Daiane Limeira

Daiane Limeira Santos Silva (born 7 September 1997), commonly known as Daiane Limeira or simply Daiane, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Flamengo and the Brazil women's national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Limeira and the second or paternal family name is Santos Silva.
Daiane
Personal information
Full name Daiane Limeira Santos Silva
Date of birth (1997-09-07) 7 September 1997
Place of birth Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Kindermann
2014 Joinville Esporte Clube
2015 XV de Piracicaba
2015 Tiradentes
2016 Rio Preto
2017–2018 Avaldsnes IL 29 (3)
2018–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 9 (0)
2019–2020 CD Tacón 16 (0)
2020–2021 Real Madrid 0 (0)
2021–2022 Madrid CFF 14 (0)
2022– Flamengo 4 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Brazil U-20 2 (0)
2018– Brazil 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:15, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Daiane began her formal football training at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's soccer school in Uberlândia. At 16 years old she had a successful trial with Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico, but was unable to raise enough funds to relocate to São Paulo and take up her place. Instead she tried out with Kindermann's under-17 team, where she impressed enough to be brought straight into the adult first team.[1][2]

During 2014 Daiane played futsal for Associação Desportiva 3R's under-17 team[3] and for Joinville at the Joguinhos Abertos de Santa Catarina (transl. Open Games of Santa Catarina).[4] In 2015 she played football for both XV de Piracicaba and Tiradentes, before spending 2016 with Rio Preto. At XV de Piracicaba she was switched from playing on the wing to central defence. She proved a revelation in her new position and was soon attracting notice from scouts.[5] In her season at Rio Preto the team won the Campeonato Paulista and were runners-up in the Campeonato Brasileiro.[6]

She agreed a transfer to Norwegian Toppserien club Avaldsnes for their 2017 season,[7] which culminated in them winning the Norwegian Women's Cup for the first time. In August 2018, Paris Saint-Germain of the Division 1 Féminine signed Daiane to a three-year contract.[8] In August 2019, Daiane joined CD Tacón in the Primera División.[9] Tacón became Real Madrid in 2020–21, but Daiane's career was interrupted by three knee surgeries. She joined Madrid CFF for 2021–22.[10] In June 2022 she returned to Brazilian football with Flamengo.[11]

International career

Daiane was called up in the Brazil u20 selection for its debut in August 2015.[2] She played well at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, being named player of the match in Brazil's 1–1 draw with Sweden.[12]

In January 2018, national team coach Vadão included Daiane in her debut in the Brazil women's national football team.[13] She made her international debut on 13 March 2018 for the 2018 Copa América Femenina defeating Bolivia, 7–0.

.[14] Brazil remained undefeated and won the tournament, securing qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. Daiane retained her place in the squad for the 2018 Tournament of Nations in July and August 2018.[15]

Daiane was not included in Brazil's initial squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, but was a late call-up when Érika withdrew with a calf injury.[16]

Personal life

Daiane is from a large family, variously reported as being among 18[17] or 23[6] siblings. When she turned professional she began sending money to her family in Uberlândia, explaining that her priority was helping her parents to buy their own house.[17]

References
  1. Aleixo, Caroline (12 November 2013). "Mineira revela talento no futebol e joga ao lado de ídolos da seleção" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. Aleixo, Caroline (1 August 2015). "Aos 17, atleta de MG encanta na zaga e celebra 1ª convocação para Seleção" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "Atletas inscritos - Sub-17 - Feminino" (in Portuguese). Federação Catarinense de Futsal. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Page 1 27º Joguinhos Abertos de Santa Catarina" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Santa Catarina Sport Foundation. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. Aleixo, Caroline (22 August 2015). "Conterrâneas de Minas dividem sonho em período de treinos com a Seleção" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. "Daiane: 19 anos e muita história no futebol" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. Sortland, Gunnar John (2 January 2017). "Avaldsnes signerte ny spiller" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. "PSG anuncia contratação de Daiane Santos, zagueira da seleção brasileira" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  9. "Daiane Limeira ya es la séptima 'galáctica' del Tacón". besoccer.com (in Spanish). 7 August 2019.
  10. "Ex-Real Madrid, zagueira Daiane é anunciado pelo Madrid CFF" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  11. "Futebol feminino: Flamengo reforça a defesa e anuncia as contratações de Jucinara e Daiane" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  12. "Brazil - Sweden 1 : 1 ( 1 : 1 )" (PDF). FIFA. 20 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  13. "Daiane Limeira, ex-aluna da Escolinha Fla, é convocada para a Seleção Brasileira Feminina" (in Portuguese). Escolinha Fla. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  14. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2018" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  15. "Zagueira Daiane Limeira assina com o PSG por três temporadas" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  16. Kestelman, Amanda; Leite, Victoria (7 June 2019). "Érika é a terceira jogadora a ser cortada da Seleção; Daiane, do PSG, substitui a zagueira" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  17. Aleixo, Caroline (17 July 2018). "Zagueira da Seleção se firma na Europa e revela prioridade: ajudar pais e 13 irmãos" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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