André Silva on being a striker: “I can shoot from half a chance” | OneFootball

André Silva described himself as a pragmatic and effective striker in an Instagram post, where he listed the qualities he considers essential in a good centre-forward. The 30-year-old player, who is close to joining FC Porto, also took the opportunity to stress that he does not need much space to threaten the opposition goal.

“[Thierry] Henry had a lot of speed and dribbling, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic had great physical power, [Samuel] Eto’o was also very fast, Cristiano [Ronaldo] has several strong weapons, so I think it varies a lot — there is no one characteristic that is stronger than another. In my case, besides that, there is also the fact that I can, in a short space of time, from a small opportunity, create a shot. I do not need to have the perfect ball or my body in a somehow perfect position to get a shot away,” highlighted the Portugal international, admitting that another strong point is the fact that he never gives up fighting.

“I remember going through a very frustrating moment on a personal level and my father suggesting that I do the same thing I do in video games, meaning that even though I could not get through the levels, I kept playing and ended up improving and overcoming the difficulties. The lesson was not to give up and to keep fighting with everything I have,” stressed André Silva, who received several messages of support from FC Porto fans on this post, some of them asking him to join the squad for next season.

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