Jéssica Silva

Jéssica Silva
Silva in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Clube de Albergaria 22 (21)
2014 Linköpings FC 2 (0)
2014–2016 Clube de Albergaria 14 (11)
2016–2017 Braga 12 (12)
2017–2019 Levante 41 (6)
2019–2021 Olympique Lyonnais 2 (1)
2021 Kansas City Current 14 (0)
2022–2024 Benfica 38 (24)
2024–2025 Gotham FC 6 (0)
2025–2026 Al Hilal SFC
2026– Galatasaray 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Portugal U19 21 (4)
2011– Portugal 129 (20)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2025

Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva (born 11 December 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Turkish Super League club Galatasaray and the Portugal national team.

Club career

Silva 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.[3][4][5][6]

On 10 May 2021, Silva was announced at Kansas City Current on a two year contract.[7]

On 16 August 2024, NJ/NY Gotham FC announced that they had signed Silva through the 2024 season.[8] She scored her first goal with Gotham on 3 October 2024, in a 13–0 drubbing over Frazsiers Whip FC in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup.[9][10] After her first season at Gotham, Silva was re-signed by the club to a short-term extension.[11]

On June 18, 2026, she signed a contract with the Turkish giant Galatasaray.[12][13]

International career

Silva was born in Portugal to an Angolan father and Portuguese mother, with both of her grandmothers of Angolan descent.[14] In September 2011, she 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.[15] But in the last training session before departing for the tournament, she was injured. Diana Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.[16][17]

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[18]

On 24 June 2025, Silva was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 June 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
DivisionRegular Season Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clube de Albergaria 2011–12 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 33 —21—— —54
2012–13 1818 —11—— —1919
2013–14 1 0 — 0 0 — — — 1 0
Total 2221 —32—— —2523
Linköpings FC 2014 Damallsvenskan 20 —10—— —30
Clube de Albergaria 2015–16 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 1411 —00—— 1 01511
Braga 2016–17 12 12 — 2 0 — — — 14 12
Levante 2017–18 Primera División 20 4 — 2 0 — — — 22 4
2018–19 21 2 — 2 0 — — — 23 2
Total 41 6 — 4 0 — — — 45 6
Lyon 2019–20 D1 Féminine 2 1 — 1 0 — 3 1 — 6 2
2020–21 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 1 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 1
Kansas City Current 2021 NWSL 14 0 — — — — — 14 0
Benfica 2021–22 Campeonato Nacional Feminino 9 5 — 1 0 3 0 — — 13 5
2022–23 16 16 — 3 2 5 2 10 3 1 0 35 23
2023–24 13 3 — 4 2 2 0 7 4 0 0 26 9
Total 38 24 — 8 4 10 2 17 7 1 0 74 37
Gotham FC 2024 NWSL 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 1
2025 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 6 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 1 0 0 11 1
Career total 15175 1 0196102249 2 020792

International

As of match played 2 December 2025[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 2011 1 0
2012 4 0
2013 6 1
2014144
201592
201620
201770
2018150
2019112
202010
2021111
2022 15 3
2023 12 3
2024 9 3
2025 12 1
Total12920
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
List of international goals scored by Jéssica Silva
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 September 2013 Fyli Municipal Stadium, Fyli, Greece  Greece 5–1 5–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 12 February 2014 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal  Albania 5–1 7–1
3 7 March 2014 Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  Austria 2–0 3–2 2014 Algarve Cup
4 12 March 2014 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal  Austria 1–2 1–2
5 13 September 2014 De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 2–3 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6 9 March 2015 Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Denmark 2–2 2–2 2015 Algarve Cup
7 11 March 2015 Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  China 3–3 3–3 (8–7 p)
8 1 March 2019 Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal  Sweden 1–1 2–1 2019 Algarve Cup
9 4 October 2019 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania  Albania 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
10 16 September 2021 Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey  Turkey 1–1 1–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11 22 June 2022 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Greece 3–0 4–0 Friendly
12 9 July 2022 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England  Switzerland 2–2 2–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
13 15 November 2022 Estádio FC Alverca, Alverca, Portugal  Costa Rica 1–0 1–0 Friendly
14 17 February 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand  New Zealand 1–0 5–0
15 7 July 2023 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal  Ukraine 1–0 2–0
16 2–0
17 27 February 2024 Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal  South Korea 4–0 5–1
18 5–0
19 16 July 2024 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Malta 3–1 3–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
20 26 October 2025 Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, United States  United States 1–1 1–3 Friendly
21 7 March 2026 Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal  Slovakia 4–0 4–0 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honors

Benfica

Gotham FC

Lyon

Linköpings FC

References

  1. ↑ "Jéssica Silva" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Jéssica Silva at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Ännu en portugisiska till Linköping". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jessica Silva is going to play at Sweden" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jessica Silva is back at Club Albergaria" (in Portuguese). futebolfemininoportugal.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "FÉMININES : K.TALASLAHTI, J.CAYMAN, N.PARRIS ET J.SILVA ARRIVENT" (in French). www.ol.fr. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Kansas City Signs Jéssica Silva". www.kansascitycurrent.com.
  8. ↑ Communications, Gotham FC (16 August 2024). "Gotham FC Signs Portuguese Forward Jéssica Silva". NJ/NY Gotham FC. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Gotham FC wins at Frazsiers Whip, takes lead in Group A in W Champions Cup". Concacaf. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Communications, Gotham FC (3 October 2024). "Match Recap: Gotham FC defeats Frazsiers Whip 13-0". NJ/NY Gotham FC. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  11. ↑ Communications, Gotham FC (31 December 2024). "Gotham FC and Forward Jéssica Silva Agree to Contract Extension". NJ/NY Gotham FC. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Hoş geldin Jessica Silva". Galatasaray S.K. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Jessica Silva, Galatasaray GAİN'de!". Galatasaray S.K. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  14. ↑ ""Na primeira chamada à seleção não percebia nada de futebol, estava sempre em fora de jogo e só aí aprendi o que é uma receção orientada"". Tribuna Expresso. 10 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Portugal anuncia convocatória final para o UEFA Women's EURO 2017" (in Portuguese). UEFA. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  18. ↑ White, Mark (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Lista final com Kika Nazareth: as 23 convocadas de Portugal para o Europeu feminino" (in European Portuguese). Record. 24 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "Jéssica Silva - Jogador". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  21. ↑ "Tigres UANL vs. Gotham FC 0 - 1". Soccerway. 24 May 2025.
  22. 1 2 Diamond, Drew (12 March 2024). "Benfica: Europe's sleeping giant beginning to wake". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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