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Rui Silva (handballer)

For other people named Rui Silva, see Rui Silva (disambiguation).

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

Xico Andebol
Sporting CP
Porto

References

  1. ^ "Rui Silva at zerozero". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Rui Silva at EHF". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "- Rui Silva: "The match last week was a wake-up call"". fcporto.pt. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ^ "EHF Euro 2020: Grupo fechado para o Campeonato da Europa". portal.fpa.pt. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.