Dolores Silva

Dolores Isabel Jacome Silva (born 7 August 1991) is a Portuguese international football player. She plays as a midfielder for Braga and the Portugal women's national team.

Dolores Silva
Personal information
Full name Dolores Isabel Jacome Silva
Date of birth (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991
Place of birth Queluz, Portugal
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Braga
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2007[1] Real Sport Clube
2007–2009[1] 1º Dezembro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 1º Dezembro
2011–2013 FCR 2001 Duisburg 45 (1)
2014–2015 MSV Duisburg 22 (1)
2015–2018 USV Jena 41 (0)
2018–2019 Atlético Madrid 20 (0)
2019– Braga 0 (0)
National team‡
2009– Portugal 119 (12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Club career

Silva joined 1º Dezembro at 16–years–old and won the League four times in succession, as well as the Cup. In summer 2011, aged 19, she signed for German club FCR 2001 Duisburg and described the move as a "dream".[1][2]

In August 2011 Silva was unfortunate to suffer an ACL injury in a friendly match against Paris Saint-Germain.[3]

In 2014, FCR 2001 Duisburg folded and was absorbed by MSV Duisburg, Silva was one of the many players who then moved from FCR to MSV. In 2015, she signed with USV Jena.[4]

International career

In June 2011, when transferring to Duisburg, Silva had collected 19 caps for Portugal. This was in addition to 21 appearances at Under–19 level.[1]

Silva hit two goals in Portugal's August 2010 3–0 World Cup qualifying win in Armenia.[5]

Honours
S.U. 1º de Dezembro

References
  1. Markus Juchem (2011-06-28). "Duisburg holt Portugiesin Dolores Silva" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  2. "Duisburgo contrata Dolores Silva" (in Portuguese). UEFA.pt. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  3. Markus Juchem (2011-09-01). "Dolores Silva erleidet Kreuzbandriss" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  4. "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  5. "Armenia 0 - 3 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.


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