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David Silva

David Silva

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Retired
Age40
CitizenshipSpain
Height1.70 m
Footleft
BornJanuary 8, 1986
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯100+ Assists 🏴100+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 22/23 6.6 Strong
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

6
clubs played for
03/04
debut season
0.16
goals / match
Manchester City
top club · 436 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#949
goals rank
#231
assists rank
124
season goals
193
season assists

Among 1,878 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€50.00m
peak value · 2012
€28.75m
top transfer fee · 10/11
12
best season · 14/15
179 / 58
int'l caps / goals
771Appearances
124Goals
193Assists
87Yellow cards
2Red cards
200Full matches (90′)
Full nameDavid Silva
Name in home countryDavid Josué Jiménez Silva
Date of birth1986-01-08 (40 yrs)
Place of birthArguineguín, Spain
CitizenshipSpain
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footleft
Height170.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-07-27
Contract expires
AgentIFM
OutfitterPuma
Jul 2023
Transfer: Real Sociedad → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
Jan 2023
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Real Sociedad
34 matches · 3 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Nov 2021
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Sep 2021
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Real Sociedad
32 matches · 2 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2020
Injury: unknown
Aug 2020
Transfer: Man City → Real Sociedad
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Real Sociedad
26 matches · 2 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Nov 2019
Injury: unknown
Nov 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Manchester City, Real Sociedad
41 matches · 6 G · 12 A · across 6 competitions
Dec 2018
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Aug 2018
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Manchester City
50 matches · 10 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2018
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Manchester City
40 matches · 10 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Manchester City
45 matches · 8 G · 11 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Manchester City
36 matches · 4 G · 12 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Manchester City
42 matches · 12 G · 13 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Manchester City
40 matches · 8 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Manchester City
41 matches · 5 G · 12 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Manchester City
49 matches · 8 G · 19 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Valencia → Man City
10/11 · Transfer · €28.75m
Jul 2010
10/11 — Manchester City
53 matches · 6 G · 15 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Valencia CF
40 matches · 10 G · 11 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Valencia CF
27 matches · 6 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Valencia CF
50 matches · 7 G · 11 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Valencia CF
51 matches · 9 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2006
Transfer: Celta de Vigo → Valencia
05/06 · Return from loan
Aug 2005
Transfer: Valencia → Celta de Vigo
05/06 · Loan
Jul 2005
05/06 — Celta de Vigo
38 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2005
Transfer: SD Eibar → Valencia
04/05 · Return from loan
Aug 2004
Transfer: Valencia → SD Eibar
04/05 · Loan
Jul 2004
04/05 — SD Eibar
35 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2004
Transfer: Valencia B → Valencia
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2003
03/04 — Valencia CF B
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2003
Transfer: Valencia U19 → Valencia B
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 2002
Transfer: Valencia CF You → Valencia U19
02/03 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €50.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1005 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals3 total · 0.20/90
36
Assists7 total · 0.47/90
72
G+A10 total · 0.68/90
58
Yellow cards4 total · 0.27/90
57
17,967 min
Minutes played by club
Real Sociedad 16.2%
Manchester City 52.6%
Valencia CF 23.6%
Celta de Vigo 3.7%
SD Eibar 3.9%
Valencia CF B 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Real Sociedad 4 19/20 22/23 93 7 18 2,902
Manchester City 10 10/11 19/20 436 77 136 9,449
Valencia CF 4 06/07 09/10 168 32 39 4,242
Celta de Vigo 1 05/06 05/06 38 4 0 668
SD Eibar 1 04/05 04/05 35 4 0 706
Valencia CF B 1 03/04 03/04 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€12.5M14€25M20€37.5M27€50M04/05 — 4 goals (SD Eibar)404/0505/06 — 4 goals (Celta de Vigo)405/0606/07 — 9 goals (Valencia CF)06/07 — 8 assists1706/0707/08 — 7 goals (Valencia CF)07/08 — 11 assists1807/0808/09 — 6 goals (Valencia CF)08/09 — 9 assists1508/0909/10 — 10 goals (Valencia CF)09/10 — 11 assists2109/1010/11 — 6 goals (Manchester City)10/11 — 15 assists2110/1111/12 — 8 goals (Manchester City)11/12 — 19 assists2711/1212/13 — 5 goals (Manchester City)12/13 — 12 assists1712/1313/14 — 8 goals (Manchester City)13/14 — 14 assists2213/1414/15 — 12 goals (Manchester City)14/15 — 13 assists2514/1515/16 — 4 goals (Manchester City)15/16 — 12 assists1615/1616/17 — 8 goals (Manchester City)16/17 — 11 assists1916/1717/18 — 10 goals (Manchester City)17/18 — 14 assists2417/1818/19 — 10 goals (Manchester City)18/19 — 14 assists2418/1919/20 — 6 goals (Manchester City)19/20 — 12 assists1819/2020/21 — 2 goals (Real Sociedad)20/21 — 5 assists720/2121/22 — 2 goals (Real Sociedad)21/22 — 6 assists821/2222/23 — 3 goals (Real Sociedad)22/23 — 7 assists1022/2306/07 — €800K07/08 — €15M08/09 — €22M09/10 — €28M10/11 — €32M11/12 — €34M12/13 — €50M13/14 — €44M14/15 — €40M15/16 — €38M16/17 — €38M17/18 — €30M18/19 — €30M19/20 — €20M20/21 — €12M21/22 — €5M22/23 — €4MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

