Mirian Silva de Paixão

Mirian Silva da Paixão (born 25 February 1982), simply known as Mirian, is a Brazilian-born Equatoguinean footballer who plays for Fortaleza as a goalkeeper.

Mirian
Personal information
Full name Mirian Silva da Paixão
Date of birth (1982-02-25) 25 February 1982
Place of birth Riacho de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Fortaleza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Associação Atlética São Francisco
2007 Ferroviária
2008–2018 Associação Atlética São Francisco
2019–2020 Osasco Audax
2020- Fortaleza
National team‡
2008–2016 Equatorial Guinea 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Career

Miriam was part of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] She started all the three matches Equatorial Guinea played in the competition. The "Nzalang Nacional" ended losing all the matches they played in the group stage and didn't qualified for the World Cup's knockout stage.[2] This was the only time, to date, the team played the competion. The squad was filled with Brazilian-born players (9 in total) and a FIFA posterior investigation found the "Equatorial Guinea Football Association liable for the use of forged or falsified documents", banning them from competing at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] Moreover, on October 5, 2017, FIFA declared Mirian and other nine Brazilian footballers ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[4]

References
  1. "Official squad list 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. Carvalho, Beatriz; Ricard, Caio. "Conheça Miriam Paixão, goleira do Fortaleza que já defendeu a Seleção da Guiné Equatorial". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.


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