Fabio Silva

The new Wolves frontman stops for a selfie with an enthusiastic fan as he drives into the Wolverhampton Wanderers training complex to meet up with his new teammates. Well, not exactly, since he knows most of them from the national team!

Born in Gondomar, Portugal on July 19th, 2002, the son of Portuguese footballer Jorge was perhaps always destined to follow in his father’s footsteps. His older brother treaded a similar path, going on to play for Italian Serie A club S.S. Lazio, and it wouldn’t be long before Fab started to make a name for himself as well. With his youth career split between two of Portugal’s biggest clubs in SL Benfica and FC Porto, there could be little doubt about his credentials as a burgeoning young talent. An astonishing 20 goals in 26 games for the under-19s earned the striker a call up to the first team in February 2019. Fab made his Primeira Liga debut on August 10th, 2019, as FC Porto suffered a 2-1 defeat to Gil Vicente. Records would soon tumble as he became the club’s youngest debutant in European competitions when he lined up against BSC Young Boys in the UEFA Europa League; a few days later Fab became the club’s youngest starter in any competition taking the field against C.D. Santa Clara; on October 19th, 2019, the striker opened his account for Porto as they romped S.C. Coimbrões 5-0, and subsequently became the club’s youngest ever goalscorer. Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers were quick to act, and in the summer of 2020, signed the Portuguese starlet to a long term contract for a club record fee of £35 million. The striker made his Premier League debut on September 21st, 2020, in a defeat against Manchester City.