António Silva is a Portugal international centre-back who joined Bournemouth from Benfica on 1 August 2026 for a fee reported at €25m plus €5m in add-ons. A product of the Benfica Campus academy, Silva broke into the Lisbon club’s first team as a teenager and made over a century of appearances, winning the Primeira Liga in 2023. Regarded as one of Portugal’s best young defenders, he reads the game well beyond his years and steps out of defence confidently with the ball, a profile Bournemouth targeted to anchor their back line.