*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:17, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
João Pedro Pereira Silva (born 21 May 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career
Born in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso, Silva joined the youth system of local C.D. Aves at the age of 10. He eventually made his professional debut for the club during the 2009–10 season, with the northerners in the Segunda Liga, and made an immediate impact by finishing as the league's second top scorer with 14 goals as the team finished comfortably in mid-table.[2]
Silva signed for Premier League side Everton on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, on 9 June 2010.[3] In the last hours of the following transfer window, without having made any official appearances with the Toffees, he returned to Portugal, joining U.D. Leiria on loan.[4] On 14 May 2011, the last matchday of the campaign, he scored two of his four goals in the Primeira Liga for the team, in a 3–3 away draw against S.L. Benfica.[5]
Released by Levski in summer 2013, Silva took his game to Italy, where he represented A.S. Bari and U.S. Città di Palermo, the first club from Serie B and the second in the Serie A.[11] He left the latter on 26 August 2015,[12] signing a one-year contract with Paços de Ferreira the following day.[13]
Silva returned to the Italian second tier in January 2016, remaining there until June 2017 in service of US Avellino 1912 and US Salernitana 1919.[14][15] He moved back to his country subsequently, with C.D. Feirense.[16] He scored only 13 competitive goals in a two-year spell,[17] being relegated from the main division in 2019.[18]
^Stoyanov, Vladimir (9 July 2012). "Левски купи нападателя на Евертън" [Levski bought Everton striker] (in Bulgarian). Sportal. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^Pires, Sérgio (28 July 2021). "João Silva a caminho do Hebei Fortune" [João Silva on his way to Hebei Fortune] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^"河北队官宣席尔瓦&莱昂纳多&雷腾龙三人加盟" [Hebei announced officially that Silva, Leonardo and Lei Tenglong will join] (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.