03/04: 0003/0404/05: 4404/0505/06: 4405/0606/07: 9906/0707/08: 7707/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 101009/1010/11: 6610/1111/12: 8811/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 8813/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 101017/1818/19: 101018/1919/20: 6619/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 2221/2222/23: 3322/23

Assists by season

03/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 8806/0707/08: 111107/0808/09: 9908/0909/10: 111109/1010/11: 151510/1111/12: 191911/1212/13: 121212/1313/14: 141413/1414/15: 131314/1515/16: 121215/1616/17: 111116/1717/18: 141417/1818/19: 141418/1919/20: 121219/2020/21: 5520/2121/22: 6621/2222/23: 7722/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 Copa del Rey Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 0 0
22/23 Europa League Real Sociedad 5 1 1 1 0 352
22/23 LaLiga Real Sociedad 28 2 5 3 0 979
21/22 Copa del Rey Real Sociedad 3 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Europa League Real Sociedad 4 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 LaLiga Real Sociedad 25 2 6 3 1 867
20/21 Europa League Real Sociedad 5 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 LaLiga Real Sociedad 21 2 5 4 0 704
19/20 Champions League Manchester City 4 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Copa del Rey Real Sociedad 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Cup Manchester City 3 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Cup Manchester City 5 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Premier League Manchester City 27 6 11 0 0 306
18/19 Champions League Manchester City 9 3 3 0 0 240
18/19 EFL Cup Manchester City 3 0 2 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Manchester City 5 1 1 1 0 365
18/19 Premier League Manchester City 33 6 8 3 0 402
17/18 Champions League Manchester City 7 0 2 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Cup Manchester City 2 1 0 1 0 180
17/18 FA Cup Manchester City 2 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Manchester City 29 9 11 5 0 271
16/17 Champions League Manchester City 6 1 2 1 0 540
16/17 Champions League Qu. Manchester City 1 1 0 0 0 90
16/17 FA Cup Manchester City 4 2 1 0 0 125
16/17 Premier League Manchester City 34 4 8 6 0 692
15/16 Champions League Manchester City 8 2 1 1 0 315
15/16 FA Cup Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Manchester City 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier League Manchester City 24 2 11 1 0 901
14/15 Champions League Manchester City 6 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Manchester City 2 0 2 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premier League Manchester City 32 12 10 8 0 222
13/14 Champions League Manchester City 6 1 3 0 0 399
13/14 FA Cup Manchester City 3 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Manchester City 4 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Premier League Manchester City 27 7 10 5 0 311
12/13 Champions League Manchester City 3 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 FA Cup Manchester City 5 1 3 0 0 424
12/13 Premier League Manchester City 32 4 9 2 0 630
11/12 Champions League Manchester City 6 1 2 1 0 508
11/12 Community Shield Manchester City 1 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 Europa League Manchester City 4 1 0 0 0 328
11/12 FA Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 League Cup Manchester City 1 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 Premier League Manchester City 36 6 15 0 0 469
10/11 Europa League Manchester City 8 1 2 1 0 557
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Manchester City 2 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 FA Cup Manchester City 7 1 4 0 0 534
10/11 League Cup Manchester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Premier League Manchester City 35 4 8 2 0 640
09/10 Copa del Rey Valencia CF 2 1 0 0 0 119
09/10 Europa League Valencia CF 7 1 4 2 0 559
