Diana Silva

Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva (born 4 June 1995),[1] commonly known as Diana Silva, is a Portuguese footballer from Amadora, Grande Lisboa, Portugal. She plays for Sporting Lisbon as a forward. She made her first international appearance in 2011 for the Portugal women's national football team.[2][3]

Career

Silva started playing football at 6. When she was 13, she started playing for Atlético Ouriense's boys team before being promted 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 Lisbon Lionesses.[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 yer she also started studying for a university degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon.[7] She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first year there.[8]

International career

Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[9] She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in 2011.[2] In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.[10] During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team.[11] 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.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Portugal - Diana Silva". Soccerway. 1995-06-04. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. 1 2 "Diana Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Diana Silva" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  4. 1 2 "Diana Silva, a jogadora da família" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Negocios. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  5. 1 2 Paulo A. Teixeira (2017-06-03). "Diana Silva a campeã leonina que comparam a Gelson Martins" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  6. ↑ "Sporting anuncia três primeiros reforços para equipa feminina de futebol" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Diana Silva: Futura farmacêutica dá receita do sucesso" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  8. ↑ "VÍDEO: o golaço de Diana Silva na festa do título do Sporting" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ↑ "Diana Silva olha em frente: "Se calhar a Escócia é mais ao nosso nível"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  10. ↑ "Diana Silva: "Sentimos mesmo que as coisas estão a mudar no futebol feminino"" (in Portuguese). Ojogo. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ↑ Murray, Keir (2017-07-23). "Women's Euro 2017: Scotland Women 1-2 Portugal Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  12. ↑ Magowan, Alistair (2017-07-27). "Women's Euro 2017: England win sets up quarter-final with France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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