Diana Silva (footballer)

For the Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder, see Diana Silva (model).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Abreu de Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

Diana Silva
Silva in 2023
Personal information
Full name Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva
Date of birth (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995[1]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Atlético Ouriense 124 (89)
2015–2016 Clube de Albergaria 24 (14)
2016–2020 Sporting CP 78 (62)
2020–2021 Aston Villa 13 (1)
2021–2025 Sporting CP 75 (44)
2025– Benfica 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 28 (10)
2014– Portugal 116 (26)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2025

Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva (born 4 June 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Benfica and the Portugal national team.[3]

Club career

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.[4][5][1] She later moved to Clube de Albergaria.[4] In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting CP women's football team.[5] 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.[6] During this year she also started studying for the conclusion of an integrated master's degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon after transferring from the University of Coimbra where she had been studying for three years since she was 18.[7][8][9] She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first season with the club.[10]

On 4 July 2025, Silva was announced at Benfica on a three year contract.[11]

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[12] She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in March 2014.[3] In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[13] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team.[14] 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.[15] On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[16]

On 24 June 2025, Silva was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2025.[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clube de Albergaria 2015–16 Nacional 24 14 0 0 — — 1[d] 0 25 14
Sporting CP 2016–17 Nacional 24 26 5 5 — — — 29 31
2017–18 21 22 6 11 — 3 2 1[d] 0 31 35
2018–19 18 7 2 4 — 3 3 1[d] 0 24 14
2019–20 15 7 2 0 3 3 — — 20 10
Total 78 62 15 20 3 3 6 5 3 0 129 104
Aston Villa 2020–21 FA WSL 14 1 0 0 4 2 — — 18 3
Sporting CP 2021–22 Nacional 20 16 6 2 3 4 — 1 0 30 22
2022–23 18 14 1 0 4 2 — 2 1 25 17
2023–24 18 9 4 3 3 2 — 1 0 26 14
2024–25 16 5 2 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
Total 72 44 13 6 14 10 4 0 4 1 81 53
Career total 188 121 28 26 21 15 10 5 7 1 253 174
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal Feminina, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga, League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c Includes Supertaça de Portugal

International

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 9 March 2016 Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  Denmark 1–2 1–3 2016 Algarve Cup
2 24 November 2017 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal  Moldova 4–0 8–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3 21 January 2018 Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal  Republic of Ireland 1–3 1–3 Friendly
4 5 March 2018 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Norway 2–0 2–0 2018 Algarve Cup
5 30 June 2018 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 5–0 7–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6 6–0
7 4 September 2018 Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal  Romania 4–1 5–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8 5–1
9 17 January 2019 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal  Ukraine 1–0 1–1 Friendly [19]
10 20 January 2019 Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal  Ukraine 2–0 3–0 [20]
11 1 March 2019 Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal  Sweden 1–1 2–1 2019 Algarve Cup
12 9 April 2019 Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal  Hungary 1–0 4–1 Friendly [21]
13 4 March 2020 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Italy 1–0 1–2 2020 Algarve Cup
14 23 October 2020 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
15 26 October 2021 Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria]  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  Bulgaria 1–0 3–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18 22 June 2022 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Greece 1–0 4–0 Friendly
19 13 July 2022 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England  Netherlands 2–2 2–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
20 6 October 2022 Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Cyprus  Belgium 1–0 2–1 2023 Women's World Cup qualifying play-offs
21 12 October 2022 Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal  Iceland 2–1 4–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22 5 April 2024 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
23 25 October 2024 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 4–1 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
24 29 October 2024 Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela, Portugal  Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
25 2–0
26 3 December 2024 Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–0 2–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
27 2–1

Honours

Atlético Ouriense

Sporting CP

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "Portugal – Diana Silva". Soccerway. 4 June 1995. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Diana Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Negocios. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b Paulo A. Teixeira (3 June 2017). "Diana Silva a campeã leonina que comparam a Gelson Martins". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Sporting anuncia três primeiros reforços para equipa feminina de futebol". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Diana Silva: Futura farmacêutica dá receita do sucesso" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. ^ ADN de Leão | Episódio 71: Diana Silva, 17 May 2022, retrieved 20 March 2024
  10. ^ "VÍDEO: o golaço de Diana Silva na festa do título do Sporting" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Diana Silva signs until 2028". www.slbenfica.pt.
  12. ^ "Diana Silva olha em frente: "Se calhar a Escócia é mais ao nosso nível"". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Diana Silva: "Sentimos mesmo que as coisas estão a mudar no futebol feminino"". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. ^ Murray, Keir (23 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: Scotland Women 1–2 Portugal Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  15. ^ Magowan, Alistair (27 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: England win sets up quarter-final with France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  16. ^ updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Lista final com Kika Nazareth: as 23 convocadas de Portugal para o Europeu feminino" (in European Portuguese). Record. 24 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Diana Silva player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Seleção A Feminina – Ficha de Jogo, golos e equipas | FPF". www.fpf.pt. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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