Toni Silva

Toni Silva

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Early years

Silva kicked off his career with the youth academy of Real Sport Clube in 2007, and joined Benfica's junior team a season later. He made 7 appearances for the junior team before having a short stint with Chelsea reserves between 2008 and 2009. Then he joined Liverpool still with the reserves before getting a professional contract in 2011.

Northampton Town (loan)

Silva joined Northampton Town on a one-month youth loan on 14 February 2012 making his debut the same day against AFC Wimbledon. Only a few hours into his time with Northampton he came on as a 74th-minute substitute for Adebayo Akinfenwa. Dribbling past three Wimbledon players his shot was parried and followed in by Luke Guttridge for the winning goal in a 1–0 win. Northampton manager Aidy Boothroyd after the match said; "We don't want to get excited too soon, but he's got Premier League quality", and added "He's dribbled past two or three people and he has got a great goalscoring record". On 22 February 2012, his loan with Northampton was extended until the end of the 2011–12 season. On 13 March, he scored his first senior goal when he scored the only goal as his loan club won away at Dagenham & Redbridge. At the end of his loan spell he had played 15 times.

Barnsley

On 23 July 2012, Barnsley signed Silva from Liverpool on a free transfer on a two-year deal. After his move, Silva was given number 20 shirt. Manager Keith Hill comment on Silva saying; "He's left-footed and…

International career

Silva was born in Guinea-Bissau, but moved to Portugal as a child. He played for the Portugal U17s, and Portugal U18s. He ended up switching to the Guinea Bissau and made his debut on 4 June 2016, in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification victory over Zambia, wherein he scored his debut goal for the team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2017

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.

Club
C.F. União (2016–2016)
Club
Liverpool F.C. (2011–2012)
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Northampton Town F.C. (2012–2012)
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Barnsley F.C. (2012–2013)
Club
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. (2013–2013)
Club
PFC CSKA Sofia (2013–2015)
Club
Şanlıurfaspor (2015–2015)
Club
Portugal national under-17 football team (2009–2010)
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Portugal national under-18 football team (2010–2010)
Club
Levadiakos F.C. (2016–2018)
Club
Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. (2018–2018)
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Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (2019–2019)
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FC Astra Giurgiu (2019–2020)
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FC Taraz (2020–)
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FC Tobol
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FC Turan
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FC Aksu
National team
Guinea-Bissau

Legacy

Honours

FC Tobol Kazakhstan Premier League: 2021 Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2021

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Bissau-Guinean association football player

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Toni Brito Silva Sá is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Żabbar St. Patrick in the Maltese Premier League.

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