Jéssica Silva

Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva (born 11 December 1994) is a Portuguese football winger or forward who plays for French D1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais and the Portugal women's national team. She had a half year spell with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC from July to December 2014 and played for Clube de Albergaria from 2014 until 2016. From 2017 to 2019 she played for Levante UD in Spain.[1][2][3][4]

Jéssica Silva
Personal information
Full name Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva
Date of birth (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994
Place of birth Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Olympique Lyonnais
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2014 Clube de Albergaria
2014 Linköpings FC 2 (0)
2014–2016 Clube de Albergaria
2016–2017 SC Braga
2017–2019 Levante 34 (6)
2019– Olympique Lyonnais 2 (1)
National team‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 21 (4)
2011– Portugal 64 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:28, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:28, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Nogueira and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

International career

In September 2011, Silva made her senior debut for the Portugal women's national football team, in a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying defeat by Austria in Pombal.

Silva was named by coach Francisco Neto in the final 23-player Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.[5] But in the last training session before departing for the tournament, she was injured. Diana Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.[6][7]

References
  1. "Ännu en portugisiska till Linköping". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. "Jessica Silva is going to play at Sweden" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. "Jessica Silva is back at Club Albergaria" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. "FÉMININES : K.TALASLAHTI, J.CAYMAN, N.PARRIS ET J.SILVA ARRIVENT" (in French). www.ol.fr. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. "Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017" (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.


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