Jana (footballer)

Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante (born 2 April 1988), commonly known as Jana, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino club Famalicão and the Brazil women's national team. She is a zagueira (transl. central defender), whose strongest attributes are marking and heading.[2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Queiroz and the second or paternal family name is Cavalcante.
Jana
Personal information
Full name Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Famalicão
Youth career
Nacional Gás/Unifor (futsal)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Messejana
2008–2011 Santos
2012 Centro Olímpico
2012 Zorky Krasnogorsk 5 (1)
2013 São José 1 (0)
2014 Caucaia 6 (1)
2015 Santos 3 (0)
2016–2017 Corinthians/Audax 9 (2)
2017–2020 S.C. Braga
2020 Palmeiras 11 (0)
2021 Grêmio 5 (1)
2021– Famalicão
International career‡
2009–2013 Brazil 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Jana began playing futsal and progressed to playing football for her local team União Messejana, where she won the Ceará state league in 2005. In 2008 she attended a trial for Santos alongside 400 hopefuls and was one of two players to be signed up.[2]

Jana signed with S.C. Braga for the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino season and quickly became an important player for the club.[3]

After short stints in her homeland with Palmeiras and Grêmio, Jana returned to Portuguese football in August 2021, agreeing to join Famalicão.[4]

International career

Jana was part of the Brazil under-20 selection at the 2008 South American U-20 Women's Championship and subsequent 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5] In December 2009, she won four caps for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2009 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo,[6] including a debut against Chile.[7]

She made a further appearance for Brazil in September 2013, in a 1–0 win over New Zealand at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup.[8]

References
  1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 11 November 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. Dorini, Guilherme (8 September 2016). "F4L Entrevista: Janaina Queiroz, Zagueira do Corinthians/Audax" (in Portuguese). Futebol nas 4 Linhas. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. "Feliz em Portugal, Janaína Queiroz comenta sobre o bom momento" (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. Duarte, Mário (4 August 2021). "Jana Queiroz reforça Famalicão" (in Portuguese). Lado F. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. 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 29 December 2018.
  6. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (28 November 2015). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2008-2010". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  7. "Janaína entra para a história" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (26 November 2017). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.


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