André Silva

André Silva has been a regular part of Elche’s LaLiga attack in 2025-2026, making 30 appearances with 22 starts and eight substitute outings. His 10 goals point to a clear finishing role rather than a purely rotational one – a goal every 3.0 appearances is useful output for a striker in a side where he is not starting every match.

Silva’s recent career arc shows both a high peak and a period of decline before this Elche rebound. He scored 28 goals in 2020-2021, then 12, 11, four, three, one and one across subsequent seasons before reaching 10 this year. Spells involving Eintracht Frankfurt, RB Leipzig, Real Sociedad, Werder Bremen and Elche suggest a forward who has moved between major leagues but has had to rebuild momentum after his strongest scoring spell.

The transfer history is notable for the drop from a €21.00m move from Eintracht Frankfurt to RB Leipzig in 2021 to an €850,000 fee from RB Leipzig to Elche in 2025. Loans to Real Sociedad and Werder Bremen in between show that Leipzig were trying to find a better fit rather than building around him. Elche looks more like a reset at a lower fee than a prestige move, but the current goal return gives that deal some value.