Fabio Silva

Fabio Daniel Soares Silva (born 19 July 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Silva made his professional debut for Porto in August 2019, and set several club records relating to his young age.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Gondomar, Porto District, Silva began his career at FC Porto before transferring to rivals S.L. Benfica in 2015, then returning two years later. Silva was part of the squad that won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League. With 20 goals in 26 games for the under-19 team by February 2019, he was called up by manager Sergio Conceicao to train with the first team.

Porto

He made his Primeira Liga debut for Porto on 10 August 2019 in a 2–1 loss at Gil Vicente, playing the final 11 minutes in place of Otavinho; at 17 years and 22 days, he surpassed Bruno Gama as the youngest league player in the club's history. On 19 September against BSC Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League group stage, he became the club's youngest player in European competitions, beating Ruben Neves. Six days later, he became the club's youngest starter in any competition when he lined up against C.D. Santa Clara in the Taca da Liga group stage, beating a record held by Serafim Pereira since 1960.

On 19 October, Silva scored his first goal to conclude a 5–0 win at neighbouring S.C. Coimbroes in the third round of the Taca de Portugal; with this goal he surpassed Neves as the youngest goalscorer in the club's history, by a month. Eight days later, he beat the same player's record as Porto's youngest league goalscorer in a 3–0 home win over F.C. Famalicao. On 10 November, in a 1–0 win at Boavista F.C. in the Derby da Invicta, he became the youngest starter in the club's history, a record held since Serafim's days.

On 9 February 2020, Silva dropped into Porto's reserve team in LigaPro, debuting as a starter in a 1–1 home draw with S.C. Farense, as one of three appear

This page also has a version in other languages :  Фабиу Силва (russian)