Letícia Santos

Letícia Santos de Oliveira (born 2 December 1994),[2][3] commonly known as Letícia Santos,[note 1] is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga and the Brazil women's national football team.

Letícia Santos
Playing for SC Sand in October 2017
Personal information
Full name Letícia Santos de Oliveira
Date of birth (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994
Place of birth Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 XV de Piracicaba
2014 São José
2015–2016 Avaldsnes IL 44 (2)
2017–2019 SC Sand 47 (2)
2019– Eintracht Frankfurt[lower-alpha 1] 10 (0)
National team‡
2017– Brazil 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:50, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Oliveira.

Club career

In January 2015 Letícia transferred from São José to Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegian Toppserien.[4] After two seasons in Norway she signed for the German club SC Sand. She extended her contract a year later, after her performances impressed the team's coach.[5] In June 2019, Letícia was transferred from SC Sand to 1. FFC Frankfurt.[6]

International career

With the Brazil women's national under-20 football team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2014.[7]

She was selected by the senior Brazil women's national football team for the first time in March 2017, for a friendly against Bolivia in Manaus.[8] She started the match and assisted Marta for Brazil's third goal in their 6–0 win.[9] In October 2017, Letícia was recalled to the senior national team for the 2017 Yongchuan International Tournament as a replacement for regular right-back Fabiana who withdrew with a knee sprain.[10]

Notes
  1. The "Santos" distinguishes her from her Brazilian international teammate Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva, who is typically known simply as Letícia.
  1. Known during the 2019-20 season as 1. FFC Frankfurt.

References
  1. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. "LETICIA SANTOS". FIFA. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Letícia Santos". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. Kristiansen, Geir-Å. (4 January 2015). "Fra Brasil til Avaldsnes" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. Nunes Loreto, Bruno (12 February 2018). "Lateral-direita brasileira renova contrato com time da Alemanha" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. "Brasilianerin kommt nach WM zum FFC" (in German). 1. FFC Frankfurt. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  7. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  8. Seixas, Rodrigo (13 March 2017). "Letícia Santos: é de Atibaia, é do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Correio de Atibaia. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  9. "Sands Brasilianerin Leticia: "Ein Traum ist in Erfüllung gegangen"" (in German). German Football Association. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. "Letícia está convocada para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.


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