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.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva | ||
Date of birth | (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 27)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Amadora, Portugal | ||
Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club 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 | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2013 | Portugal U19 | 28 | (10) |
2014– | Portugal | 72 | (16) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2022 |
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.[3][4][1] She later moved to Clube de Albergaria.[3] In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting Lisbon Lionesses.[4] 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.[5] During this year she also started studying for a university degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon.[6] She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first year there.[7]
Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[8] She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in March 2014.[2] In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.[9] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team.[10] 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.[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental[lower-alpha 3] | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Clube de Albergaria | 2015–16 | Nacional | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 25 | 14 | ||
Sporting CP | 2016–17 | Nacional | 24 | 26 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 29 | 31 | |||
2017–18 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 11 | — | 3 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 31 | 35 | |||
2018–19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 24 | 14 | |||
2019–20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 20 | 10 | ||||
Total | 78 | 62 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 90 | ||
Aston Villa | 2020–21 | FA WSL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 102 | 76 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 104 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 9 March 2016 | Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2016 Algarve Cup | [14] |
2 | 24 November 2017 | Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal | ![]() | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [15] |
3 | 21 January 2018 | Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal | ![]() | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly | [16] |
4 | 5 March 2018 | Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2018 Algarve Cup | [17] |
5 | 30 June 2018 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova | ![]() | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [18] |
6 | 6–0 | ||||||
7 | 4 September 2018 | Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal | ![]() | 4–1 | 5–1 | [19] | |
8 | 5–1 | ||||||
9 | 17 January 2019 | Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [20] |
10 | 20 January 2019 | Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | [21] | |
11 | 1 March 2019 | Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2019 Algarve Cup | [22] |
12 | 9 April 2019 | Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | [23] |
13 | 4 March 2020 | Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2020 Algarve Cup | [24] |
14 | 23 October 2020 | AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying | |
15 | 26 October 2021 | Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ![]() | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
16 | 3–0 | ||||||
17 | 12 April 2022 | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
18 | 22 June 2022 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
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