Grazielle

Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento (born March 28, 1981), commonly known as Grazielle or Grazi, is a Brazilian women's footballer who plays for Corinthians. 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.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Pinheiro and the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.

Grazielle
Personal information
Full name Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento
Date of birth (1981-03-28) 28 March 1981
Place of birth Brasília, DF, Brazil[1]
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Corinthians
Number 7
Youth career
SE Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Saad
São Paulo FC
Portuguesa
2003–2006 Botucatu
2006 Levante
2007–2008 Botucatu
2010–2011 Santos
2011 América FC
2012 Portuguesa
2013 Tiradentes 4 (3)
2014 Portuguesa 2 (0)
2015 Centro Olímpico 12 (2)
2016– Corinthians 65 (10)
National team
1998–2012 Brazil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 during 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 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 semi-finals of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8]

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

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



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