Jéssica Silva

Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva (born 11 December 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Benfica and the Portugal women's national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nogueira and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Jéssica Silva
Personal information
Full name Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 77
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Clube de Albergaria 25 (23)
2014 Linköpings FC 2 (0)
2014–2016 Clube de Albergaria 15 (11)
2016–2017 Braga 12 (12)
2017–2019 Levante 41 (6)
2019–2021 Olympique Lyonnais 2 (1)
2021-2022 Kansas City Current 14 (0)
2022– Benfica 17 (17)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 21 (4)
2011– Portugal 100 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 Apr 2023

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.[3][4][5][6]

International career

In September 2011, Silva 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.[7] But in the last training session before departing for the tournament, she was injured. Diana Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.[8][9]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 October 2019Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania Albania1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.16 September 2021Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey Turkey1–11–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.22 June 2022Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Greece3–04–0Friendly
4.9 July 2022Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England Switzerland2–22–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022
5.15 November 2022Estádio FC Alverca, Alverca, Portugal Costa Rica1–01–0Friendly
6.17 February 2023Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand1–05–0

Honors

Benfica

Lyon

Linköpings FC

References
  1. "Jéssica Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. Jéssica Silva at Soccerway
  3. "Ännu en portugisiska till Linköping". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. "Jessica Silva is going to play at Sweden" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. "Jessica Silva is back at Club Albergaria" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. "FÉMININES : K.TALASLAHTI, J.CAYMAN, N.PARRIS ET J.SILVA ARRIVENT" (in French). www.ol.fr. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. "Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017" (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  9. "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.


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