Adrien Silva

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Perruchet and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Adrien Silva

Silva playing with Sporting in 2015
Personal information
Full name Adrien Sébastien Perruchet Silva
Date of birth (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989
Place of birth Angoulême, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 23
Youth career
1994–2000 Bordeaux
2000–2002 ARC Paçô
2002–2007 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007– Sporting CP 136 (27)
2010 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 → Académica (loan) 34 (5)
National team‡
2004 Portugal U16 3 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U17 17 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U18 6 (2)
2007–2008 Portugal U19 7 (1)
2009–2010 Portugal U21 13 (1)
2014– Portugal 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Adrien Sébastien Perruchet Silva (born 15 March 1989) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central midfielder.

He played mostly for Sporting since making his first-team debut at the age of 18, and was loaned to Maccabi Haifa and Académica, winning the Taça de Portugal with the latter in addition to the same honour at Sporting. Known for his dribbling and passing qualities he was described by Paulo Bento, who managed him at the latter, as a "complete midfielder" who "wets his jersey in every game he plays".[1]

Silva gained 46 caps for Portugal all youth categories comprised, including 13 for the under-21 team. He made his senior international debut in 2014.

Club career

Early years

Silva was born in Angoulême, Poitou-Charentes, France, to a Portuguese father and a French mother.[2] He began his football career at the age of five playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux but, after six years at the club, his father, who worked in aeronautics, returned to Portugal and the family settled in Arcos de Valdevez,[3] and he spent two seasons with local Associação Recreativa e Cultural de Paçô.

Silva's performances led to interest from the Big Three in Portugal, Sporting Clube de Portugal, F.C. Porto and S.L. Benfica,[2] and he ultimately chose to join the first, as his former club eventually came to host a tournament in his honour called Torneio A.R.C.Paçô–Adrien Silva (English: A.R.C.Paçô–Adrien Silva Tournament), held every June.[4]

In his six-year stint in Sporting's academy Silva won seven total titles, which consisted of four national championships and three regional ones.[5] At the age of 15 he, along with Portuguese under-16 teammates Ricardo Fernandes and Fábio Ferreira, was scouted by English club Chelsea, with the three players later travelling to London and training at the club's facilities; however, the approach was eventually called off after Sporting filed a complaint with FIFA in January 2005,[2][6] but Fernandes and Ferreira eventually did sign.[7]

Sporting

In March 2007 Silva signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a five-year deal with Sporting.[2] In July, after spending the final two months of the 2006–07 season playing with the reserve team, he was officially promoted to the senior team by manager Paulo Bento ahead of the upcoming campaign.[2] He made his Primeira Liga debut on 17 August, appearing as a late substitute in a 4–1 home win against Académica de Coimbra;[8] on 12 December, after appearing as an unused substitute in several league and European matches, he simultaneously made his first professional start and UEFA Champions League debut in a 3–0 victory over FC Dynamo Kyiv.[9] Four days later he made his first start in the league, in a 2–1 win at C.S. Marítimo.[10]

Silva featured in both legs of Sporting's round-of-32 success against Bolton Wanderers in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.[11][12] On 16 April he started in the team's 5–3 victory over Benfica in the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup, being replaced after only 35 minutes[13] in what was ultimately the final of his 15 official appearances of the season.

Similar to his first year, Silva struggled for minutes in the 2008–09 season. He played his first match on 22 November in a 1–0 league win over Associação Naval 1º de Maio (16 minutes from the bench).[14] He made his first start in a 3–0 home success against Marítimo in the campaign's Portuguese League Cup.[15] and he also made Bento's starting XI three months later, in the Lions' 1–7 defeat to FC Bayern Munich for the Champions League's last-16 second leg;[16] he finished the season with 19 appearances all competitions comprised, notably playing the full 90 minutes in home wins against C.F. Estrela da Amadora[17] and C.D. Nacional.[18]

Silva made his official debut in 2009–10 in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Germany's Hertha BSC, where he scored his first career goal netting the match-winner in a 1–0 win, and where he also was sent off after collecting a second yellow card in injury time.[19] On 28 November 2009, in the Lisbon derby, which ended 0–0,[20] he made headlines in the Portuguese media after it was reported that he had covered the most distance by any Sporting player in the match, having traveled over 10,049 metres (6.244 mi) –[21] his performance leading coach Carlos Carvalhal to start him in 13 of the team's next 15 matches but he eventually fell out of favour, as Sporting went on to rank in only fourth position with 48 points, the club's worst amount of point accumulation since the 1992–93 season.

