Rui Silva (footballer, born 1994)

Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva (born 7 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a goalkeeper.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Dantas and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Rui Silva
Personal information
Full name Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva
Date of birth (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994
Place of birth Águas Santas, Portugal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Granada
Number 1
Youth career
2003–2006 Futsal
2006–2012 Maia
2012–2013 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013−2017 Nacional 50 (0)
2017− Granada 56 (0)
National team
2013 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2014 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2014 Portugal U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2019

Club career

Nacional

Born in Águas Santas, Maia, Porto District, Silva began his development at local F.C. Maia before completing it at C.D. Nacional, whom he joined in 2012. He made his professional debut on 26 January 2014 in a dead rubber Taça da Liga group match at Leixões SC, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory.[1] His Primeira Liga debut came on 11 May in the final fixture away against Gil Vicente FC, giving away and conceding the penalty from which Diogo Viana scored the only goal.[2]

Silva eventually became first-choice for the Manuel Machado-led team, overtaking Brazilian Eduardo Gottardi.[3]

Granada

On 27 January 2017, Silva signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at Spanish La Liga club Granada CF, as a replacement for Levante UD-bound Oier Olazábal.[4] Costing €1.5 million, he was completely unused in his first season in which the Andalusians were relegated to the Segunda División, as Guillermo Ochoa was unchallenged.[5]

Silva remained second-choice, this time to Javi Varas, and debuted on 6 September 2017 in the second round of the Copa del Rey, a 3–0 away defeat to Real Zaragoza.[6] He made four league appearances, the first being a 0–1 loss at Rayo Vallecano on 2 December while the veteran Spaniard was grieving the death of a family member.[5]

Under new manager Diego Martínez, Silva became the starter and missed just two games as the Nazaríes finished second to CA Osasuna and won promotion in the 2018–19 campaign. He was given the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for best-performing goalkeeper in the league,[7] and was also voted best in his position.[8]

International career

Silva won his sole cap for the Portugal under-21 side on 13 November 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 away friendly defeat against England.[9][10]

Club statistics
As of 21 May 2017[11][12]
Club Season League Cup1 Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2013–14 1010000020
2014–15 90200000110
2015–16 220100000230
2016–17 180100000190
Total 500500000550
Granada 2016–17 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Career totals 500500000550

1Includes the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Nacional vence Leixões para cumprir calendário" [Nacional defeat Leixões to complete fixtures]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. "Gil Vicente 1–0 Nacional" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. Pestana, Emanuel (30 October 2016). "Rui Silva justifica elogios de Manuel Machado" [Rui Silva justifies compliments of Manuel Machado]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. Azcoytia, Jorge (27 January 2017). "Rui Silva ficha por el Granada" [Rui Silva signs for Granada]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. Lamelas, Rafael (14 April 2018). "La invisibilidad de Rui Silva" [Rui Silva's invisibility]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. Gaudioso, Sonia (6 September 2017). "El Zaragoza también ilusiona en Copa" [Zaragoza also get them dreaming in Cup]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. Pinto, José Pedro (1 August 2019). "Rui Silva, a muralha lusa do Granada. "Passei por momentos complicados"" [Rui Silva, Granada's Lusitanian wall. "I went through some complicated moments"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  8. "Rui Silva distinguido como o melhor guarda-redes da II Liga espanhola" [Rui Silva voted best goalkeeper of the Spanish II League] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  9. King, Dominic (13 November 2014). "England U21 3–1 Portugal U21: Ings looking up for Gareth Southgate as local hero Danny scores twice at Turf Moor". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  10. "Testes na seleção Sub-21 sacrificaram o resultado" [Tests in Under-21 national team sacrificed the result] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  11. "Rui Silva". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  12. "Rui Silva". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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