Daniel Filipe Bandeira e Silva (born 11 April 2000), commonly known as Dani Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pafos FC, on loan from Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.
Silva is a youth product of the academies of Monte Caparica AC, Benfica, Belenenses, Vitória Setúbal and Vitória Guimarães. He began his senior career with Vitória Guimarães B where he became captain, before promoting to the senior team in 2022 and signing a professional contract on 13 April 2022. He made his professional debut with Vitória Guimarães in a 1âÂÂ1 Primeira Liga tie with Boavista on 6 May 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute.
On 25 January 2024, Silva joined Serie A club Hellas Verona. He reportedly signed a four-year contract for a â¬2 million transfer fee.
In the late hours of deadline day, 3 February 2025, he joined Danish side FC Midtjylland for a reported fee of 3 million euro.
Silva is a youth international for Portugal, and represented the Portugal U19s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Portugal U19