On 27 June 2010, it was announced that Silva would be joining Israeli club Maccabi Haifa F.C. on a season-long loan deal.[22] The move was facilitated by the player's agent Pini Zahavi, based in Tel Aviv.[23] He made his debut for his new team on 29 July, in the first leg of the team's Europa League third qualifying round tie against FC Dinamo Minsk;[24] he was rarely played in the Israeli Premier League, but was a regular in the club's campaign in the Toto Cup.

In January 2011, it was reported that Silva was considering going back to Portugal to regain match fitness. On the 16th he spoke of his desire by telling daily sports newspaper A Bola: "Returning to Portugal is an option that I like a lot since I can be followed more closely. In Israel, I don't have great visibility";[25] three days later the six-month loan was confirmed.[26]

Silva found the net in his first appearance with the Students, who were however defeated 1–2 away against S.C. Olhanense.[27] He again was used rarely, but now due to injury problems – he fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in a game with U.D. Leiria in March, which sidelined for the rest of the season.[28]

On 5 July 2011, Sporting and Académica extended the loan move for a further campaign.[29] On 26 September, completely recovered from his physical condition, Silva scored his first career brace in a 4–0 home win against C.D. Feirense;[30] on 19 November, in the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, he netted his team's second in a 3–0 shock triumph over Porto,[31] adding another double in the next round against Leixões SC (5–2, extra time)[32] and going on to play the full 90 minutes in the final against Sporting, a 1–0 success which saw the Coimbra side lift its first domestic cup in 73 years.[33]

On 28 November 2013, Silva was awarded with Sporting's Player of the Year award.[34] He scored a career-best ten competitive goals in the 2014–15 season, while also helping the team reach and win the final of the Portuguese Cup.[35][36]

International career

Though born in France, Silva elected to play for Portugal at international level. He represented his nation at every youth level for which he was eligible: with the under-16s he appeared at the Tournoi du Val-de-Marne (English: Val-de-Marne Tournament), appearing in all three group stage matches the team contested – however, after he was found to have done unauthorized training with Chelsea, he was suspended by the Portuguese Football Federation.[2] He played with the under-17 team as it attempted to qualify for the 2007 UEFA European Championship, being a regular as the side eventually fell short in the elite round.

On 30 January 2007, the Portuguese Federation announced that Silva would be participating in the 2007 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup (for under-18 players) as the nation's only representative,[37] and he declared that he was "very proud to represent Portugal in a European selection". However, prior to the start of the competition, he suffered an injury and was replaced by countryman Romeu Ribeiro.[38]

With the Portuguese under-19s, due to his increased participation with Sporting's first team, Silva was limited to only seven appearances. He scored his first goal in the category on 6 November 2007, in the first round of the qualification for the 2008 European Championship against the Republic of Ireland:[39] Portugal won the match 2–1, but failed to progress past the elite stages.

On 5 February 2009, Silva earned his first call up to the under-21 team under coach Rui Caçador, for a friendly match with Switzerland that was played five days later:[40] he started and played 78 minutes, before being substituted in a 3–1 win.[41] He was a regular participant in the team's qualification campaign for the 2011 European Championships, appearing in five out of nine group stage matches and scoring in a 1–1 draw with Macedonia.[42]

Silva was called up by new Portugal coach Fernando Santos for a friendly in France on 11 October 2014,[43] but did not play in the 1–2 defeat. He made his debut in another exhibition game, replacing André Gomes midway through the second half of a 1–0 win over Argentina at Old Trafford on 18 November.[44]

Club statistics

As of 4 April 2016[45][46]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe Other[nb 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting 2007–08 70302030150
2008–09 130400040210
2009–10 130304040240
2012–13 193102040263
2013–14 288510000339
2014–15 3181082004010
2015–16 207217010318
Total 1122017116215016023
Maccabi Haifa 2010–11 606020—140
Total 606020—140
Académica 2010–11 61202000101
2011–12 284732121399
Total 3459341214910
Career total 1452232422317122333

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, Israel State Cup and Toto Cup matches.
  2. ↑ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.

