Patrick da Silva

Brøndby

Da Silva made his Brøndby IF debut (in jersey number 35) at the age of eighteen. He was in the starting line-up in a 0–2 home defeat against Randers FC on 3 March 2013. He retained his spot, despite the fact that he formally belonged to Brøndby IF's U19 squad, for the remaining 13 games of the season in which Brøndby got clear of relegation and ended up as 9th in the Danish Superliga. Da Silva got his first call-up for the Danish national U19 team on 19 March 2013 by national U19-coach Thomas Frank. Patrick got his international debut in the away 1–1 draw against France U19 on Stade de Auch and he scored his first U19-international goal 4 June 2013 in the 5–0 win against the Czech Republic in the UEFA Elite Round. Da Silva got promoted to the first team 1 July 2013 and handed jersey number 23. On 25 June Patrick signed a new tree-year contract extension until 30 June 2018 despite a season with limited appearances due to being head coach Thomas Frank's second choice as left wingback after the Danish International U21 starlet Riza Durmisi. Da Silva started the 2015–16 season with a slot among the starting-11 in a staggering 9–0 home victory against the San Marino side A.C. Juvenes/Dogana in the Europa League qualification which he crowned with scoring his first European goal. On 31 October 2016, da Silva and BIF agreed to terminate the contract.

Nordsjælland

Da Silva joined FC Nordsjælland on 26 January 2017 on a 2.5-year contract. After a defeat…

As of 4 July 2019

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Patrick took the surname of his mother, a Brazilian who hails from Recife. His father is Danish.

Sexual crimes and conviction

In March 2020, da Silva began communicating over social media with a 14-year-old female, sending sexually explicit photographs and videos on Snapchat. He had contacted her a few days earlier on Instagram. After the episode, the victim's family chose to report da Silva to the police and at the same time contacted his employer, Lyngby Boldklub. In March 2021, da Silva was sentenced to 20 days probation and must, in addition to the costs of the case, pay DKK 8,000 in compensation to the victim. As the injunction was lifted in November 2021, it was revealed that da Silva was the perpetrator. In late October 2024, da Silva was arrested and held in custodial arrest by the Løgregla for "various sexual crimes committed in Denmark". During 2025, Da Silva returned to his hometown Kalundborg, where he began playing for the amateur club FC Kalundborg. This, however, came to an abrupt halt at the end of September 2025 when the club chose to remove him from the team, as a result of a new indictment against Da Silva regarding child abuse. Da Silva was indicted on several charges – including rape by sexual intercourse other than coitus, attempted coitus with a child under 15 for payment, grooming, indecent assault, and sharing of pornographic material of minors.