João Pedro Eira Antunes da Silva (born 14 January 1999) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Kortrijk.
_09.jpg) Silva with Sporting U19 in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Pedro Eira Antunes da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1999 | ||
| 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 | |||
Career edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lekuona, Javier (10 October 2021). "Desigual rendimiento de los cedidos" [Unequal results from the loanees]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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 edit
- João Silva at Soccerway
- João Silva at ForaDeJogo (archived)