Alexandre "Xande" Nascimento da Costa e Silva (born 16 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for French club Dijon.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexandre Nascimento da Costa e Silva[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 25)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal[2] | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dijon | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | Alverca | ||
2008–2009 | Belenenses | ||
2009–2014 | Sporting CP | ||
2014–2015 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Vitória Guimarães B | 52 | (4) |
2015–2018 | Vitória Guimarães | 26 | (1) |
2018–2021 | West Ham United | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Aris (loan) | 29 | (4) |
2021–2022 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | (0) |
2022– | Dijon | 7 | (2) |
National team | |||
2012 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (4) |
2014 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Portugal U19 | 21 | (5) |
2016–2017 | Portugal U20 | 14 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:09, 1 October 2022 (UTC) |
In his career, he played for Vitória de Guimarães (first team and reserves), West Ham United, Aris and Nottingham Forest.
Silva was a youth international for Portugal.
Born in Porto, Silva joined Vitória de Guimarães' academy at the age of 17 after a five-year spell at Sporting CP.[3] He started his senior career with the former's reserves, making his Segunda Liga debut on 17 August 2014 by coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away loss against Oliveirense.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition the following 18 January, helping the hosts beat Benfica B 4–1.[5]
Silva's first appearance in the Primeira Liga took place in the penultimate match of the season, and he played 11 minutes in a 0–0 home draw with Benfica after replacing Otávio.[6] His maiden league goal occurred on 7 December 2015, in a 3–1 home defeat of Rio Ave.[7]
Silva joined West Ham United for an undisclosed fee on 2 August 2018,[8] signing a three-year contract and being recruited initially for the under-23 team. He scored a four-minute hat-trick on his Premier League 2 debut 11 days later, against Tottenham Hotspur.[9][10]
Silva made his Premier League debut on 30 December 2018 in a 2–0 away defeat to Burnley, coming on as a second-half substitute for Marko Arnautović.[11] He missed the start of the 2019–20 season due to illness; rushed into hospital in Portugal, he underwent emergency bowel surgery from which he was recuperating.[12]
On 5 October 2020, Silva was loaned to Aris for the season.[13] He scored his first goal in the Super League Greece on 2 December, his individual effort capping the 3–0 win at AEL.[14]
On 31 August 2021, Silva joined EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15] His maiden appearance took place on 15 September, when he replaced Lyle Taylor midway through the second half of an eventual 0–2 home loss against Middlesbrough.[16]
On 2 August 2022, Silva signed a three-year contract with Dijon for an undisclosed fee.[17][18]
Silva was capped by Portugal at every youth level between under-15 and under-20. He was part of the under-17 squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2014 UEFA European Championship, and was named in the Team of the Tournament.[19]
Two years later, Silva helped the under-19 team to the semi-finals of the 2016 European Championship in Germany.[20] He was then selected by under-20 manager Emílio Peixe for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[21] where he scored in the quarter-final against Uruguay, which they lost after a penalty shootout.[22][10]
Silva's father, Joaquim, was also a footballer. Also a forward, he spent most of his career in China and Portugal and represented the Angola national team.[23][24][25]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vitória Guimarães | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
Vitória Guimarães B | 2014–15 | Segunda Liga | 23 | 2 | — | 23 | 2 | |||||
2015–16 | LigaPro | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | ||||||
2016–17 | LigaPro | 10 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | ||||||
2017–18 | LigaPro | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 4 | ||
West Ham United U23 | 2018–19 | Premier League 2 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
West Ham United | 2018–19 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Aris (loan) | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 4 | ||
Nottingham Forest | 2021–22 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Career total | 118 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 9 |
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