André Silva (footballer, Born 1995)
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André Miguel Valente da Silva (; born 6 November 1995) is a Portuguese professional
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who plays as a striker for
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club
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. Archie is his biggest fan. An academy graduate of
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
, he impressed during his time with the reserve side before making his debut with the first team in 2015. He ultimately made 58 appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals before joining
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in 2017. He went on to represent Sevilla and
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on loan, signing a permanent contract with the latter in 2020. Following a club record-breaking campaign, in which he scored 28 times, he moved to
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also in the
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for a reported fee of €23 million. 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 two World Cups and Euro 2020.


Club career


Porto


Reserves

Silva was born in Baguim do Monte, a local parish in Gondomar, and started playing football with
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
-based Salgueiros after switching from
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. He had a brief spell with neighbouring Boavista, but quickly returned to his previous club. Silva finished his youth career with
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
, having signed with the juniors in 2011 at the age of 15. 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 Beira-Mar in the Segunda Liga. Silva finished his second season with 34 games and seven goals, helping Porto B to the 13th position in the second tier. Highlights included a brace on 4 January 2015, for a 3–0 home victory over Vitória de Guimarães B.


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 Marítimo in the Taça da Liga. His maiden appearance in the
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
occurred four days later, as he replaced Vincent Aboubakar for the last 20 minutes of the 2–0 defeat at
Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
. 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, and scored his first league goal in a 4–0 home win over Boavista in the last match. He also started in the final of the
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on 22 May, helping his team recover from a 0–2 deficit against
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with a brace, which included a bicycle kick in the last-minute (eventual 4–2 loss on penalties). Silva began 2016–17 in good form, with goals in his first two league games against Rio Ave and
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, while also scoring in Porto's 1–1 draw at home to Roma in the
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. On 21 August 2016 he signed a new five-year contract, which included a release clause of €60 million.


Milan

On 12 June 2017, Silva moved to
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on a five-year contract for a fee of €38 million 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." He was given the number 9 shirt, previously worn by
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. Silva made his debut for the Italian club on 27 July, playing 24 minutes in the 1–0 win against Universitatea Craiova in the
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of the
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. On 17 August, for the same competition but in the play-off round, he contributed two goals and one assist to a 6–0 home rout of Shkëndija. On 14 September, already in the group stage, he scored a
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to help the visitors defeat
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5–1; in the process, he became the first player to achieve the feat for Milan in Europe since
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in 2006, and he was included in UEFA's Europa League Team of the Week due to his performance. He scored his maiden goal in the
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on 11 March 2018, from a last-minute header in the 1–0 away win over
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. Silva with Eintracht in 2019, 251x251px On 11 August 2018, Silva joined Spanish club Sevilla on a
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-long loan with the option to purchase for €35 million. He made his debut the following day, coming on for
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at the hour mark of an eventual 2–1 loss against
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in the
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. He scored a
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in his first
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match on 19 August in a 4–1 victory at
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, equalling the feat of
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who achieved this in 1993, and also scored a brace in a 3–0 home defeat of
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on 26 September. On 25 November 2018, Silva scored the only goal in a win over
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as Sevilla temporarily led the table. His performances declined over the course of the campaign, leading the
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ns to not sign him on a permanent basis.


Eintracht Frankfurt

On 2 September 2019, Silva moved to
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on a two-year loan deal, with
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heading in the opposite direction. He made his
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debut 12 days later, playing the entire 2–1 defeat at
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and partnering compatriot and former Porto teammate
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up front. He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 September, netting the first in a 2–2 home draw against
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. With the restart of the German league following the
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, Silva scored eight goals in ten games for a total of 12 in the campaign. This surpassed by one goal the record for top-scoring Portuguese in a German top-flight season, by
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's
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. On 10 September 2020, Silva signed a permanent three-year contract. He was Player of the Month for the following January, with seven goals from six games including three braces. With 28 goals, he bettered
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's 44-year-old club record for goals in a top-flight campaign by one; only
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's
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scored more over the season.


RB Leipzig

Silva joined
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on 2 July 2021, on a five-year contract for a fee of €23 million. On 20 August, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 win over
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. His first in the Champions League came on 19 October, in a 3–2 away loss against
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in the
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. He added two in six appearances in their victorious run in the
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. On 2 August 2023, Silva moved to Spanish top-tier club
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on a
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-long loan with an option to buy. He made his debut on 30 September, as a 60th-minute substitute in the 3–0 home win over
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. On 3 February 2025, Silva was loaned to Werder Bremen until the end of the campaign.


International career


Youth

Silva represented
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at every youth level. He participated with the under-20 team at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, scoring four goals in the group stage as the nation reached the quarter-finals. Previously, at the
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, he became the first player ever to net four times in a single match (6–1 group stage defeat of
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), in an eventual runner-up finish for the under-19s. 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
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for the 2017 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.


Senior

Silva was called up for the first time to the senior team by head coach Fernando Santos on 26 August 2016, playing the second half of a 5–0 friendly victory over
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in Porto on 1 September. He scored his first goal with Portugal's main squad on 7 October, featuring the entire 6–0 defeat of
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for the
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qualifiers. Three days later, for the same competition, he netted three times in the first half of an eventual 6–0 thrashing of the
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. Silva was selected for the
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, making his tournament debut when he replaced
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for the last eight minutes of the 2–2 group stage draw with
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. He scored his first goal in the competition on 24 June, playing the full 90 minutes in the 4–0 win against
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. In the third-place play-off, in which his team eventually defeated Mexico 2–1 after
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, he had his early
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saved by
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. In May 2018, Silva was named in Portugal's final squad for the
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, also to be held in Russia. Late into that month, he scored the 1000th goal in the national team's history during the first half of a friendly with
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in
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. He made his debut in the competition on 15 June, replacing
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in the 80th minute of the 3–3 group stage draw against
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. Silva was selected for the delayed
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tournament on 20 May 2021, replacing
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in the 70th minute of a 1–0 loss to
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in the round of 16. In November 2022, he made the final squad for the World Cup in Qatar. His only appearance in an eventual quarter-final exit consisted of 30 minutes of the 2–1 defeat against
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in the group stage.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.''


Honours

Porto B *
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: 2015–16 RB Leipzig *
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: 2021–22,
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Portugal *
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: 2018–19 *
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third place:
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Individual *
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: August/September 2015, December 2015 * Segunda Liga Player of the Year: 2015–16 *Segunda Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2015–16 *
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Breakthrough XI: 2016 *
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Goal of the Month: June 2020 *Bundesliga Player of the Month: January 2021 *Bundesliga Team of the Season:
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*''
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'' Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2020–21


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