Jéssica Lisandra Manjenje Nogueira Silva (born 11 December 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Turkish Super League club Galatasaray and the Portugal national team.
Club career Silva had a half-year spell with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC from July to December 2014 and played for Clube de Albergaria from 2014 until 2016. From 2017 to 2019 she played for Levante UD in Spain.
On 10 May 2021, Silva was announced at Kansas City Current on a two year contract.
On 16 August 2024, NJ/NY Gotham FC announced that they had signed Silva through the 2024 season. She scored her first goal with Gotham on 3 October 2024, in a 13–0 drubbing over Frazsiers Whip FC in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup. After her first season at Gotham, Silva was re-signed by the club to a short-term extension.
On June 18, 2026, she signed a contract with the Turkish giant Galatasaray.
International career Silva was born in Portugal to an Angolan father and Portuguese mother, with both of her grandmothers of Angolan descent. In September 2011, she made her senior debut for the Portugal women's national football team, in a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying defeat by Austria in Pombal.
Silva was named by coach Francisco Neto in the final 23-player Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. But in the last training session before departing for the tournament, she was injured. Diana Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.
On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.
On 24 June 2025, Silva was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionRegular SeasonPlayoffsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsClube de Albergaria2011–12Campeonato Nacional Feminino33—21———542012–131818—11———19192013–1410—00———10Total2221—32———2523Linköpings FC2014Damallsvenskan20—10———30Clube de Albergaria2015–16Campeonato Nacional Feminino1411—00——101511Braga2016–171212—20———1412Levante2017–18Primera División204—20———2242018–19212—20———232Total416—40———456Lyon2019–20D1 Féminine21—10—31—622020–2100—00—00—00Total21—00—00—21Kansas City Current2021NWSL140—————140Benfica2021–22Campeonato Nacional Feminino95—1030——1352022–231616—32521031035232023–24133—42207400269Total3824—84102177107437Gotham FC2024NWSL3010—0031007120253000—00100040Total6010—004100111Career total15175101961022492020792
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsPortugal2011102012402013612014144201592201620201770201815020191122020102021111202215320231232024932025121Total12920
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Silva goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Jéssica SilvaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition126 September 2013Fyli Municipal Stadium, Fyli, Greece5–15–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification212 February 2014Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal5–17–137 March 2014Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal2–03–22014 Algarve Cup412 March 2014Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal1–21–2 513 September 2014De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands1–12–32015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification69 March 2015Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal2–22–22015 Algarve Cup711 March 2015Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal3–33–3 (8–7 p)81 March 2019Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal1–12–12019 Algarve Cup94 October 2019Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying1016 September 2021Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey1–11–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification1122 June 2022Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal3–04–0Friendly129 July 2022Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England2–22–2UEFA Women's Euro 20221315 November 2022Estádio FC Alverca, Alverca, Portugal1–01–0Friendly1417 February 2023Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand1–05–0157 July 2023Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal1–02–0162–017 27 February 2024 Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal 4–0 5–1 185–01916 July 2024Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal3–13–1UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying2026 October 2025Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, United States1–11–3Friendly21 7 March 2026 Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal 4–0 4–0 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Honors Benfica Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Taça de Portugal: 2023–24 Taça da Liga: 2022–23, 2023–24 Supertaça de Portugal: 2022, 2023 Gotham FC CONCACAF W Champions Cup: 2024–25 Lyon Division 1 Féminine: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2019–20
Linköpings FC Svenska Cupen: 2014, 2015
References
External links
Player national profile at FPF