Diana Silva


Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva, commonly known as Diana Silva, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Aston Villa in the FA WSL and the Portugal national team.

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. She later moved to Clube de Albergaria. In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting Lisbon Lionesses. 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. During this year she also started studying for a university degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon. She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first year there.

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in September 2011. In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship. During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team. 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.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal1–21–32016 Algarve Cup
2Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal4–08–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal1–31–3Friendly
4Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal2–02–02018 Algarve Cup
5Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova5–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova6–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal4–15–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal5–15–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal1–01–1Friendly
10Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal2–03–0Friendly
11Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal1–12–12019 Algarve Cup
12Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal1–04–1Friendly
13Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal1–01–22020 Algarve Cup