André Silva

 

Full name: André Miguel Valente Silva

Country: Portugal

Date of birth: 06/11/1995 (18 years old)

Place of birth: Baguim do Monte (Portugal)

Height: 1,82m

Club career: FC Porto

Squad number: 89

Current national team: Portugal U-19

Position: secondary striker, striker

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 700,000 €  

Contract until: unknown

Player’s agent: unknown

Similar type of player: Robert Lewandowski

 

Strengths:

– finishing 

– instinct 

– heading 

– off the ball 

– pace 

– dribbling 

– movement 

– decisions 

– reactions 

 

Style of play:

– powerful striker/inside forward

– likes to dribble

– one-on-one situation specialist

– likes to cut inside

– killer instinct in the penalty area

 – likes to enter the opposition’s penalty area whenever possible

– striker is at his best when he can get a good diagonal through ball

– likes to try to beat offside trap

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Striker in 4-2-3-1.

 

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Achievements:

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League summary:

Segunda Liga 2013/2014 (ongoing): 21 matches/3 goals (FC Porto B)

 

Description:

André Silva is one of the greatest talents in FC Porto B team, but there are a lot of other good prospects in this team that are expected to do great things in the future as they already show an enormous amount of talent, such as Goncalo Paciencia, Rafa, Tomas Podstawski, Tózé or Ivo Rodrigues. He made his professional debut with FC Porto during 2013/14 season in a Segunda Liga fixture against Beira-Mar replacing Tózé after 77 minutes. During the current season he established himself as a very effective substitute coming from the bench 17 times and scoring 3 goals. He has also been in great form for FCP U-19 in the UEFA Youth League in which he scored 4 goals in 6 matches but unfortunately young “Dragoes” were eliminated already in the group stage.

 

Quotes:

“André Silva, is a beast, incredibly fast and strong, probably not the most evolved player, technically (he is not that great of a dribbler) but his speed make him a player that can unbalance a team at any time of the game.”

(theportuguesescout.wordpress.com – blog about Portuguese football talents)

 

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10   

First team material in a top European club.

 

Links:

Transfermarkt: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/andre-silva/profil/spieler_198008.html

Soccerway: http://int.soccerway.com/players/andre-miguel-valente-silva/214897/