Giovana Queiroz

Giovana Queiroz Costa (born 21 June 2003), known as Giovana Queiroz, Giovana Costa or, simply, Gio, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Barcelona at the Primera División and the Brazil women's national team. Giovana was born in Brazil and grew up in the United States and Spain.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Queiroz and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Giovana Queiroz
Personal information
Full name Giovana Queiroz Costa
Date of birth (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003
Place of birth São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 29
Youth career
2014–2017 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Madrid CFF 14 (1)
2020– Barcelona
National team
2019 United States U17 3 (0)
2019 Spain U17 3 (7)
2020- Brazil U17 2 (1)
2020- Brazil 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 2, 2020

Early life

She was born in 2003 in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2007, her family moved to Weston, Florida where they settled until 2014 when they moved to Madrid, Spain.[1][2][3] Gio was part of the Atlético Madrid Academy until 2017.[4]

Career

Club

She started her profession in 2018 at Primera División's club Madrid CFF. On December 9, 2018, she made her professional debut in a match against Barcelona.[5] Giovana would play 14 matches and score one goal with the Madridian team until February, 2020.

On July 17, 2020 Barcelona announced they had signed Gio, for an undisclosed fee, until 2023.[1][2][6]

International

She was called twice to represent the United States U17 national team in May and June, 2019. She was an important part of the team that represented the United States at the UEFA Development Tournament, held in May, 2019 in Czech Republic.[7] Gio started all three matches the team played at the tournament, which concluded with three wins for the United States U17 and the tournament title.[8][9][10] In June, she was called again to a training camp held at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, California.[11]

In August, 2019, Giovana was called to represent the Spain U17 national team in a friendly tournament to be held in Sweden in September of the same year.[12] At this tournament, she played against the United States (which she former represented) scoring a hat-trick and leading Spain to a win against the Americans.[13]

In February 2020, She was named to Brazil's under-17 squad.[14] She played against Austria and Portugal, scoring a goal in a 2-0 win against the former.[15]

On October 8, 2020, Gio was called by Brazil women's national football team's coach Pia Sundhage to a training camp to be held in Portimão, Portugal on October 18–28, 2020.[16] On November 9, Queiroz was called to represent Brazil in two friendly matches against Argentina.[17] Later, Argentina quit the matches with Ecuador taking its place.[18] On December 1, she debuted for Brazil coming in the half time of the 8-0 win over Ecuador.[19][20]

Personal life

Giovana's brother, André Luiz Queiroz Costa, is also a footballer.[3] He played for Real Madrid youth teams[21] and represented the United States men's national under-17 soccer team at the 2018 Nike International Friendlies.[22][23][24][25]

References
  1. "Giovana Queiroz é o novo reforço para o ataque do Barcelona". Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. Kannan, Rajesh. "Barça Femení A lowdown into Giovana Queiroz, the new signing of Barça Femení". Barça Universal. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. "The 2020 U-17 USWNT Cycle: Notes On Individual Players (September 2019)". Women's Soccer Express. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. "Atlético de Madrid - Academy". Atlético de Madrid. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. "Barcelona vs. Madrid 7 - 0". Soccer Way. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. "Barcelona confirma contratação de jogadora brasileira". IG Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. "U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team Heads To Czech Republic For Three Matches". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. "U.S. U-17 WNT Defeats Host Czech Republic 3-0 To Open UEFA Development Tournament". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. "U.S. U-17 WNT Dominates Ireland 4-0 To Win Second Game At UEFA Development Tournament In Czech Republic". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. "Hat Trick From Karlie Lema Leads U.S. U-17 WNT To 3-1 Win Against Belgium And Title of UEFA Development Tournament In Czech Republic". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. "U17 WNT roster for California Camp". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  12. "Convocatoria de la Selección Sub-17 femenina para los entrenamientos de septiembre". Se Futbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  13. "U-17 USWNT Falls 4-3 To Spain At Friendly Tournament In Sweden". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  14. "Giovana Queiroz é o novo reforço para o ataque do Barcelona". olimpiadatododia.com.br (in Portuguese). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  15. "Seleção Feminina Sub-17 encerra participação no torneio preparatório em Portugal" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  16. "Pia Sundhage convoca Seleção Feminina para período de preparação em Portugal" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  17. "Seleção Feminina convocada para jogos preparatórios diante da Argentina". CBF.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  18. "Seleção Feminina enfrentará o Equador na Data FIFA de novembro". CBF.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  19. "Brazil vs. Ecuador 8 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  20. "Diante do Equador, Pia promove as estreias de Júlia Bianchi, Ana Vitória e Giovana na Seleção Principal". CBF.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  21. "André". Real Madrid (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  22. "U.S. roster named for U17 Nike Friendlies". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  23. Alves, Marcus. "Novo Diego Costa? Promessa brilha no Real e pode trocar Brasil por EUA". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  24. Venancio, Pedro. "Brasileiro da base do Real Madrid é convidado para defender seleção dos EUA". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  25. Alves, Marcus. "EUA se adiantam em disputa com CBF e chamam garoto que passou pelo Real". BOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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