Daniel Filipe Bandeira e Silva (born 11 April 2000), commonly known as Dani Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pafos FC, on loan from Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.
Club career
Silva is a youth product of the academies of Monte Caparica AC, Benfica, Belenenses, Vitória Setúbal and Vitória Guimarães. He began his senior career with Vitória Guimarães B where he became captain, before promoting to the senior team in 2022 and signing a professional contract on 13 April 2022.[1] He made his professional debut with Vitória Guimarães in a 1–1 Primeira Liga tie with Boavista on 6 May 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute.[2]
On 25 January 2024, Silva joined Serie A club Hellas Verona.[3][4] He reportedly signed a four-year contract for a €2 million transfer fee.[5]
In the late hours of deadline day, 3 February 2025, he joined Danish side FC Midtjylland for a reported fee of 3 million euro.
International career
Silva is a youth international for Portugal, and represented the Portugal U19s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 22 March 2026
| Club | Season | Division | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vitória B | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 22 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 4 | — | — | — | 44 | 4 | |||||
| Vitória | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 2 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2023–24 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Midtjylland | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 13 | 1 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | Danish Superliga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| Pafos | 2025–26 | Cypriot First Division | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 145 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 170 | 7 | ||
- ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia, Danish Cup
- ^ Includes Taça da Liga
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
Portugal U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2019[7]
References
- ^ “Dani Silva renova com o Vitória. Agora tem contrato até 2024”. tempodejogo.pt.
- ^ “Boavista X Vitória SC – AO MINUTO”. Maisfutebol.
- ^ “Dani Silva is a new Yellow-Blue midfielder!”. Hellas Verona. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ “Dani Silva transferido para o Hellas Verona” [Dani Silva transferred to Hellas Verona] (in European Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ “OFICIAL: Hellas Verona contrata Dani Silva ao V. Guimarães” [OFFICIAL: Hellas Verona signs Dani Silva from V. Guimarães]. MaisFutebol (in Portuguese). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ “Portugal’s U19 Euro title defence off to a winning start”. portugoal.net.
- ^ “Spain win 2019 U19 EURO: at a glance”. UEFA. 27 July 2019.
External links
- Dani Silva at Soccerway
- Dani Silva national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)