FC Porto tie down youth champion centre-back on professional deal | OneFootball

FC Porto have signed Marco Silva, a 17-year-old centre-back and the national Under-19 champion in 2025/26, to a professional contract. The player did not hide his satisfaction with the new deal or his dream of one day reaching the first team and playing at the Estádio do Dragão.

“It is a very special day for me, to be signing my first professional contract with this great Club. It is a dream come true and I am very happy, it has always been a goal of mine. I dream of making my debut for FC Porto’s first team and playing at the Estádio do Dragão,” he began by telling the club’s media.

“It was a very special moment. I didn’t even know what to do, I didn’t know where to go. I only remember running into Filipe’s (Sousa) arms, because it was a dream he had in his final year of youth development. We were always talking about it, I just remember going to hug him. Then we celebrated with everything we had, I just wanted to shout and run,” he said, regarding the junior title win.

Marco Silva established himself as a centre-back last season. “At first I was a forward, but then I dropped back into midfield because of my height. When I went to FC Penafiel I was already playing as a number six or a centre-back, and in the last year I settled as a centre-back,” he also explained.

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