Personal information | |||
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Full name | André Oliveira Silva | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Taboão da Serra, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | São Paulo | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2017 | CA Diadema | ||
2017 | → Internacional (loan) | ||
2017–2019 | Rio Ave | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Rio Ave | 2 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Arouca | 70 | (18) |
2022–2024 | Vitória de Guimarães | 45 | (16) |
2024– | São Paulo | 5 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2024 |
André Oliveira Silva (born 3 June 1997) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker or as a winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo.
Club career
[edit]Rio Ave
[edit]Born in Taboão da Serra, São Paulo state, Silva began playing with local Diadema before joining Rio Ave in Portugal. He was first called up for a senior game on 3 February 2018, remaining unused in a 5–1 Primeira Liga loss at Benfica.[1] His debut came the following 28 January in a 2–0 win at Marítimo, as a 67th-minute substitute for compatriot Murilo;[2] he and another Brazilian Ronan had been called up by manager Daniel Ramos due to shortages through injuries and transfers.[3]
Arouca
[edit]In 2019, Silva joined Arouca in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.[4] He played 12 games as the team were promoted having led their group when the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; he scored once, the first senior goal of his career, in a 9–0 home win over bottom side Ginásio Figueirense on 8 March 2020.[5]
Silva scored eight goals in 27 games as Arouca came third in Liga Portugal 2 in 2020–21; this included two on 21 February 2021 in a 4–0 win at Académico de Viseu.[6] On 26 May, in the Primeira Liga promotion/relegation playoff first leg at home to former club Rio Ave, he concluded a 3–0 win (5–0 aggregate).[7]
Arouca came 15th on their return to the top flight in 2021–22, two points above a relegation play-off place. Silva played 31 of 34 games, all but one as a starter, and scored nine goals, a record for a player from his club in one Primeira Liga season; the previous best was Walter González with seven in 2015–16.[8] He opened and closed the scoring in a 2–2 draw at Tondela on 19 March 2022,[9] and scored twice in four second-half minutes in a 2–1 win over Gil Vicente on 2 April at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca; for his second goal of that game, he lobbed goalkeeper Žiga Frelih from 65 metres.[10] The goal later won the Primeira Liga Goal of the Season for the 2021–22 Primeira Liga.[11]
Vitória Guimarães
[edit]In the summer of 2022, Braga made an offer for Silva, that was far below his €5 million buyout clause. Their Minho rivals Vitória de Guimarães then signed him on 15 July, paying €1 million for 25% of the player's economic rights, with the option to increase the share to 80%; his contract was to 2026.[12]
Silva made his debut on 21 July 2022 in his first European game, a UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round first leg at home to Puskás Akadémia of Hungary; he played the first 65 minutes of the 3–0 win (also the aggregate) before being substituted another Brazilian debutant, the unrelated Anderson Silva.[13] He scored the only goal in the first two games of the domestic league season, to give his team victory at Chaves and at home to Estoril Praia in August.[14][15]
São Paulo
[edit]On 29 February 2024, Silva was announced as a reinforcement for São Paulo FC. After competition from Vasco da Gama, the athlete opted for the club, which will pay € 3.5 million for federative rights.[16]
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Primeira Liga Goal of the Month: April 2022
- Primeira Liga Goal of the Season: 2021–22[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Benfica vence Rio Ave e é líder provisório da I Liga de futebol" [Benfica defeat Rio Ave and are leaders for now in the I Liga of football] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Rio Ave vence Marítimo e interrompe série de 10 jogos sem vencer" [Rio Ave defeat Marítimo and break 10-game winless run]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "André Silva e Ronan são as novidades na convocatória do Rio Ave" [André Silva and Ronan are the new faces in Rio Ave's squad]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "As novidades no mercado do Campeonato de Portugal" [News in the Campeonato de Portugal transfer market]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Arouca: Fortes e Adílio com nota alta" [Arouca: Fortes and Adílio with high grades]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Ac. Viseu-Arouca, 0–4: André Sousa [sic] bisa e deixa arouquenses no 5.º lugar da Liga Sabseg" [Ac. Viseu-Arouca, 0–4: André Silva scores a brace and leaves Arouca in 5th place of the Liga SABSEG]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Arouca-Rio Ave, 3–0". Record (in Portuguese). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "André Silva bate recorde" [André Silva beats record]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Arouca empata ante Tondela pese al doblete de André Silva" [Arouca draw with Tondela despite André Silva brace] (in Spanish). Infobae. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Rosa, Melo (4 April 2022). "Golo de André Silva ao Gil Vicente corre mundo e faz vibrar até o Vietname" [André Silva's goal against Gil Vicente goes around the world and excites as far away as Vietnam]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Liga Portugal bwin's Goal of the Year: André Silva (FC Arouca)". Liga Portugal. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Oficial: André Silva é reforço do Vitória de Guimarães" [Official: André Silva is Vitória de Guimarães addition]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Vitória estreou-se na Liga Conferência Europa com triunfo confortável frente ao Puskás" [Vitória debuted in the Europa Conference League with comfortable triumph against Puskás] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "André Silva foi a chave para o sucesso" [André Silva was the key to success] (in Portuguese). Mais Guimarães. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Moreno: "O André Silva tem estado realmente muito bem"" [Moreno: "André Silva has truly been very good"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "São Paulo acerta a contratação do atacante André Silva, do Vitória de Guimarães" [São Paulo agrees to sign striker André Silva, from Vitória de Guimarães]. GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 29 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- André Silva at Soccerway
- André Silva at playmakerstats.com (English version of zerozero.pt)
- Rio Ave profile