyun-jun and Moussa Marega. However, after José Peseiro replaced Julen Lopetegui as manager, he received more opportunities,[8][9] and scored his first league goal in a 4–0 home win over Boavista in the last match.[10] He also started in the final of the Taça de Portugal on 22 May, helping his team recover from a 0–2 deficit against S.C. Braga with a brace, which included a bicycle kick in the last-minute (eventual 2–4 loss on penalties).[11]

Silva began 2016–17 in good form, with goals in his first two league games against Rio Ave F.C. and G.D. Estoril Praia, while also scoring in Porto's 1–1 draw at home to A.S. Roma in the UEFA Champions League play-off round. On 21 August 2016 he signed a new five-year contract, which included a release clause of €60 million.[12]

Milan

On 12 June 2017, Silva moved to A.C. Milan on a five-year contract for a fee of €38 million[13][14] with the additional €2 million depending on objectives. Upon signing, he told the press: "I'm very happy to have joined such a prestigious club with such a great history."[15] He was given the number 9 shirt, previously worn by Gianluca Lapadula.[16]

Silva made his debut for the Italian club on 27 July, playing 24 minutes in the 1–0 win against CS Universitatea Craiova for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[17] On 17 August, for the same competition but in the play-off round, he contributed with two goals and one assist to a 6–0 home rout of KF Shkëndija;[18] on 14 September, already in the group stage, he scored a hat-trick to help the visitors defeat FK Austria Wien 5–1[19]– in the process, he became the first player to achieve the feat for Milan in Europe since Kaká in 2006,[20] and he was included in UEFA's Europa League Team of the Week due to his performance.[21]

Silva scored his maiden goal in the Serie A on 11 March 2018, from a last-minute header in the 1–0 away win over Genoa CFC.[22] On 11 August, he joined Spanish club Sevilla FC on a season-long loan with the option to purchase for €35 million.[23] He made his debut the following day, coming on for Luis Muriel at the hour mark of an eventual 1–2 loss against FC Barcelona for the Supercopa de España.[24] He netted three times in his first La Liga match, a 4–1 victory at Rayo Vallecano,[25] adding a brace in a 3–0 home defeat of Real Madrid on 26 September.[26]

Eintracht Frankfurt
Silva with Frankfurt in 2019

On 2 September 2019, Silva moved to Eintracht Frankfurt on a two-year loan deal, with Ante Rebić heading in the opposite direction.[27] He made his Bundesliga debut 12 days later, playing the entire 1–2 defeat at FC Augsburg and partnering compatriot and former Porto teammate Gonçalo Paciência up front.[28] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 September, netting the first in a 2–2 home draw against Borussia Dortmund.[29]

With the restart of the German league following the COVID-19 pandemic, Silva scored eight goals in ten games for a total of 12 in the campaign.[30] This surpassed by one goal the record for top-scoring Portuguese in a German top-flight campaign, by SV Werder Bremen's Hugo Almeida.[31]

On 10 September 2020, Silva signed a permanent three-year contract.[32]

International career

Silva represented Portugal at every youth level. He participated with the under-20 team at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, scoring four goals in the group stage[33] as the nation reached the quarter-finals;[34][35] previously, at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, he became the first player ever to net four times in a single match (6–1 group stage defeat of Hungary), in an eventual runner-up finish for the under-19s.[36]

On 8 September 2015, in his first appearance with the under-21 side, Silva scored a hat-trick in 19 minutes (both halves combined), contributing to a 6–1 win against Albania for the 2017 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[37] He was called up for the first time to the senior team by head coach Fernando Santos the following 26 August,[38] playing the second half of a 5–0 friendly win over Gibraltar in Porto on 1 September.[39]

Silva (left) and Russia's Viktor Vasin at the 2017 Confederations Cup

Silva scored his first goal with Portugal's main squad on 7 October 2016, featuring the entire 6–0 defeat of Andorra for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[39] Three days later, for the same competition, he netted three times in the first half of an eventual 6–0 triumph in the Faroe Islands.[40]

Silva was selected for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup,[41] making his tournament debut when he replaced Ricardo Quaresma for the last eight minutes of the 2–2 group stage draw against Mexico.[42] He scored his first goal in the competition on 24 June, playing the full 90 minutes in the 4–0 defeat of New Zealand.[43] In the third-place play-off, in which his team eventually defeated Mexico 2–1 after extra time, he had his early penalty saved by Guillermo Ochoa.[44]

In May 2018, Silva was named in Portugal's final squad for the upcoming edition of the FIFA World Cup, also to be held in Russia.[45] Late into that month, he scored the 1000th goal in the national team's history during the first half of a friendly with Tunisia in Braga.[46] He made his debut in the competition on 15 June, replacing Gonçalo Guedes in the 80th minute of the 3–3 group stage draw against Spain.[47]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 February 2021[48]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 213————213
2014–15 Segunda Liga 347————347
2015–16 Segunda Liga 2914————2914
Total 8424————8424
Porto 2015–16 Primeira Liga 91223000—143
2016–17 Primeira Liga 3216200010[lower-alpha 3]5—4421
Total 41174230105—5824
Milan 2017–18 Serie A 24220—14[lower-alpha 4]8—4010
2019–20 Serie A 1000———10
Total 2522000148—4110
Sevilla (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 27942—8[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]04011
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2019–20 Bundesliga 251232—9[lower-alpha 4]2—3716
Eintracht Frankfurt 2020–21 Bundesliga 191721———2118
Total 442953—92—5834
Career total 2228115730411510282103
  1. Appearances in Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey and DFB-Pokal
  2. Appearances in Taça da Liga
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance in Supercopa de España

International
As of match played 14 October 2020[49]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 201654
2017137
2018134
201930
202031
Total3716
As of 5 September 2020. Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.[49]
List of international goals scored by André Silva
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 October 2016Estádio Municipal, Aveiro, Portugal Andorra6–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
210 October 2016Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–06–0
32–0
43–0
525 March 2017Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal Hungary1–03–0
63 June 2017António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal Cyprus4–04–0Friendly
79 June 2017Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia3–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
824 June 2017Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia New Zealand3–04–02017 FIFA Confederations Cup
93 September 2017Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
107 October 2017Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra2–02–0
1110 October 2017Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Switzerland2–02–0
1228 May 2018Estádio Municipal, Braga, Portugal Tunisia1–02–2Friendly
1310 September 2018Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal Italy1–01–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A
1411 October 2018Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Poland1–13–2
1520 November 2018D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal1–01–1
165 September 2020Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal Croatia4–14–12020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Club

Porto B

International

Portugal

Individual

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