Florent_da_Silva
Florent Sanchez Da Silva
French footballer (born 2003)
Florent Sanchez Da Silva (born 2 April 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club RWD Molenbeek, on loan from Ligue 1 club Lyon.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florent Sanchez Da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Vaulx-en-Velin, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RWD Molenbeek | ||
| Number | 69 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | US Meyzieu | ||
| 2010–2020 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Lyon B | 30 | (2) |
| 2021– | Lyon | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Villefranche (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Volendam (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2023– | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | France U16 | 3 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | France U19 | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 | |||
Sanchez Da Silva arrived in the Lyon academy in 2010 from US Meyzieu, signing his first professional contract with Lyon on 2 December 2020.[1][2] After figuring several times on the team sheet in January 2021,[3] Sanchez Da Silva made his professional debut for Lyon on 6 February 2021 in a 3–0 win over Strasbourg.[4]
On 31 January 2022, Sanchez Da Silva joined Villefranche on loan until the end of the season.[5]
On 2 January 2023, Sanchez Da Silva joined Eredivisie side Volendam on a 6-month loan,[6] scoring once as Volendam stayed up in 14th place in the 2022-23 Eredivisie.
On 30 July 2023, Sanchez Da Silva moved on a new loan to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium.[7]
Born in France, Sanchez Da Silva is of Brazilian and Spanish descent.[8][better source needed] He is a youth international for France.[9]
- Rault, Mathieu (2 December 2020). "OL : Florent Da Silva passe pro". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- "Florent Da Silva signs his first professional contract". OL.fr. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- "OL : quatre absences et une première convocation pour Florent Da Silva". Le Progrès (in French). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- Morel, Bastien (6 February 2021). "Résultat et résumé Lyon - Strasbourg, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 24e journée, Samedi 06 Février 2021". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- "MERCATO : FLORENT DA SILVA ARRIVE EN PRÊT !" (Press release) (in French). Villefranche. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- "Florent Sanchez Da Silva (Lyon) prêté à Volendam" (in French). L'Équipe. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "FLORENT DA SILVA REJOINT LE RWDM EN PRÊT" [FLORENT DA SILVA JOINS RWDM ON LOAN] (in French). RWDM. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Da Silva, Florent da Silva - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com.
- "FFF Profile". Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- Florent Sanchez Da Silva at Soccerway
- FFF Profile
- OL profile Archived 1 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Florent Sanchez Da Silva – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
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