Fábio Silva (footballer, born 2002)


Fábio Daniel Soares Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for FC Porto as a forward.
He made his professional debut for FC Porto in August 2019, and set several club records relating to his young age.

Club career

Born in Gondomar, Porto District, Silva began his career at FC Porto before transferring to rivals S.L. Benfica in 2015, then returning two years later. With 20 goals in 26 games for the under-19 team by February 2019, he was called up by manager Sérgio Conceição to train with the first team.
He made his Primeira Liga debut for FC Porto on 10 August 2019 in a 2–1 loss at Gil Vicente, playing the final 11 minutes in place of Otavinho; at 17 years and 22 days, he surpassed Bruno Gama as the youngest league player in the club's history. On 19 September against BSC Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League group stage, he became the club's youngest player in European competitions, beating Rúben Neves. Six days later, he became the club's youngest starter in any competition when he lined up against C.D. Santa Clara in the Taça da Liga group stage, beating a record held by Serafim Pereira since 1960.
On 19 October, Silva scored his first goal to conclude a 5–0 win at neighbouring S.C. Coimbrões in the third round of the Taça de Portugal; with this goal he surpassed Neves as the youngest goalscorer in the club's history, by a month. Eight days later, he beat the same player's record as Porto's youngest league goalscorer in a 3–0 home win over F.C. Famalicão. On 10 November, in a 1–0 win at Boavista F.C. in the Derby da Invicta, he became the youngest starter in the club's history, a record held since Serafim's days.
On 9 February 2020, Silva dropped into Porto's reserve team in LigaPro, debuting as a starter in a 1–1 home draw with S.C. Farense. In July, the first team won the league title.

International career

Silva had his first international experience with Portugal's under-15 team in 2017. He was part of the under-17 team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 UEFA European Championship in the Republic of Ireland, scoring in a 4–2 group win over Iceland.
On 11 October 2019, Silva scored a hat-trick for the under-19s in a 4–1 friendly win over Italy in Bragança.

Personal life

Silva's father Jorge was a defensive midfielder who won the league in 2001 for Boavista F.C. and was capped twice by Portugal, and his older brother also named Jorge played that position for S.S. Lazio.

Career statistics

Honours

Porto