Vânia (footballer)

Vânia

Personal information
Full name	Vânia Cristina Martins
Date of birth	(1980-11-09) November 9, 1980
Place of birth	Embu das Artes, Brazil
Position(s)	Full back, striker
Team information
Current team	Santa Teresa
Youth career
1997	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	Santos
1998	Portuguesa
1999–2001	São Paulo
2001–2004	UniSant'Anna
2005	Salto
2006	São Caetano
2006–2007	Levante
2007	Jaguariúna
2007	America-RJ	7	(2)
2008	Sagrada Cena
2008	Palmeiras CEUNSP Salto
2008–2009	CF Femenino Cáceres
2009	Corinthians
2009–2010	CF Femenino Cáceres
2010	São Caetano UNIP
2011	Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2012	XV de Piracicaba
2012	Juventus/São Caetano/Drummond
2013	Llanos de Olivenza
2013	Centro Olímpico
2014–	Santa Teresa
International career
2010	Brazil	1	(0)
2011	Equatorial Guinea B	1	(0)
2011–	Equatorial Guinea	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vânia Cristina Martins (born November 9, 1980 in Embu das Artes, São Paulo), known simply as Vânia, is a Brazilian-born naturalized Equatoguinean football midfielder; who plays for Santa Teresa in Spain.

Career

Vânia played for several Brazilian teams, of which highlights Portuguesa, São Paulo and Corinthians.

International career

She represented Brazil at senior level in the 2010 International Tournament City of São Paulo, playing a match against Netherlands. FIFA recognizes this competition, so whereby each national team that's involved will have their matches registered in the FIFA calendar. However, the tournament is not official and then Vânia has been able to be naturalized by Equatorial Guinea, an African country that has a bad habit of calling more naturalized players (mainly Afro-Brazilian, as her) that native / descendants. Vânia attended the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and was champion of the 2012 African Women's Championship.

External links

Vânia – FIFA competition record (archived)