Xande Silva

Alexandre "Xande" Nascimento da Costa e Silva (born 16 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Aris on loan from West Ham United.

Xande Silva
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Nascimento da Costa e Silva[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997[2]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Aris
(on loan from West Ham United)
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2008 Alverca
2008–2009 Belenenses
2009–2014 Sporting CP
2014–2015 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Vitória Guimarães B 52 (4)
2015–2018 Vitória Guimarães 26 (1)
2018– West Ham United 1 (0)
2020– → Aris (loan) 15 (1)
National team
2012 Portugal U15 2 (1)
2012–2013 Portugal U16 11 (3)
2013–2014 Portugal U17 15 (4)
2014 Portugal U18 2 (1)
2015–2016 Portugal U19 21 (5)
2016–2017 Portugal U20 14 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2021

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Porto, Silva joined Vitória de Guimarães' academy at the age of 17 after a five-year spell at Sporting CP.[3] He started his senior career with the former's reserves, making his Segunda Liga debut on 17 August 2014 by coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 away loss against Oliveirense.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition the following 18 January, helping the hosts beat Benfica B 4–1.[5]

Silva's first appearance in the Primeira Liga took place in the penultimate match of the season, and he played 11 minutes in a 0–0 home draw to Benfica after replacing Otávio.[6] His maiden league goal occurred on 7 December 2015, in a 3–1 home defeat of Rio Ave.[7]

West Ham United

Silva joined West Ham United for an undisclosed fee on 2 August 2018,[8] signing a three-year contract and being recruited initially for the under-23 team. He scored a four-minute hat-trick on his Premier League 2 debut 11 days later, against Tottenham Hotspur.[9][10]

Silva made his Premier League debut on 30 December 2018 in a 0–2 away defeat to Burnley, coming on as a second-half substitute for Marko Arnautović.[11] He missed the start of the 2019–20 season due to illness. Rushed into hospital in Portugal, he underwent emergency bowel surgery from which he was recuperating.[12]

On 5 October 2020, Silva was loaned to Aris for the season.[13] He scored his first goal in the Super League Greece on 2 December, his individual effort capping the 3–0 win at AEL.[14]

International career

Silva was capped by Portugal at every youth level between under-15 and under-20. He was part of the under-17 squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2014 UEFA European Championship, and was named in the Team of the Tournament.[15]

Two years later, Silva helped the under-19 team to the semi-finals of the 2016 European Championship in Germany.[16] He was then selected by under-20 manager Emílio Peixe for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[17] where he scored in the quarter-final against Uruguay, which they lost after a penalty shootout.[18][10]

Personal life

Silva's father, Joaquim, was also a footballer. Also a forward, he spent most of his career in China and Portugal and represented the Angola national team.[19][20][21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 February 2021[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória Guimarães 2014–15 Primeira Liga 100000—10
2015–16 Primeira Liga 2010000—201
2016–17 Primeira Liga 401010—60
2017–18 Primeira Liga 1000001[lower-alpha 3]020
Total 261101010291
Vitória Guimarães B 2014–15 Segunda Liga 232—232
2015–16 LigaPro 81—81
2016–17 LigaPro 101—101
2017–18 LigaPro 110—110
Total 524000000524
West Ham United U23 2018–19 Premier League 2 —1[lower-alpha 4]010
West Ham United 2018–19 Premier League 101000—20
2019–20 000000—00
2020–21 00—00—00
Total 1010000020
Aris (loan) 2020–21 Super League Greece 1512000—171
Career total 9464010201016
  1. Appearances in Taça de Portugal and FA Cup
  2. Appearances in Taça da Liga and EFL Cup
  3. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  4. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Xande Silva" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Augusto, Fernando (6 March 2013). "Golos de Xande ganham projecção" [Xande goals making a name] (in Portuguese). Super Sporting. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. "Oliveirense-V. Guimarães B, 1–0: Golo de Sérgio dá o triunfo" [Oliveirense-V. Guimarães B, 1–0: Sérgio goal gives win]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. "V.Guimarães B goleou Benfica B" [V.Guimarães B routed Benfica B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 January 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. "Benfica campeão nacional" [Benfica national champions] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  7. "Vitória de Guimarães vence Rio Ave" [Vitória de Guimarães beat Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). TSF. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  8. "West Ham United sign promising Portuguese forward Xande Silva". West Ham United F.C. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  9. "Under-23s sunk by quickfire treble". Tottenham Hotspur. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  10. Inkersole, Sam (14 August 2018). "Who is Xande Silva? West Ham's newest goalscoring sensation who put Tottenham to the sword". Football London. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  11. Sutcliffe, Steve (30 December 2018). "Burnley 2–0 West Ham United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  12. Inkersole, Sam (29 July 2019). "West Ham striker set to return to London after horrific emergency surgery ordeal". Football London. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. "Xande Silva joins Aris Thessaloniki FC on season-long loan". West Ham United F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. Tempelis, Vassilis (2 December 2020). "ΑΕΛ – Άρης 0–3: Επιστροφή στις νίκες με τριάρα, έπιασε τον Ολυμπιακό" [AEL – Aris 0–3: Return to winning ways with three, caught Olympiacos] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  15. "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA: 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. "Under-19 – Portugal-France". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  17. Gomes de Andrade, Maria (2 May 2017). "Os convocados da Seleção Nacional para o Mundial Sub-20" [The national team picks for the Under-20 World Cup] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  18. "Uruguay progress, Portugal pay the penalty". FIFA. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  19. Calhau, Pedro (3 April 2014). "Filho de Quinzinho é internacional português e inspira-se em Balotelli" [Son of Quinzinho is a Portuguese international and draws inspiration from Balotelli] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  20. "Quinzinho, treinador-adjunto do Vilafranquense, disse no fim de semana ao filho, Xande Silva, jogador de Vitória de Guimarães, que se iam encontrar nos "oitavos" e que lhe ia ganhar" [Quinzinho, Vilafranquense assistant coach, told this weekend his son, Alexandre Silva, Vitória de Guimarães player, that they would meet in "last-16" and he would beat him]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  21. "Xande Silva reveals the heroes who inspired him". West Ham United F.C. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  22. Xande Silva at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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