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Emily Lima
Portuguese football player and manager (born 1980)
Emily Alves da Cunha Lima (born 29 September 1980) is a football manager and former player. During her playing career, she operated as a midfielder for clubs in Brazil, Spain and Italy, and has represented Portugal internationally. In 2016, she became the first female manager to coach the Brazil women's national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emily Alves da Cunha Lima | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-09-29) 29 September 1980 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Saad | ||
| 1997–2000 | São Paulo | ||
| 2000 | Palestra São Bernardo | ||
| 2001 | Barra de Teresópolis | ||
| 2002 | Veranópolis | ||
| 2003–2004 | CFF Puebla | ||
| 2004–2006 | Estudiantes Huelva | ||
| 2006–2008 | Prainsa Zaragoza | ||
| 2008–2009 | L’Estartit | ||
| 2009 | Napoli | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Portugal | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Juventus Women | ||
| 2013–2015 | Brazil Women U-17 | ||
| 2015–2016 | São José Women | ||
| 2016–2017 | Brazil Women | ||
| 2017–2019 | Santos Women | ||
| 2019–2022 | Ecuador Women | ||
| 2023– | Peru Women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lima began her football career when she was 14 years old, on Saad Esporte Clube. In Brazil, she also played as a midfielder for São Paulo FC from 1997 to 2000, Palestra de São Bernardo, Barra de Teresópolis (2001) and Veranópolis (2002). Lima had also played for the Brazilian national under-17 women's football team.[2]
In 2003, Lima moved to Spain, playing for the clubs Estudiantes de Huelva, Puebla de la Calzada, Prainsa de Zaragoza and L’Estartit.[3] She finished her playing career in 2010, at the Italian club Napoli CF.[4]
Born in Brazil, Lima has never played for clubs in Portugal, but she is of Portuguese descent, which allowed her to attain dual citizenship and play for the Portugal women's national team, making her debut in 2007.
Back in Brazil, Lima pursued a coaching career. She became a coaching assistant for Portuguesa de Desportos in 2010. She became the titular coach of CA Juventus until 2013, when she was invited to manage the Brazilian under-17 team. In 2015, she coached São José Esporte Clube, the last Copa Libertadores Femenina champion. She led the club to second place at the 2015 Copa do Brasil.
In 2016, Lima was appointed as coach of the Brazilian women's national team in place of Vadão, thus becoming the first woman to coach the Seleção Feminina. Lima's first competition as national coach was the Torneio Internacional de Manaus, on which she led the team to their seventh title.[5] She was fired from the Brazilian team in September 2017; under her run, the Seleção won seven games, lost five and drew one.[6]
In July 2021, she went on to manage the Ecuador women's national team.[7] She resigned after Ecuador's defeat to Paraguay at Copa América Femenina 2022.[8][9]
In April 2023, she became manager to the Peru women's national team.[10]
- "Brazil's women's team hires Emily Lima as its first female coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "Conheça Emily Lima, a primeira técnica da Seleção - Seleção Brasileira". Seleção Brasileira. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- Moura, Cássia. "Longos caminhos até a seleção brasileira de Emily Lima". VAVEL. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- Ufficio-Stampa. "DAL NAPOLI CARPISA YAMAMAY A CT DELLA NAZIONALE CARIOCA". Napoli calcio femminile e maschile. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "Em adeus de Formiga, Seleção Brasileira feminina faz cinco gols e é campeã". UOL Esporte. UOL. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "Marta to remain on Brazil's national soccer team despite firing of coach Emily Lima". espnW. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- "Emily Lima viaja até os Estados Unidos para realizar peneira do Equador". ESPN.com (in Portuguese). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- "'El proceso se acabó, mucha gente está contenta. Era lo que querían', así se despide Emily Lima, que no seguirá al mando de la Tri femenina" (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- "Emily Lima explica saída da seleção do Equador e projeta destino: "Buscar algo mais competitivo"". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- "Brasileira Emily Lima é a nova treinadora da seleção feminina do Peru". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- Emily Lima national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Profile at Football.it (in Italian)
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