Luana (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luana Bertolucci Paixão | ||
Date of birth | 2 May 1993 | ||
Place of birth | São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Centro Olímpico | ||
2015–2018 | Avaldsnes IL | 75 | (16) |
2019 | Hwacheon KSPO | 22 | (8) |
2020– | Paris Saint-Germain | 10 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2012– | Brazil | 22 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2020 |
Luana Bertolucci Paixão (born 2 May 1993), commonly known as Luana, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team.
Club career
Luana was attached to São Bernardo, São Caetano and Corinthians as a young player. She signed for Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico in early 2011.[1]
She agreed a transfer to Norwegian Toppserien club Avaldsnes for their 2015 season, which culminated in them finishing as runners-up in both the League and Norwegian Women's Cup, qualifying them to the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time.[2] In 2017, Luana was Avaldsnes' Player of the Year as the club won the Norwegian Women's Cup. She signed a one-year extension to her contract in November 2017.[3]
International career
Luana represented the Brazil women's national under-17 football team at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago, where they reached the quarter-finals.[4] After graduating to the under-20 team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2012 in Japan.[5]
In December 2012, she won her first cap for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2012 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo, appearing as a substitute for Érika in a 2–1 win over Denmark.[6]
Luana was absent from Brazil's final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup when it was announced on 16 May 2019.[7] But she was added to the group the following day, when Adriana withdrew due to a knee ligament injury.[8]
Career statistics
International
As of 2 December 2020[9][10][11][12]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
2013 | 3 | 0 | |
2014 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | 0 | 0 | |
2016 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 11 | 0 | |
2020 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 22 | 1 |
References
- ^ a b "Elenco" (in Portuguese). Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Grøttland, Odd Kåre (6 February 2015). "Tom Nordlie positivt overrasket" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Flateby, Terje; Grøttland, Odd Kåre (1 November 2017). "Årets spiller fortsetter" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Sai Erika, entra Luana" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Seleção Feminina é convocada para a Copa do Mundo da França" [Women's squad called up for World Cup in France] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Seleção Feminina: Luana é convocada para a Copa do Mundo da França" [Women's Team: Luana is invited to the World Cup in France] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2011-2013". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2016-2017". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2018-2019". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2020". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
External links
- Luana at Soccerway
- Luana at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from São Bernardo do Campo
- People of Italian descent
- Women's association football midfielders
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Toppserien players
- WK League players
- Division 1 Féminine players
- Avaldsnes IL players
- Paris Saint-Germain Féminine players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs