Ivana Fuso
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Full name | Ivana Fuso | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 March 2001 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester United | |||||||||||||
Number | 13 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
SV Böblingen | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | SC Freiburg | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | SC Freiburg II | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||
2017–2019 | SC Freiburg | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019–2020 | FC Basel | 13 | (6) | |||||||||||
2020– | Manchester United | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Germany U15 | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||
2016–2017 | Germany U16 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Germany U17 | 20 | (12) | |||||||||||
2019– | Germany U19 | 10 | (5) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 |
Ivana Fuso (born 12 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United in the FA WSL. Born in Brazil, she has represented Germany at youth levels.
Club career
SC Freiburg
Fuso moved from SV Böblingen to the youth academy of SC Freiburg in the summer of 2016.[1] Initially, Fuso was part of the under-17 squad and competed in the B-Junior Bundesliga South, scoring 16 goals in 17 appearances. From the 2017–18 season, Fuso was elevated to SC Freiburg II in the 2. Bundesliga. She made her SC Freiburg II debut on 24 September 2017 in a 0–0 draw against VfL Sindelfingen. She scored her first goal for the team in a 1–1 draw against 1. FC Köln II. On 31 March 2018, Fuso made her SC Freiburg first team debut as a 71st minute substitute for Klara Bühl in a 3–0 away win against Werder Bremen.[2]
FC Basel
On 30 June 2019, Fuso moved to Swiss Nationalliga A team FC Basel.[3]
Manchester United
On 14 July 2020, Fuso signed a two-year contract with an option for a third with English FA WSL club Manchester United.[4] After suffering two separate muscle and ligament tears at the beginning of the season,[5][6] Fuso was named in a matchday squad for the first time on 19 November 2020 but was an unused substitute during the 0–0 League Cup draw with Manchester City.[7] She made her debut on 16 December 2020 as a 76th minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Everton in the same competition.[8]
International career
Youth
Fuso has represented Germany at youth level from under-15 up to under-19. She made her national team debut on 28 October 2014 for the under-15 national team in a 13–0 victory over Scotland as a 13-year-old. She scored her first goal on 4 June 2015 for the under-15 team in a 7–0 win against Czech Republic.[9]
In 2018, Fuso was part of the under-17 squads for both the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She captained the side and scored two goals at the Euros as Germany finished runners-up, losing in the final to Spain.[10] The team finished top of their group at the World Cup but was eliminated by Canada at the quarter-final stage.[11]
Fuso appeared twice during 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, scoring in an elite round win over Greece in April 2019,[12] but was not selected for the tournament squad in July. She returned to the squad for 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, scoring 3 goals in 3 appearances during the first qualifying round.[13][14]
Senior
In January 2021, Fuso was called up to the senior Brazil national team for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup.[15]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Freiburg II | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 10 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||
SC Freiburg | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
FC Basel | 2019–20 | Nationalliga A | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | 7 | |
Manchester United | 2020–21 | FA WSL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10 |
Honours
Club
SC Freiburg
International
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2018
References
- ^ "SC Freiburg angelt sich zwei Böblinger Talente". FuPa (in German).
- ^ "Werder Bremen vs. Freiburg - 31 March 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Merazguia schließt sich Basel an - Newsansicht - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de.
- ^ "Ivana Fuso signs for United Women". Manchester United (Press release). 2020-07-14.
- ^ "'It's just a lot of strain' - Stoney criticises Man Utd schedule". www.goal.com.
- ^ "#1 über Fußball mit Ivana Fuso by COROX Podcast". Anchor.
- ^ "FA Women's Continental Tyres League Cup report: Manchester United 0-0 Manchester City (United win 4-3 on penalties)". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
- ^ "Women's Match Report: Everton 1 United 0". www.manutd.com.
- ^ "Ivana Fuso - Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German).
- ^ "Germany-Spain Women's Under-17 Final 2018". UEFA.com.
- ^ Press, The Canadian (25 November 2018). "Huitema, Canada make semis at U17 Women's World Cup for first time - TSN.ca". TSN.
- ^ "Germany-Greece Women's Under-19 qualifying 2019". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Germany-Albania | Women's Under-19". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Portugal-Germany | Women's Under-19". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Com dois terços do grupo olímpico fechado, Pia convoca seleção feminina para torneio nos EUA". globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ "Ivana Fuso soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Ivana Fuso oGol". www.ogol.com.br (in Breton).
- ^ "2018–19 DFB-Pokal Frauen". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German).
External links
- Profile at the Manchester United F.C. website
- Ivana Fuso at Soccerway
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Brazilian emigrants to Germany
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- German people of Brazilian descent
- German women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- SC Freiburg (women) players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- FC Basel Frauen players
- Manchester United W.F.C. players
- FA Women's Super League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in England