Grazielle
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento | ||
Date of birth | 28 March 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Brasília, DF, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Abelhas Rainhas | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Botucatu | |||
2006 | Levante | ||
Botucatu | |||
2010–2011 | Santos | ||
International career | |||
1998–2012 | Brazil | ||
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento (born March 28, 1981), commonly known as Grazielle or Grazi, is a Brazilian women's soccer player. She was part of the Brazil women's national football team at two Olympic soccer tournaments and at three editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Club career
In 1995, Grazielle moved to São Paulo and over the following five years represented the women's sections of local clubs Saad Esporte Clube, São Paulo FC and Portuguesa.[note 1] She was without a club from 2000 until 2003, when she joined Botucatu.[3]
Grazielle returned to Botucatu after spending six months in Spain with Levante during 2006. She also played for Santa Isabel (MG), Barra FC (RJ) and SE Gama (DF) before joining Santos in 2010. She represented América FC of São Manuel before the 2012 London Olympics. The club wanted her to return after the tournament, but Grazielle agreed a contract with Portuguesa instead.[4]
At the 2015 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Grazielle played for Abelhas Rainhas, who were eliminated in the round of 16 by eventual winners Kindermann.[5]
International career
Grazielle made her debut for Brazil in an 11–0 win over Mexico at the 1998 Women's U.S. Cup.[6] In February 1999, 17-year-old Grazielle stood in for the injured Roseli de Belo as Brazil's representative in a FIFA World Star team to play a showpiece friendly against the United States in San Jose. She was then part of the Brazilian roster which reached the semi-finals of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]
After drifting out of contention, Grazielle was recalled ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was converted from a forward to an attacking right wing-back and helped Brazil win silver medals.
Notes
- ^ Portuguesa's female section were sometimes known as Lusa Sant'Anna due to an agreement with a local college of that name.
References
- ^ "Grazielle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. July 24, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Grazielle" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ "Grazielle deixa América F.C São Manuel e disputará o Paulista 2012 pela Portuguesa" (in Portuguese). Isto Aqui. April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line - CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. February 4, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Grazielle". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "USA 1999: Brazil". SoccerTimes.com. 1999. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
External links
- Grazielle – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Santos player profile Template:Pt icon
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Santos Futebol Clube (women) players
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Primera División (women) players
- Levante UD (women) players
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Brazilian footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Brazilian football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs