Pelenda Joshua Tunga Dasilva (born 23 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Brentford.
[4] He progressed through the ranks and moved from left wing to forward,[5] before settling into a box-to-box midfield role,[6][7] under the guidance of Thierry Henry and Kwame Ampadu.
[3] After scoring 28 goals during the first year of his scholarship,[7] he signed his first professional contract in August 2015 and was an unused substitute for the first team on two occasions during the 2016–17 season.
[1] On 19 April 2019, he scored the first senior goal of his career in the return match versus Millwall, with "an unstoppable curling effort into the top corner from 30 yards",[11] which saved a 1–1 draw.
[10] After beginning the 2019–20 season in a substitute role,[1] Dasilva heeded head coach Thomas Frank's call to up his work rate and intensity.
[3] He subsequently broke into the starting lineup in early October 2019 and came into form,[1] scoring six goals in a 10-match spell, which included the first hat-trick of his career in a 7–0 win over Luton Town on 30 November.
[13] By the time Brentford's season ended with defeat in the 2020 Championship play-off final,[14] Dasilva had made 47 appearances and scored 10 goals.
[15][17] In the following round versus Tottenham Hotspur, Dasilva was sent off for the first time in his senior career after receiving a straight red card for a challenge on Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.