Jorge Silva (footballer, born 1996)

Jorge Fernando dos Santos Silva (born 22 March 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana as a right-back.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Jorge Silva
Personal information
Full name Jorge Fernando dos Santos Silva[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-22) 22 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Olimpija Ljubljana
Number 2
Youth career
2005–2008 Salgueiros
2008–2014 Leixões
2014–2015 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Sporting CP B 7 (0)
2016–2019 Leixões 82 (0)
2019–2023 Paços Ferreira 42 (0)
2023– Olimpija Ljubljana 4 (0)
International career
2014 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2014–2015 Portugal U19 8 (0)
2016 Portugal U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:03, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in Porto, Silva finished his development at Sporting CP. He made his senior debut with their reserves in the LigaPro on 23 January 2016, playing the entire 3–0 away loss against Farense.[2]

Leixões

Silva signed with Leixões of the same league on 17 June 2016.[3] During his spell at the Estádio do Mar he appeared in an average of 28 league matches, being sent off in the 1–0 home defeat to Académico de Viseu on 30 October 2016.[4]

Paços Ferreira

On 1 July 2019, Silva joined Primeira Liga club Paços de Ferreira on a three-year contract.[5] He played his first game in the competition on 4 November, as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 loss at B-SAD.[6]

Silva missed the vast majority of the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, due to injury.[7][8]

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 26 June 2023, Silva moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed with Slovenian PrvaLiga champions Olimpija Ljubljana on a two-year contract.[9] His debut on 11 July was the first European game of his career, a 2–1 home win over Latvia's Valmiera in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.[10]

References
  1. "Jorge Silva" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. "Farense-Sporting B, 3–0: Vitória algarvia acentua crise dos leões" [Farense-Sporting B, 3–0: Algarvean win worsens The Lions' crisis]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. Ferreira, André (17 June 2016). "Jorge Silva deixa Sporting para rumar ao Leixões" [Jorge Silva leaves Sporting and heads for Leixões]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. "Leixões-Ac. Viseu, 0–1: Penálti decidiu o jogo" [Leixões-Ac. Viseu, 0–1: Penalty decided match]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. "Paços de Ferreira reforça defesa com Jorge Silva (ex-Leixões)" [Paços de Ferreira bolster defence with Jorge Silva (ex-Leixões)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. Esteves, Adérito (4 November 2019). "Belenenses-P. Ferreira, 1–0 (crónica)" [Belenenses-P. Ferreira, 1–0 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. "Pepa antecipa "dificuldades extremas" para o Paços na receção ao Portimonense" [Pepa expects "real hard time" as Paços host Portimonense] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  8. "Paços de Ferreira: lesão acaba com época de Jorge Silva" [Paços de Ferreira: injury ends Jorge Silva's season] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  9. "Novi trener Olimpije je dobil igralca, ki si ga je želel in ga tudi že pozna: Jorge Silva je novinec pri državnih prvakih" [New Olimpija manager got the player he wanted and already knows: Jorge Silva is a newcomer to national champions] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. "Golo sofrido no fim deixa sabor a pouco para o Olimpija Ljubljana" [Goal conceded at the end leaves a little flavour for Olimpija Ljubljana]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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