André Silva (footballer, born 1995)

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 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number 19
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 AC Milan 25 (2)
2018–2019 → Sevilla (loan) 27 (9)
2019–2020 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 25 (12)
2020–2021 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 (28)
2021– RB Leipzig 64 (15)
2023–2024 → Real Sociedad (loan) 19 (3)
International career‡
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 53 (19)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place2017 Russia
UEFA Nations League
Winner2019
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up2014 Hungary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:17, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:55, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

André Miguel Valente da Silva (born 6 November 1995) is a Portuguese football player. He plays as a striker for RB Leipzig, and the Portugal national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] 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[c]5—4421
Total 41174230105—5824
AC Milan 2017–18 Serie A 24220—14[d]8—4010
2019–20 Serie A 1000———10
Total 25220—148—4110
Sevilla (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 27942—8[d]01[e]04011
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2019–20 Bundesliga 251232—9[d]2—3716
Eintracht Frankfurt 2020–21 Bundesliga 322821———3429
Total 574053—92—7145
RB Leipzig 2021–22 Bundesliga 331162—12[f]4—5117
2022–23 Bundesliga 31442—8[c]31[g]0449
2024–25 Bundesliga 0010—00—10
Total 6415114—207109626
Real Sociedad (loan) 2023–24 La Liga 19351—2[c]0—264
Career total 317110311230632220416144
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de España
  6. ↑ Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 2 December 2022[4]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 201654
2017137
2018134
201930
202031
2021123
202240
Total5319
As of match played 9 October 2021. Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by André Silva
No.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
174 September 2021Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary Qatar1–03–1Friendly
187 September 2021Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan2–03–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
199 October 2021Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal Qatar3–03–0Friendly

Honours

Porto B

  • LigaPro: 2015–16[5]

RB Leipzig

Portugal

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 André Silva at Soccerway
  4. 1 2 "André Silva". European Football. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Monteiro, André (12 May 2016). "Equipa B entrega troféu da 2.ª Liga a Pinto da Costa" [B team give 2nd League trophy to Pinto da Costa]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Alemanha: Leipzig de André Silva vence a Taça nos penáltis" [Germany: André Silva's Leipzig win Cup on penalties] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Portugal regressa ao topo da Europa. Liga das Nações fica em casa" [Portugal return to the top of Europe. Nations League stays home] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. ↑ ""Portugal fez uma prova excelente", diz Fernando Santos" ["Portugal had an excellent tournament", Fernando Santos says] (in Portuguese). TSF. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "André André eleito o melhor jogador da Liga" [André André voted best League player] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Slimani eleito melhor jogador de dezembro" [Slimani voted best player of December] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "André Silva recebe prémio de melhor jogador da II Liga 2015/16" [André Silva receives 2015/16 II League award for best player] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Todos os prémios da Liga 2015/2016" [All 2015/2016 League awards]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Our Champions League breakthrough team of 2016". UEFA. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Andre Silva's back-heel voted Bundesliga Goal of the Month for June!". Bundesliga. July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  15. ↑ "Andre Silva von Eintracht Frankfurt ist der Spieler des Monats Januar 2021" [Eintracht Frankfurt's André Silva is the January 2021 Player of the Month] (in German). Bundesliga. February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "The 2020/21 Bundesliga Team of the Season!". Bundesliga. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Sechs Klubs dabei: Die kicker-Elf der Saison (2020/21)" [Six clubs represented: The Kicker team of the season (2020/21)] (in German). Kicker. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.