09/10 Europa League Qualifying Valencia CF 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 LaLiga Valencia CF 30 8 7 6 0 302
08/09 Copa del Rey Valencia CF 3 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 LaLiga Valencia CF 19 4 8 5 0 366
08/09 Supercopa Valencia CF 2 1 1 0 0 180
08/09 UEFA Cup Valencia CF 3 1 0 1 0 178
07/08 Champions League Valencia CF 6 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Champions League Qu. Valencia CF 2 1 0 0 0 152
07/08 Copa del Rey Valencia CF 8 1 5 2 0 631
07/08 LaLiga Valencia CF 34 5 6 5 0 559
06/07 Champions League Valencia CF 9 2 2 1 0 295
06/07 Champions League Qu. Valencia CF 2 1 0 0 0 106
06/07 Copa del Rey Valencia CF 4 2 0 0 0 130
06/07 LaLiga Valencia CF 36 4 6 4 1 665
05/06 Copa del Rey Celta de Vigo 4 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 LaLiga Celta de Vigo 34 4 0 2 0 668
04/05 2ª División SD Eibar 35 4 0 6 0 706
03/04 2ª B - Grupo III Valencia CF B 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
02/03 2002-07-01 Valencia CF You Valencia U19 Transfer 0
03/04 2003-07-01 Valencia U19 Valencia B Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-01 Valencia B Valencia Transfer 0
04/05 2004-08-02 Valencia SD Eibar Loan 0
04/05 2005-06-30 SD Eibar Valencia Return from loan 0
05/06 2005-08-08 Valencia Celta de Vigo Loan 0
05/06 2006-06-30 Celta de Vigo Valencia Return from loan 800000
10/11 2010-07-14 Valencia Man City Transfer 32000000 €28.75m
20/21 2020-08-17 Man City Real Sociedad Transfer 12000000
23/24 2023-07-27 Real Sociedad Retired Transfer 4000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 unknown injury 2018-01-31 2018-02-11 12 3
18/19 Knock 2018-08-03 2018-08-18 16 2
18/19 Hamstring injury 2018-12-08 2018-12-26 19 6
19/20 Muscle strain 2019-11-03 2019-11-09 7 1
19/20 Ill 2019-11-24 2019-11-25 2 0
19/20 Knock 2019-12-08 2019-12-31 24 6
20/21 Corona virus 2020-08-31 2020-09-11 12 0
20/21 Hamstring injury 2020-11-23 2020-12-02 10 2
20/21 Muscle injury 2020-12-04 2020-12-12 9 2
20/21 Muscle injury 2020-12-14 2020-12-20 7 2
20/21 Hamstring injury 2020-12-23 2021-02-05 45 8
21/22 Muscle injury 2021-09-13 2021-10-15 33 6
21/22 Muscle injury 2021-11-26 2021-12-16 21 6
22/23 Hamstring injury 2022-10-24 2022-11-04 12 3
22/23 Calf problems 2023-01-24 2023-02-28 36 6
Current€4.00m
Peak€50.00m
Low
Δ since start+€3.20m
€12.50m€25.00m€37.50m€50.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €33.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €33.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €38.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €38.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €38.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €40.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €40.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €44.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €40.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €50.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €46.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €32.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €34.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €32.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €32.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €26.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €28.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #33775 6 2 former national player
Team #20911 5 4 former national player
Team #12609 14 5 former national player
Team #12395 20 5 former national player
Team #9567 9 7 former national player
Team #3375 #21 125 35 retired national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Raheem Sterling 2 19 0
Raúl Albiol 2 0 0
Nicolás Otamendi 2 1 0
Edin Džeko 2 18 0
Kevin De Bruyne 2 8 0
James Milner 2 6 0
Ederson 2 0 0
Gareth Barry 2 1 0
Bernardo Silva 3 7 0
Sergio Ramos 2 4 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
14/15 Premier League Manchester City 12 32
17/18 Premier League Manchester City 9 29
09/10 LaLiga Valencia CF 8 30