Honours

Club

Sporting
Maccabi Haifa
Académica

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Adrien Silva: la nouvelle perle lusitaine" [Adrien Silva: the new Lusitanian pearl] (in French). Sport Vox. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Adrien Silva, o futuro bate à porta" [Adrien Silva, the future knocks on the door] (in Portuguese). Olheiros. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bischoff & Adrien, le juste milieu" [Bischoff & Adrien, the right midfield] (in French). Ma Chaine Sport. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Torneio Adrien Silva nos dias 10, 11, and 12 de Junho" [Adrien Silva Tournament on the 10th, 11th, 12th of June] (in Portuguese). Gazeta dos Arcos. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "2006–2007 – Adrien Silva no Sporting até 2012" [2006–2007 – Adrien Silva at Sporting until 2012] (in Portuguese). Centenário Sporting. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Chelsea facing FIFA complaint". Rediff. 6 January 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "Chelsea bring in 11 first year players". Chelsea F.C. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "Sporting 4–1 Académica". Zerozero. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Sporting bow out with a win". UEFA. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Marítimo 1–2 Sporting". Zerozero. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Bolton 1–1 Sporting Lisbon: Advantage Portugal". ESPN Soccernet. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Sporting Lisbon 1–0 Bolton". ESPN Soccernet. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "Sporting 5–3 Benfica". Zerozero. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "Naval 0–1 Sporting". Zerozero. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  15. ↑ "Sporting 3–0 Marítimo". Zerozero. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  16. ↑ "Record-breaking Bayern stroll past Sporting". UEFA. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  17. ↑ "Sporting 2–1 Est. Amadora". Zerozero. 25 April 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  18. ↑ "Sporting 3–1 Nacional". Zerozero. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  19. ↑ "Sporting end hoodoo to streak clear". UEFA. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  20. ↑ "Sporting 0–0 Benfica". Zerozero. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  21. ↑ "Saviola e Adrien foram os que mais correram no "derby"" [Saviola and Adrien ran the most in "derby"] (in Portuguese). Público. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  22. ↑ "Sporting loan Adrien Silva to Maccabi Haifa". PortuGOAL. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  23. ↑ "Oficial: Sporting empresta Adrien Silva a clube de Israel" [Official: Sporting loans Adrien Silva to club in Israel] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  24. ↑ "M. Haifa 1–0 Dinamo Minsk". UEFA. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  25. ↑ "Adrien a caminho?" [Adrien on the way?] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  26. ↑ "Adrien Silva assina pela Académica" [Adrien Silva signs with Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  27. ↑ "Olhanense 2–1 Académica". Zerozero. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  28. ↑ "Adrien Silva (Académica) não joga mais esta época" [Adrien Silva (Académica) out for this season] (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  29. ↑ "Académica: Adrien fica mais uma época" [Académica: Adrien stays another season] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  30. ↑ "Académica 4–0 Feirense". Zerozero. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  31. ↑ "Porto humbled by Academica". PortuGOAL. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  32. ↑ "Leixões 2–5 Académica". Zerozero. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  33. ↑ "Académica shock Sporting to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  34. ↑ Adrien, William Carvalho e Bruno de Carvalho distinguidos (Adrien, William Carvalho and Bruno de Carvalho honoured); Zerozero, 28 November 2013 (Portuguese)
  35. ↑ "Adrien preparado para cumprir sonho no Jamor" [Adrien ready to fulfill dream at the Jamor] (in Portuguese). Record. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  36. 1 2 Piedade, Luis (31 May 2015). "Sporting dig deep to claim Portuguese Cup". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  37. ↑ "Adrien Silva na Meridian Cup" [Adrien Silva at the Meridian Cup] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  38. ↑ "Romeu Ribeiro chamado à selecção da Europa de sub-18" [Romeu Ribeiro called for Europe's under-18] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  39. ↑ "Portugal 2–1 Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  40. ↑ "Sub-21: Convocados" [Sub-21: The selection] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  41. ↑ "No bom caminho" [Right on track] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  42. ↑ "Timely Portugal dash Macedonian hopes". UEFA. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  43. ↑ "Adrien Silva: le portugais né à Angoulême fêtera sa 1ère sélection contre la France" [Adrien Silva: the Portuguese born in Angoulême will mark his first international appearance against France] (in French). Charente Libre. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  44. ↑ Bernstein, Joe (18 November 2014). "Argentina 0–1 Portugal: Raphael Guerreiro scores injury-time winner as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are withdrawn at half-time in heavyweight showdown at Old Trafford". Daily Mail. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  45. ↑ "Adrien Silva". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  46. ↑ Adrien Silva at ESPN FC

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