Vitória Yaya

Vitória Yaya
Personal information
Full name	Vitória Ferreira Silva
Date of birth	23 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Suzano, Brazil
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Santos
Number	26
Youth career
2015–2017	Centro Olímpico
2017–2019	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2022	São Paulo
2023–	Santos
International career‡
2018	Brazil U17
2019–2022	Brazil U20
2022–	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Vitória Ferreira Silva (born 23 January 2002), known as Vitória Yaya or just Yaya, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santos.

Club career

Early career

Born in Suzano but raised in Ferraz de Vasconcelos, both in the São Paulo state, Yaya joined Centro Olímpico's youth setup at the age of 13; due to her style of play being similar to Yaya Touré, she earned that nickname. In 2017, she moved to São Paulo, after the club established a partnership with Centro Olímpico.^[2]^[3]

São Paulo

Promoted to the first team for the 2019 season,^[2] Yaya made her senior debut on 27 March 2019, starting and scoring the winner in a 1–0 Série A2 home success over América Mineiro.^[4] She was a regular starter during the club's league campaign, as they achieved promotion to the Série A1 as champions.

Santos

On 8 January 2023, Yaya was announced at Santos.^[5]

International career

Yaya represented Brazil at under-17 level in 2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 20 August 2019, aged 17, she received her first call-up for the full side, for the year's International Women's Football Tournament;^[6] she remained an unused substitute in Brazil's two matches in the competition.

After playing for the under-20 team in the 2020 and 2022 editions of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, Yaya made her full international debut on 10 October 2022, replacing Ary Borges late into a 1–0 friendly win over Italy at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa.^[7]

Career statistics

International

As of 20 January 2023^[1]

Brazil
Year	Apps	Goals
2022	1	0
Total	1	0

Honours

Club

São Paulo

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2: 2019

International

Brazil U17

South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship: 2018

Brazil U20

South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship: 2022

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vitória Yaya at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Na Seleção Brasileira Feminina, Yaya conta de sonho que virou realidade" [In the women's national team, Yaya tells about dream which became true] (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Do São Paulo para seleção de Marta: Vitória Yaya vive momento especial" [From São Paulo to Marta's national team: Vitória Yaya lives a special moment] (in Brazilian Portuguese). R7.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Sem Cristiane, São Paulo vence o América-MG na estreia no Brasileirão Feminino A-2" [Without Cristiane, São Paulo defeat América-MG in the debut of the Brasileirão Feminino A-2] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Yaya é reforço para o meio de campo das Sereias da Vila na temporada 2023" [Yaya is an addition for the midfield of the Sereias da Vila in the 2023 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Com Marta na lista, Pia Sundhage faz primeira convocação da seleção brasileira feminina" [With Marta on the list, Pia Sundhage makes the first call-up of the women's national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Remanescente da Sub-20, Yaya estreia com a Seleção Feminina Principal" [A remainder of the under-20s, Yaya debuts with the main Women's National Team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[SW-1] Vitória Yaya at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[SPFC-2] "Na Seleção Brasileira Feminina, Yaya conta de sonho que virou realidade" [In the women's national team, Yaya tells about dream which became true] (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[3] "Do São Paulo para seleção de Marta: Vitória Yaya vive momento especial" [From São Paulo to Marta's national team: Vitória Yaya lives a special moment] (in Brazilian Portuguese). R7.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[4] "Sem Cristiane, São Paulo vence o América-MG na estreia no Brasileirão Feminino A-2" [Without Cristiane, São Paulo defeat América-MG in the debut of the Brasileirão Feminino A-2] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[5] "Yaya é reforço para o meio de campo das Sereias da Vila na temporada 2023" [Yaya is an addition for the midfield of the Sereias da Vila in the 2023 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[6] "Com Marta na lista, Pia Sundhage faz primeira convocação da seleção brasileira feminina" [With Marta on the list, Pia Sundhage makes the first call-up of the women's national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[7] "Remanescente da Sub-20, Yaya estreia com a Seleção Feminina Principal" [A remainder of the under-20s, Yaya debuts with the main Women's National Team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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