portuguese football player

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André Miguel Valente da Silva ( european portuguese : [ ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ ˈsiɫvɐ ] ; born 6 November 1995 ) is a portuguese professional football player who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Portugal national team. An academy calibrate of Porto, he impressed during his time with the reserve slope before making his debut with the first team in 2015. He ultimately made over 50 appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals before joining AC Milan in 2017. He went on to represent Sevilla and Eintracht Frankfurt on lend, signing a permanent condense with the latter in 2020. Following a golf club record-breaking campaign, in which he scored 28 times, he moved to RB Leipzig besides in the Bundesliga for a reported fee of €23 million. silva represented Portugal at versatile youth levels, and was part of the squad which came second at the 2014 european Under-19 Championship. His senior external debut followed two years later, and he featured at the 2017 Confederations Cup where his team came one-third, besides being selected for the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020 .

Club career [edit ]

porto [edit ]

Reserves [edit ]

silva was born in Baguim do Monte, a local parish in Gondomar, and started playing football with Porto -based Salgueiros after switching from swimming. He had a brief spell with neighbouring Boavista, but quickly returned to his previous cabaret. [ 3 ] silva finished his youth career with Porto, having signed with the juniors in 2011 at the historic period of 15. [ 4 ] On 12 August 2013, he made his professional debut, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Tozé as the B team won 3–2 away against Beira-Mar in the Segunda Liga championship. [ 5 ] silva finished his second season with 34 games and seven goals, helping Porto B to the 13th status in the second grade. Highlights included a stimulate on 4 January 2015, for a 3–0 home plate victory over Vitória de Guimarães B. [ 6 ]

First team [edit ]

silva made his competitive debut for the first team on 29 December 2015, playing the broad 90 minutes in a 1–3 family loss against Marítimo in the Taça district attorney Liga. [ 7 ] His maiden over appearance in the Primeira Liga occurred four days late, as he replaced Vincent Aboubakar for the concluding 20 minutes of the 2–0 frustration at Sporting CP. [ 8 ] silva started the 2015–16 campaign as fourth-choice striker behind Aboubakar and Dani Osvaldo, and his predicament worsened in January 2016 with the acquisition of Suk Hyun-jun and Moussa Marega. however, after José Peseiro replaced Julen Lopetegui as coach, he received more opportunities, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and scored his first league goal in a 4–0 home winnings over Boavista in the last meet. [ 11 ] He besides started in the final of the Taça de Portugal on 22 May, helping his team recover from a 0–2 deficit against Braga with a brace, which included a bicycle kick in the last-minute ( eventual 4–2 loss on penalties ). [ 12 ] Silva began 2016–17 in good mannequin, with goals in his first two league games against Rio Ave and Estoril, while besides scoring in Porto ‘s 1–1 drawing card at home to Roma in the UEFA Champions League play-off round. On 21 August 2016 he signed a modern five-year compress, which included a exhaust article of €60 million. [ 13 ]

milan [edit ]

On 12 June 2017, Silva moved to A.C. Milan on a five-year contract for a tip of €38 million [ 14 ] [ 15 ] with the extra €2 million depending on objectives. Upon sign, he told the press : “ I ‘m very felicitous to have joined such a prestigious club with such a great history. ” [ 16 ] He was given the number 9 shirt, previously worn by Gianluca Lapadula. [ 17 ] silva made his introduction for the italian baseball club on 27 July, playing 24 minutes in the 1–0 gain against Universitatea Craiova in the third qualifying beat of the UEFA Europa League. [ 18 ] On 17 August, for the same contest but in the play-off round, he contributed two goals and one aid to a 6–0 home rout of Shkëndija. [ 19 ] On 14 September, already in the group degree, he scored a hat-trick to help the visitors defeat Austria Wien 5–1 ; [ 20 ] in the action, he became the first player to achieve the feat for Milan in Europe since Kaká in 2006, [ 21 ] and he was included in UEFA ‘s Europa League Team of the Week due to his performance. [ 22 ] silva scored his maiden over goal in the Serie A on 11 March 2018, from a last-minute heading in the 1–0 away win over Genoa. [ 23 ]

loanword to Sevilla [edit ]

