Jéssica Silva

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.
Jéssica Silva
Silva in 2023
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 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Clube de Albergaria 22 (21)
2014 Linköpings FC 2 (0)
2014–2016 Clube de Albergaria 14 (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 38 (24)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 21 (4)
2011– Portugal 111 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:21, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:21, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

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

Club
As of match played 21 April 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Others[lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Clube de Albergaria 2011–12 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 3321—— —54
2012–13 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 181811—— —1919
2013–14 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Total 222132—— —2523
Linköpings FC 2014 Damallsvenskan 2010—— —30
Clube de Albergaria 2015–16 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 141100—— 1 01511
Braga 2016–17 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 12 12 2 0 — — — 14 12
Levante 2017–18 Primera División 20 4 2 0 — — — 22 4
2018–19 Primera División 21 2 2 0 — — — 23 2
Total 41 6 4 0 — — — 45 6
Lyon 2019–20 D1 Féminine 2 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 1
2020–21 D1 Féminine 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 1
Kansas City Current 2021 NWSL 14 0 — — — — 14 0
Benfica 2021–22 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 9 5 1 0 3 0 — — 13 5
2022–23 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 16 16 3 2 5 2 10 3 1 0 35 23
2023–24 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 13 3 4 2 2 0 7 4 0 0 26 9
Total 38 24 8 4 10 2 17 7 1 0 74 37
Career total 14575186102177 2 019290
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Svenska Cupen, Copa de la Reina, Coupe de France
  2. Includes Taça da Liga
  3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. Includes Supertaça de Portugal

International
As of match played 9 April 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 2011 1 0
2012 4 0
2013 6 1
2014144
201592
201620
201770
2018150
2019112
202010
2021111
2022 15 3
2023 12 3
2024 3 2
Total11118
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
List of international goals scored by Jéssica Silva
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 September 2013 Fyli Municipal Stadium, Fyli, Greece  Greece 5–1 5–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 12 February 2014 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal  Albania 5–1 7–1
3 7 March 2014 Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  Austria 2–0 3–2 2014 Algarve Cup
4 12 March 2014 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal  Austria 1–2 1–2
5 13 September 2014 De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 2–3 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6 9 March 2015 Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Denmark 2–2 2–2 2015 Algarve Cup
7 11 March 2015 Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  China 3–3 3–3 (8–7 p)
8 1 March 2019 Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal  Sweden 1–1 2–1 2019 Algarve Cup
9 4 October 2019 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania  Albania 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
10 16 September 2021 Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey  Turkey 1–1 1–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11 22 June 2022 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Greece 3–0 4–0 Friendly
12 9 July 2022 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England  Switzerland 2–2 2–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
13 15 November 2022 Estádio FC Alverca, Alverca, Portugal  Costa Rica 1–0 1–0 Friendly
14 17 February 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand  New Zealand 1–0 5–0
15 7 July 2023 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal  Ukraine 1–0 2–0
16 2–0
17 27 February 2024 Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal  South Korea 4–0 5–1
18 5–0


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. Diamond, Drew (12 March 2024). "Benfica: Europe's sleeping giant beginning to wake". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. "Ännu en portugisiska till Linköping". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. "Jessica Silva is going to play at Sweden" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. "Jessica Silva is back at Club Albergaria" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  7. "FÉMININES : K.TALASLAHTI, J.CAYMAN, N.PARRIS ET J.SILVA ARRIVENT" (in French). www.ol.fr. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. ""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. "Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017" (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  10. "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  11. "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  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. "Jéssica Silva". Ogol. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  14. "Jéssica Silva - Jogador". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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