Rui Silva (handballer)

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Rui Silva
Personal information
Full name	Rui Sousa Martins Silva
Born	(1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31) Guimarães, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	FC Porto
Number	14
Youth career
Years	Team
2004–2009	Xico Andebol
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2008–2010	Xico Andebol
2010–2015	Sporting CP
2015–	FC Porto
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Portugal	78	(124)

Rui Sousa Martins Silva (pronounced [ˈʁuj ˈsilvɐ]; born 28 April 1993) is a Portuguese handballer for FC Porto and the Portuguese national team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.^[4]^[5] In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.^[6]

Honours

^ "Rui Silva at zerozero". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "Rui Silva at EHF". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "- Rui Silva: "The match last week was a wake-up call"". fcporto.pt. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ "EHF Euro 2020: Grupo fechado para o Campeonato da Europa". portal.fpa.pt. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

Portugal squads

v t e Portugal squad – 2020 European Championship – 6th place
1 Quintana 4 Portela 9 Ferraz 10 Martins 11 Moreira 14 Silva 15 Salina 16 H. Gomes 17 Rocha 22 Borges 23 Branquinho 24 Cavalcanti 25 Areia 27 A. Gomes 34 Vidrago 41 Capdeville 82 Frade 88 Magalhães Coach: Pereira

v t e Portugal squad – 2021 World Championship – 10th place
1 Quintana 4 Portela 5 Duarte 8 Iturriza 9 Ferraz 10 Martins 11 Moreira 14 R. Silva 15 Salina 16 H. Gomes 22 Borges 23 Branquinho 24 Cavalcanti 25 Areia 27 A. Gomes 30 Fernandes 33 D. Silva 41 Capdeville 82 Frade 88 Magalhães Coach: Pereira

v t e Portugal squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 9th place
4 Portela 5 Duarte 8 Iturriza 9 Ferraz 10 Martins 14 Silva 15 Salina 16 H. Gomes 22 Borges 23 Branquinho 25 Areia 27 A. Gomes 41 Capdeville 82 Frade 88 Magalhães Coach: Pereira

v t e Portugal squad – 2022 European Championship – 19th place
5 Duarte 8 Iturriza 10 Martins 12 Gaspar 13 Hernández 14 Silva 15 Salina 17 Rocha 18 Vieira 23 Branquinho 24 Cavalcanti 25 Areia 29 Alves 30 Fernandes 31 Salvador 41 Capdeville 79 Costa 88 Magalhães Coach: Pereira

v t e Portugal squad – 2023 World Championship – 13th place
4 Portela 8 Iturriza 10 Martins 12 Gaspar 14 R. Silva 21 Fernandes 22 Borges 23 Branquinho 24 Cavalcanti 25 Areia 26 F. Costa 27 Gomes 33 D. Silva 35 Espinha 41 Capdeville 79 M. Costa 82 Frade 88 Magalhães Coach: Pereira

v t e Portugal squad – 2024 European Championship – 7th place
4 Portela 5 Duarte 10 Martins 14 R. Silva 16 Rêma 21 Fernandes 24 Cavalcanti 25 Areia 26 F. Costa 30 F. Silva 31 Salvador 34 Vieira 41 Capdeville 51 Oliveira 55 Nazaré 79 Costa 82 Frade 86 Brandão Coach: Pereira

v t e Portugal squad – 2025 World Championship – 4th place
4 Portela 8 Iturriza 14 Silva 16 Rêma 21 Fernandes 23 Branquinho 24 Cavalcanti 25 Areia 26 F. Costa 31 Salvador 41 Capdeville 65 Sousa 66 Gomes 79 M. Costa 80 Oliveira 82 Frade 86 Brandão 88 Magalhães Coach: Pereira

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