João Silva (footballer, born 1999)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Antunes and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

João Silva

Silva with Sporting U19 in 2018
Personal information
Full name	João Pedro Eira Antunes da Silva
Date of birth	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Braga, Portugal
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Kortrijk
Number	44
Youth career
2009–2015	Braga
2014–2015	→ Palmeiras Braga (loan)
2015–2020	Sporting
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Sporting B	11	(0)
2020–2021	Sporting	0	(0)
2021–2022	Alavés	0	(0)
2021–2022	→ Istra 1961 (loan)	40	(1)
2022–	Kortrijk	52	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024

João Pedro Eira Antunes da Silva (born 14 January 1999) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Kortrijk.

Career

Born in Braga, Silva began as a youth at hometown club S.C. Braga before moving to Sporting CP's academy in 2015. He began playing senior football for the B-team in the Campeonato de Portugal in 2020–21. He was one of several players called up to the first team in September 2020 for a UEFA Europa League third qualifying game at home to Aberdeen, due to a COVID-19 outbreak;[1] he was unused in the 1–0 win on 24 September.[2] The following 15 January, he had his one Primeira Liga call-up, remaining on the bench for a 1–1 draw with Rio Ave F.C. at the Estádio José Alvalade.[3]

In January 2021, Silva transferred to NK Istra 1961 in the Croatian top league,[4] on loan from Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, under the same ownership.[5] He totalled 44 games, but was unused in their 6–3 loss to GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the cup final on 19 May; his first senior goal came on 2 October to open a 6–3 home loss to local rivals HNK Rijeka.[6]

On 15 July 2022, Silva signed a three-year deal with K.V. Kortrijk in the Belgian First Division A.[7]

References

1. "Sporting recorre à equipa B para jogo com Aberdeen" [Sporting call up B-team for game with Aberdeen] (in Portuguese). Bom Dia. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
2. "Sporting vence Aberdeen e garante permanência na Liga Europa" [Sporting defeat Aberdeen and guarantee survival in the Europa League]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
3. "O onze do Sporting para defrontar o Rio Ave" [Sporting's XI to face Rio Ave]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
4. Custódio, Miguel (1 February 2021). "João Silva despede-se do Sporting: "Ficou por cumprir o sonho de jogar pela equipa principal"" [João Silva bids farewell to Sporting: "The dream of playing in the first team remained unfulfilled"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
5. Lekuona, Javier (10 October 2021). "Desigual rendimiento de los cedidos" [Unequal results from the loanees]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
6. "Dove c'è Rijeka, c'è spettacolo. Istra ko (6-3)" [Wherever there's Rijeka, there's a spectacle. Istra ko'd (6-3)]. La Voce (in Italian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
7. "OFFICIEEL: KV Kortrijk stelt Portugese centrale verdediger voor" [OFFICIAL: KV Kortrijk presents Portuguese central defender] (in Dutch). Voetbal Primeur. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links

• João Silva at Soccerway
• João Silva at ForaDeJogo (archived)