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
11/12 Premier League Manchester City 15 36
15/16 Premier League Manchester City 11 24
17/18 Premier League Manchester City 11 29

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
05/06 2006-06-30 Celta de Vigo Valencia Return from loan €800k
05/06 2005-08-08 Valencia Celta de Vigo Loan
04/05 2005-06-30 SD Eibar Valencia Return from loan
04/05 2004-08-02 Valencia SD Eibar Loan

Teams faced most often by David Silva's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
FC Barcelona 63 8 10 45 61 141 -80 13%
Real Madrid 62 15 13 34 84 137 -53 24%
Sevilla FC 57 20 15 22 75 75 0 35%
Athletic Club 52 14 21 17 56 60 -4 27%
Villarreal CF 50 16 8 26 52 73 -21 32%
Atlético Madrid 49 11 11 27 42 69 -27 22%
Levante UD 46 14 20 12 76 57 +19 30%
Getafe CF 46 14 15 17 55 56 -1 30%
RC Celta 44 19 11 14 59 58 +1 43%
Espanyol Barcelona 44 24 8 12 71 54 +17 55%
Chelsea FC 41 14 7 20 42 51 -9 34%
Real Betis 41 17 11 13 67 52 +15 41%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
03/04 Senior debut season
04/05 First senior goal
11/12 Goal #50 (career)
17/18 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 34 1,331 4 0 0 0.27
21/22 32 867 4 0 1 0.52
20/21 26 704 5 0 0 0.64
18/19 50 1,007 4 0 0 0.36
17/18 40 451 6 0 0 1.2
16/17 45 1,447 7 0 0 0.44
15/16 36 1,216 2 0 0 0.15
14/15 42 222 9 0 0 3.65
13/14 40 710 6 0 0 0.76
12/13 41 1,054 2 0 0 0.17
11/12 49 1,305 1 0 0 0.07
10/11 53 1,731 3 0 0 0.16
09/10 40 980 8 1 0 0.83
08/09 27 724 6 0 0 0.75
07/08 50 1,342 7 1 0 0.54
06/07 51 1,196 5 0 1 0.45
05/06 38 668 2 0 0 0.27
04/05 35 706 6 0 0 0.76

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
309 apps
60 G
101 A
LaLiga
227 apps
31 G
43 A
Champions League
70 apps
10 G
16 A
FA Cup
34 apps
5 G
13 A
Europa League
33 apps
4 G
7 A
Copa del Rey
26 apps
4 G
6 A
2ª División
35 apps
4 G
0 A
Champions League Qu.
5 apps
3 G
0 A
League Cup
19 apps
1 G
3 A
Supercopa
2 apps
1 G
1 A

Frequently asked about David Silva

Who is David Silva?

David Silva is a Spain professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Retired.

How old is David Silva?

David Silva is 40 years old. He was born on January 8, 1986 in Arguineguín.

What position does David Silva play?

David Silva plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does David Silva play for?

David Silva currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has David Silva scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, David Silva has scored 124 goals in 771 appearances.