Wolves striker makes Portugal debut

The 22-year-old, who joined Wolves for £35million in 2020, was called up at the weekend after Portugal had already qualified for the quarter-finals of the Nations League.

They played Croatia yesterday and Silva came off the bench in the 1-1 draw to earn his first senior cap.

Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa and defender Nelson Semedo both played the full 90 minutes in which Chelsea's Joao Felix opened the scoring before Manchester City's Josko Gvardiol equalised in the second half.

Silva is currently on loan at Spanish side Las Palmas, where he has so far netted three times.

He was given the number nine shirt at Wolves last season and was in the starting XI as Gary O'Neil took over at the club, but he quickly fell out of favour and left to join Scottish side Rangers on loan in January.

After a mixed spell up north it was decided he would depart Wolves again, with all parties keen on a permanent deal after the striker was omitted from the pre-season tours of Spain and America.

But a late season-long loan deal was agreed on transfer deadline day.

At the time of calling Silva up for the Portugal squad, manager Martinez said: "We followed Fabio for months. He has very good movements, the ability to open spaces & play with his back to goal.

"Arriving at a new club gave him a greater impact in the area and his numbers have improved a lot. He is a different player."