Flávio Silva

Flávio Silva
Personal information
Full name Flávio António da Silva
Date of birth (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Centre-forward
Youth career
2008–2011 Real SC
2011–2014 Sporting CP
2014 Sacavenense
2014–2015 Torreense
2015 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Torreense 11 (8)
2015–2016 Benfica B 3 (0)
2015–2016Sporting Covilhã (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2015– Portugal U19 3 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2015

Flávio António da Silva (born 3 April 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Silva started his career in Portugal at Real Sport Clube, later joining Sporting CP and S.C.U. Torreense. In the 2014–15 season, Silva scored 8 goals in 11 matches for Torreense senior team in the third-tier league, before leaving the club in the winter transfer window.

On 1 February 2015, Silva signed for Portuguese champions S.L. Benfica until June 2020, being assigned to the reserve team.[1][2] On 8 February, Silva debuted for Benfica B in Segunda Liga, as a substitute.[3]

On 31 August 2015, Silva was loaned out to Sporting Covilhã for one season. On 6 January 2016, he terminated his contract with Covilhã and returned to Benfica.[4] In February, Benfica terminated his contract.[5]

International career

Silva plays for the Portugal under-19 team.

References


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