Emily Lima

Emily Alves da Cunha Lima (born 29 September 1980) is a Brazilian-born Portuguese football manager and former football player. In 2016, she became the first female manager of the Brazilian women's national football team.[1]

Emily Lima
Personal information
Full name Emily Alves da Cunha Lima
Date of birth (1980-09-29) 29 September 1980
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ecuador (manager)
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)
National team
2007–2009 Portugal 12 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Juventus
2013–2015 Brazil U-17
2015–2016 São José
2016–2017 Brazil
2017–2019 Santos
2019– Ecuador
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Cunha Lima.

Biography

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 1997-2000, 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] In 2007, she attained Portuguese-Brazilian dual citizenship, playing for the Portuguese national team. She finished her playing career in 2010, at the Italian club Napoli CF.[4]

Back to Brazil, Lima pursued a coaching career. She became 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 the second place at 2015 Copa do Brasil.

In 2016, Lima was appointed as coach of the Brazilian women's national team, in the place of Vadão, thus becoming the first women 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 of the Brazilian team in September 2017; under her run, the Seleção won seven games, lost five and drew one.[6]

References
  1. "Brazil's women's team hires Emily Lima as its first female coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. "Conheça Emily Lima, a primeira técnica da Seleção - Seleção Brasileira". Seleção Brasileira. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  3. Moura, Cássia. "Longos caminhos até a seleção brasileira de Emily Lima". VAVEL. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  4. Ufficio-Stampa. "DAL NAPOLI CARPISA YAMAMAY A CT DELLA NAZIONALE CARIOCA". Napoli calcio femminile e maschile. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  5. "Em adeus de Formiga, Seleção Brasileira feminina faz cinco gols e é campeã". UOL Esporte. UOL. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  6. "Marta to remain on Brazil's national soccer team despite firing of coach Emily Lima". espnW. Retrieved 2017-10-01.


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