Diana Micaela Abreu de Sousa e Silva (born 4 June 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Benfica and the Portugal national team.
Club career Silva started playing football at six years old. When she was 13, she started playing for Atlético Ouriense's boys' team before being promoted straight into their women's team as Atlético Ouriense had no girls' youth team. She later moved to Clube de Albergaria. In 2016, she moved to the newly recreated Sporting CP women's football team. Silva was among the first names revealed to have joined Sporting's new women's team after the club had been 21 years without one. During this year she also started studying for the conclusion of an integrated master's degree in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Lisbon after transferring from the University of Coimbra where she had been studying for three years since she was 18. She won the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino with Sporting in her first season with the club.
On 4 July 2025, Silva was announced at Benfica on a three year contract.
International career Silva played for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her debut for the full Portugal women's national football team in March 2014. In 2017, she was selected as a part of Portugal's debut squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. During the tournament, she received praise for her performance against the Scotland women's national football team. She also played in Portugal's final group match against the England women's national football team however Portugal lost 2–1 and were eliminated. 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 cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsClube de Albergaria2015–16Nacional241400——102514Sporting CP2016–17Nacional242655———29312017–182122611—321031352018–1918724—331024142019–201572033——2010Total78621520336530129104Aston Villa2020–21FA WSL1410042——183Sporting CP2021–22Nacional20166234—1030222022–2318141042—2125172023–241894332—1026142024–251652142400000Total7244136141040418153Benfica2025–26Nacional13731000011199Career total2011283127211510582272182
International + International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 Estádio Municipal Da Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal 1–2 1–3 2016 Algarve Cup 2 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal 4–0 8–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3 Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal 1–3 1–3 Friendly 4 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal2–0 2–0 2018 Algarve Cup 5Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova 5–0 7–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 66–07Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras, Portugal 4–1 5–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 85–19 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal 1–0 1–1 Friendly 10 Estádio António Alves Vieira, Torres Novas, Portugal 2–0 3–0 11 Estádio Municipal Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal 1–1 2–1 2019 Algarve Cup 12 Complexo Desp. Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal 1–0 4–1 Friendly 13 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal1–0 1–2 2020 Algarve Cup 14 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 15Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria] 2–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 163–017 Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal 1–0 3–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 18 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal 1–0 4–0 Friendly 19 Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England 2–2 2–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 20 6 October 2022 Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Cyprus 1–0 2–1 2023 Women's World Cup qualifying play-offs 2112 October 2022Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal2–14–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 22 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying 23 25 October 2024 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan 4–1 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs 2429 October 2024 Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela, Portugal 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs 252–0263 December 2024 Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic 1–0 2–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs 272–1
Honours Atlético Ouriense Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino: 2012–13, 2013–14 Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino: 2011–12 Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2013–14
Sporting CP Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2016–17, 2017–18 Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22 Supertaça de Portugal Feminina: 2017, 2021, 2024
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