Vânia (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vânia Cristina Martins | ||
Date of birth | 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[1] | ||
2008–2009 | CF Femenino Cáceres | ||
2009 | Corinthians | ||
2009–2010 | CF Femenino Cáceres | ||
2010 | São Caetano UNIP[2] | ||
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.[3]
International career
She represented Brazil at senior level in the 2010 International Tournament City of São Paulo,[4][5] playing a match against Netherlands.[6][7] 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.
References
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from São Paulo (state)
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Brazilian expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Brazilian expatriates in South Korea
- Expatriate footballers in South Korea
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Primera División (women) players
- Levante UD (women) players
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players