 Silva withPenafiel in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | André Filipe Teixeira da Silva[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-04-28)28 April 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Gondomar, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 3 July 2025(2025-07-03) (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Cernadilla, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Gondomar | ||
| 2011–2017 | Porto | ||
| 2015–2016 | →Padroense (loan) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2019–2020 | Famalicão | ||
| 2020–2021 | Boavista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Gondomar | 37 | (9) |
| 2023–2025 | Penafiel | 59 | (6) |
| Total | 96 | (15) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
André Filipe Teixeira da Silva (28 April 2000 – 3 July 2025) was a Portuguese professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder or aleft winger.[3]
He played for several clubs at youth level, includingPorto. His senior career began in 2021, and consisted of two seasons each withGondomar in theCampeonato de Portugal andPenafiel in theLiga Portugal 2.
In July 2025, Silva and his brotherDiogo Jota both died in a car crash in Spain.
Born inGondomar,Porto District,[4] Silva started playing football at local clubGondomar before joiningPorto's youth setup in 2011; he also appeared for theirsatellite teamPadroense, his teammates includingFábio Vieira andVitinha. He completed his development atPaços de Ferreira,Famalicão andBoavista.[5]
Silva returned to Gondomar in 2021 and played two seasons of senior football in the fourth-divisionCampeonato de Portugal,[6] also taking part in theTaça de Portugal.[5] In the2022–23 season, he recorded nine goals and twoassists in 26 games.[7]
On 1 July 2023, Silva joinedPenafiel on a three-year contract.[7] He made his debut in theLiga Portugal 2 on 13 August, scoring in a 3–0 home win overLeixões.[8]
On 21 February 2025, Silva was votedplayer of the match of the fixture againstPortimonense also at theEstádio Municipal 25 de Abril; he opened the 3–0 victory in the fifth minute, and whenYuki Kobayashi closed it by scoring in hisown net towards the end of the first half, he was also involved.[9] He was a regular starter under managerHélder, totalling 62 appearances, seven goals and three assists during his two-year stint. His side led the table in2024–25, before declining in the second half of the campaign.[6]
Silva's brotherDiogo Jota was aPortuguese international, and aPremier League winner withLiverpool in the2024–25 season.[10] Both started their careers at Gondomar and played for Paços de Ferreira at youth level. The former was in the youth ranks of Porto when the latter joined the club's first team on loan in 2016.[11]
Silva attended a university course in business management alongside his football career, and set up a company with his brother.[6] He graduated shortly before his death.[5]
On 3 July 2025, Silva died aged 25, alongside his brother Diogo, 28, in a car crash on theA‑52 motorway inCernadilla, Spain. According to reports, theirLamborghini suffered atyre blowout while overtaking another car and veered off the road before catching fire;[3][12][13] Spanish emergency services confirmed both died at the scene.[14] In a statement, theSpanish Civil Guard said that "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo was driving the vehicle at the time of the crash, and that the car "significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway". The expert report is still being finalised and will be submitted to the court inPuebla de Sanabria.[15]
Silva's Penafiel coach, Hélder, paid tribute to him by saying he brought speed and his personality to the game. He added that the club would prefer to think of the brothers' family rather than football.[16]
On 5 July 2025, Silva and Jota's funeral was held at theIgreja Paroquial de Gondomar, with hundreds of relatives, friends and acquaintances in attendance. The bishop of Porto,Manuel Linda, led the brothers' funeral mass.Andy Robertson carried a floral arrangement dedicated to Silva, while fellow Liverpool teammateVirgil van Dijk carried a similar one dedicated to Jota. Following a procession of their caskets, they were buried at the cemetery next to the church.[17]