Jéssica_Silva

Jéssica Silva

Jéssica Silva

Portuguese footballer (born 1994)

Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva (born 11 December 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Benfica[3] and the Portugal national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nogueira and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
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Club career

She had a half year spell with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC from July to December 2014 and played for Clube de Albergaria from 2014 until 2016. From 2017 to 2019 she played for Levante UD in Spain.[4][5][6][7]

International career

Silva was born in Portugal to an Angolan father and Portuguese mother, with both of her grandmothers of Angolan descent.[8] In September 2011, she made her senior debut for the Portugal women's national football team, in a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying defeat by Austria in Pombal.

Silva was named by coach Francisco Neto in the final 23-player Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.[9] But in the last training session before departing for the tournament, she was injured. Diana Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.[10][11]

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[12]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 1 December 2023[13]
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Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
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Honors

Benfica

Lyon

Linköpings FC

References

  1. [1]
    "Jéssica Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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    Jéssica Silva at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
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    Diamond, Drew (12 March 2024). "Benfica: Europe's sleeping giant beginning to wake". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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    "Ännu en portugisiska till Linköping". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Jessica Silva is going to play at Sweden" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Jessica Silva is back at Club Albergaria" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  7. [7]
    "FÉMININES : K.TALASLAHTI, J.CAYMAN, N.PARRIS ET J.SILVA ARRIVENT" (in French). www.ol.fr. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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    ""Na primeira chamada à seleção não percebia nada de futebol, estava sempre em fora de jogo e só aí aprendi o que é uma receção orientada"". Tribuna Expresso.
  9. [9]
    "Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017" (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  12. [12]
    updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Jéssica Silva - Jogador". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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