Adrien Silva

Adrien Silva
	Adrien Silva
Personal information
Full name:	Adrien Sébastien Perruchet da Silva
Date of birth:	15 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth:	Angoulême, France
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position:	Central midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	14
Youth clubs
1999–2000; 2000–2002; 2002–2007	Bordeaux; ARC Paçô; Sporting CP
Senior clubs
National team

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Adrien Sébastien Perruchet da Silva (born 15 March 1989), known as Adrien Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Leicester City and the Portugal national team as a central midfielder.

He played mostly for Sporting since making his first-team debut at the age of 18, and was loaned to Maccabi Haifa and Académica, winning the Taça de Portugal with the latter in addition to the same honour at Sporting; with his main club, he appeared in 237 competitive games and scored 39 goals.

Known for his dribbling and passing qualities, Silva earned 46 caps for Portugal all youth categories comprised, including 13 for the under-21 team. He made his senior debut in 2014, and has been chosen to represent the nation at the 2018 World Cup he appeared at Euro 2016, winning the latter tournament.

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National team data (Portuguese)
Adrien Silva at National-Football-Teams.com
Adrien Silva – UEFA competition record

Leicester City F.C. squad - 2025–26
1 Stolarczyk · 3 Faes · 4 Nelson · 5 Okoli · 6 James · 7 Fatawu · 8 Winks · 9 Ayew · 10 Mavididi · 13 Vieites · 14 De Cordova-Reid · 15 Souttar · 16 Kristiansen · 17 Choudhury · 18 Carranza · 20 Daka · 21 Ricardo · 22 Skipp · 23 Vestergaard · 24 Soumaré · 25 Page · 27 Marçal · 28 Monga · 30 Ramsey · 31 Begović · 33 L. Thomas · 34 Golding · 39 S. Thomas · 56 Aluko · 61 Bausor · 65 Evans · Manager: Martí Cifuentes

Portugal – UEFA Euro 2016 – Winners
1. Patrício 2. B. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Fonte 5. Guerreiro 6. Carvalho 7. C. Ronaldo 8. Moutinho 9. Éder 10. J. Mário 11. Vieirinha 12. Lopes 13. Danilo 14. William 15. Gomes 16. Sanches 17. Nani 18. Rafa 19. Eliseu 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Eduardo 23. Adrien Manager: Fernando Santos

Portugal – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
1. Patrício 2. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Neto 5. Guerreiro 6. Fonte 7. Ronaldo (c) 8. Moutinho 9. A. Silva 10. B. Silva 11. Semedo 12. Sá 13. Danilo 14. William 15. Gomes 16. Pizzi 17. Nani 18. Gelson 19. Eliseu 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Beto 23. Adrien Manager: Fernando Santos

Portugal – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
1. Patrício 2. Alves 3. Pepe 4. M. Fernandes 5. Guerreiro 6. Fonte 7. Ronaldo 8. Moutinho 9. A. Silva 10. João Mário 11. B. Silva 12. Lopes 13. Dias 14. William 15. Ricardo 16. B. Fernandes 17. Guedes 18. Gelson 19. Rui 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Beto 23. Adrien Manager: Fernando Santos

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Personal information
Adrien Silva

Full name:	Adrien Sébastien Perruchet da Silva
Date of birth:	15 March 1989 (1989-03-15) (age 36)
Place of birth:	Angoulême, France
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position:	Central midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	14
Youth clubs
1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2007	Bordeaux ARC Paçô Sporting CP
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2007–2017 2010 2011–2012 2018–	Sporting CP → Maccabi Haifa (loan) → Académica (loan) Leicester City	168 0(32) 006 00(0) 034 00(5) 012 00(0)
National team
2004 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2009–2010 2014–	Portugal U16 Portugal U17 Portugal U18 Portugal U19 Portugal U21 Portugal	003 00(0) 017 00(0) 006 00(2) 007 00(1) 013 00(1) 026 00(1)