Fábio Silva (footballer, born 2002)

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

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Fábio Silva
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Silva with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Full name Fábio Daniel Soares Silva[1]
Date of birth (2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Gondomar, Portugal
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 PSV (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 10
Youth career
2010–2015 Porto
2015–2017 Benfica
2017–2019 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Porto 12 (1)
2019–2020 Porto B 3 (0)
2020– Wolverhampton Wanderers 54 (4)
2022–2023 → Anderlecht (loan) 20 (7)
2023– → PSV (loan) 14 (4)
International career‡
2017 Portugal U15 5 (3)
2017–2018 Portugal U16 8 (6)
2017–2019 Portugal U17 19 (5)
2019– Portugal U19 5 (3)
2021– Portugal U21 8 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:01, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Fábio Daniel Soares Silva (born 19 July 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven, on loan from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Silva made his professional debut for Porto in August 2019, and set several club records relating to his young age.

Club career

Early career

Born in Gondomar, Porto District, Silva began his career at FC Porto before transferring to rivals Benfica in 2015, then returning two years later. Silva was part of the squad that won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League.[3] With 20 goals in 26 games for the under-19 team by February 2019, he was called up by manager Sérgio Conceição to train with the first team.[4]

Porto

He made his Primeira Liga debut for Porto on 10 August 2019 in a 2–1 loss at Gil Vicente, playing the final 11 minutes in place of Otávio;[5] at 17 years and 22 days, he surpassed Bruno Gama as the youngest league player in the club's history.[6] On 19 September against Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League group stage, he became the club's youngest player in European competitions, beating Rúben Neves.[7] Six days later, he became the club's youngest starter in any competition when he lined up against Santa Clara in the Taça da Liga group stage, beating a record held by Serafim Pereira since 1960.[8]

On 19 October, Silva scored his first goal to conclude a 5–0 win at neighbouring Coimbrões in the third round of the Taça de Portugal; with this goal he surpassed Neves as the youngest goalscorer in the club's history, by a month.[9] Eight days later, he beat the same player's record as Porto's youngest league goalscorer in a 3–0 home win over Famalicão.[10] On 10 November, in a 1–0 win at Boavista in the Derby da Invicta, he became the youngest starter in the club's history, a record held since Serafim's days.[11]

On 9 February 2020, Silva dropped into Porto's reserve team in LigaPro, debuting as a starter in a 1–1 home draw with Farense, as one of three appearances at this level.[12] He made two further appearances for Porto's first team following the resumption of the league after the coronavirus-enforced shutdown as the club won the league title.[13]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 5 September 2020, Silva moved to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in a five-year deal for a club record fee[14] of a reported £35 million.[15] He made his full club debut on 17 September 2020 in an EFL Cup defeat to Stoke City;[16] four days later he made his Premier League debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 home loss to Manchester City.[17]

Silva scored his first two goals in a Wolves shirt for the under-21 team in a 2–1 away win over Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Trophy on 10 November 2020.[18] His first league start was in a 1–0 home defeat against Aston Villa on 12 December,[19] and eight days later he scored his first league goal through a penalty in a 2–1 away loss against Burnley.[20] In doing so, Silva became Wolves' youngest ever Premier League goalscorer.[21]

On 16 January 2021, Silva scored his first goal from open play and his first goal at Molineux for Wolves against West Bromwich Albion in the first Black Country derby of the 2020–21 season.[22] After scoring his fourth goal of the 2020–21 Premier League season against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on 3 May, he became the second-highest scoring Portuguese teenager in Premier League history, with only Cristiano Ronaldo (eight goals) having scored more in the competition before turning 20.[23]

Silva made his first start for Wolves in the 2021–22 Premier League season in a 2–1 away win over Brentford on 22 January 2022, due to Raúl Jiménez missing the game through injury.[24]

Loan to Anderlecht

On 19 July 2022, Silva joined Belgian club Anderlecht on a season-long loan, as well as signing a contract extension with Wolves. On 24 July 2022, Silva scored on his league debut against Oostende after coming off the bench in a 2–0 win.[25]

Loan to PSV Eindhoven

On 25 January 2023, the agreement with Anderlecht was terminated and Silva was loaned out to Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven until the end of the season.[26]

International career

Silva had his first international experience with Portugal's under-15 team in 2017. He was part of the under-17 team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 UEFA European Championship in the Republic of Ireland, scoring in a 4–2 group win over Iceland.[27]

On 11 October 2019, Silva scored a hat-trick for the under-19s in a 4–1 friendly win over Italy in Bragança.[28]

Personal life

Silva's father Jorge was a defensive midfielder who won the league in 2001 for Boavista and was capped twice by Portugal, and his older brother also named Jorge played that position for Lazio.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 May 2023[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 12 1 3 2 3 0 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 21 3
Porto B 2019–20 LigaPro 3 0 — — — 3 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2020–21 Premier League 32 4 4 0 1 0 — 37 4
2021–22 Premier League 22 0 2 0 2 0 — 26 0
Total 54 4 6 0 3 0 — 63 4
Anderlecht (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 20 7 2 1 — 10[lower-alpha 4] 3 32 11
PSV Eindhoven (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 14 4 3 0 — 2[lower-alpha 3] 1 19 5
Career total 103 16 14 3 6 0 15 4 138 23
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup, Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Porto Youth

Porto

PSV

References

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