On 11 August 2018, Silva joined spanish club Sevilla on a season -long loan with the choice to purchase for €35 million. [ 24 ] He made his debut the following day, coming on for Luis Muriel at the hour sign of an eventual 1–2 loss against Barcelona for the Supercopa de España. [ 25 ] He scored a hat-trick in his first La Liga meet on 19 August in a 4–1 victory at Rayo Vallecano, equalling the feat of Romário who achieved this in 1993, [ 26 ] and besides scored a brace in a 3–0 home get the better of of Real Madrid on 26 September. [ 27 ] On 25 November 2018, Silva scored the merely finish in a succeed over real Valladolid as Sevilla temporarily led the table. [ 28 ] His performances declined over the course of the campaign, leading the Andalusians to not sign him on a permanent wave footing. [ 29 ] [ 30 ]

Eintracht Frankfurt [edit ]

silva with Frankfurt in 2019 On 2 September 2019, Silva moved to Eintracht Frankfurt on a biennial loanword consider, with Ante Rebić head in the inverse management. [ 31 ] He made his Bundesliga debut 12 days late, playing the stallion 2–1 kill at Augsburg and partnering compatriot and former Porto teammate Gonçalo Paciência up battlefront. [ 32 ] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 September, netting the first in a 2–2 home draw against Borussia Dortmund. [ 33 ]

With the restart of the german league following the COVID-19 pandemic, Silva scored eight goals in ten games for a sum of 12 in the campaign. [ 34 ] This surpassed by one goal the commemorate for top-scoring Portuguese in a german top-flight campaign, by Werder Bremen ‘s Hugo Almeida. [ 35 ] On 10 September 2020, Silva signed a permanent three-year contract. [ 36 ] He was Player of the Month for the follow January, with seven goals from six games including three braces. [ 37 ] With 28 goals, he bettered Bernd Hölzenbein ‘s 44-year-old club record for goals in a top-flight campaign by one ; [ 38 ] only Bayern Munich ‘s Robert Lewandowski scored more over the season. [ 39 ]

RB Leipzig [edit ]

silva joined RB Leipzig on 2 July 2021, on a five-year compress. [ 40 ] On 20 August, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 gain over VfB Stuttgart. [ 41 ] His first in the Champions League came on 19 October, in a 3–2 away personnel casualty against Paris Saint-Germain in the group degree. [ 42 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

silva represented Portugal at every youth level. He participated with the under-20 team at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, scoring four goals in the group stage [ 43 ] as the nation reached the quarter-finals. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] previously, at the 2014 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, he became the first player always to net four times in a unmarried peer ( 6–1 group stage defeat of Hungary ), in an eventual runner-up finish for the under-19s. [ 46 ] On 8 September 2015, in his first appearance with the under-21 side, Silva scored a hat-trick in 19 minutes ( both halves combined ), contributing to a 6–1 acquire against Albania for the 2017 european Under-21 Championship qualifiers. [ 47 ]

senior [edit ]

silva was called up for the inaugural time to the elder team by head coach Fernando Santos the following 26 August, [ 48 ] playing the irregular half of a 5–0 friendly victory over Gibraltar in Porto on 1 September. [ 49 ] He scored his first goal with Portugal ‘s independent police squad on 7 October 2016, featuring the entire 6–0 defeat of Andorra for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. [ 49 ] Three days by and by, for the like competition, he netted three times in the first one-half of an eventual 6–0 thrash of the Faroe Islands. [ 50 ] silva was selected for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, [ 51 ] making his tournament introduction when he replaced Ricardo Quaresma for the last eight minutes of the 2–2 group phase draw with Mexico. [ 52 ] He scored his first finish in the rival on 24 June, playing the full moon 90 minutes in the 4–0 win against New Zealand. [ 53 ] In the third-place play-off, in which his team finally defeated Mexico 2–1 after excess clock time, he had his early on penalty saved by Guillermo Ochoa. [ 54 ] In May 2018, Silva was named in Portugal ‘s final examination squad for the FIFA World Cup, besides to be held in Russia. [ 55 ] Late into that month, he scored the thousandth finish in the national team ‘s history during the first half of a friendly with Tunisia in Braga. [ 56 ] He made his debut in the contest on 15 June, replacing Gonçalo Guedes in the eightieth moment of the 3–3 group stage draw against Spain. [ 57 ] silva was selected for the delay UEFA Euro 2020 tournament on 20 May 2021, [ 58 ] [ 59 ] replacing Diogo Jota in the seventieth minute of a 1–0 loss to Belgium in the attack of 16. [ 60 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 28 November 2021[61]

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021[62]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Portugal

2016
5
4

2017
13
7

2018
13
4

2019
3
0

2020
3
1

2021
12
3

Total
49
19

As of match played 9 October 2021. Scores and results list Portugal’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.[62]

Honours [edit ]

Porto B
Portugal
Individual

References [edit ]

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