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Grazielle

Grazielle

Brazilian footballer (born 1981)

Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento (born 28 March 1981), commonly known as Grazielle or Grazi, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right winger. 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.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinheiro and the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.
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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 professional club from 2000 until 2003, when she joined Botucatu.[3]

Grazielle returned to Botucatu after spending six months in Spain with Levante in 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] She signed for Corinthians in 2016.[6]

International career

Grazielle in 2011

Grazielle made her debut for Brazil in an 11–0 win over Mexico at the 1998 Women's U.S. Cup.[7] 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 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup semi-finals.[8]

After drifting out of contention, Grazielle was recalled ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics. She successfully converted from a forward to an attacking right wing-back and helped Brazil win silver medals.[9]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Portuguesa's female section were sometimes known as Lusa Sant'Anna due to an agreement with a local college of that name.

References

  1. [1]
    "Grazielle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Grazielle" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Grazielle deixa América F.C São Manuel e disputará o Paulista 2012 pela Portuguesa" (in Portuguese). Isto Aqui. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line - CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. [6]
    Silva, Guilherme (13 March 2018). "Privilegiada, Grazi completa 20 anos de carreira, Paulistão e muitos gols" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Grazielle". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2001. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. [8]
    "USA 1999: Brazil". SoccerTimes.com. 1999. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Grazielle" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 30 December 2018.



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