Luciana (footballer)

Luciana Maria Dionizio (born 24 July 1987), commonly known as Luciana, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ferroviária and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Maria and the second or paternal family name is Dionizio.
Luciana
Luciana at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Luciana Maria Dionizio[1]
Date of birth (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987
Place of birth Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Ferroviária
Number 1[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Corinthians
Atlético Mineiro
2007–2012 Francana
2013– Ferroviária 82 (0)
International career‡
2013– Brazil 37 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:27, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Early life

Luciana was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[3] She began playing football as a child with her brothers, but became a goalkeeper because she did not enjoy running. She admired the calmness and serenity displayed by her football role model, male Brazilian goalkeeper Dida.[4]

Club career

In the early part of her career Luciana had spells with Corinthians and Atlético Mineiro.[5] She played for Francana from 2007 until 2012, then joined local rivals Ferroviária ahead of the 2013 season.[6] In April 2014, Luciana saved three penalties in Ferroviária's shootout win over São José in the 2014 Copa do Brasil final.[7]

International career

At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Atlético Mineiro player Luciana was part of the Brazilian squad which finished third.[8] After appearing in the senior Brazil squad in 2009, Luciana was not selected again until May 2013 when good form with her club led to a recall for a friendly in Sweden.[9]

She made her senior international debut in December 2013, starting Brazil's 2–0 win over Chile at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino. After getting a second chance in the national team, Luciana was keen to become the number one goalkeeper ahead of experienced rivals Bárbara and Andréia Suntaque.[10]

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Luciana kept clean sheets in all three matches as Brazil qualified from their group without conceding a goal. In the second round match against Australia, Luciana took responsibility for Brazil's defeat when she spilled a shot to Kyah Simon, who scored Australia's winning goal.[11]

Luciana remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

References
  1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line - CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. "Futebol" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. Barlem, Cíntia (11 June 2015). "#Lucianarules: inspiração em Dida e opção peculiar pela posição de goleira" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. "Ferroviária/Fundesport tem mais duas goleiras para a temporada 2013" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. "Novas afeanas, ex-Francanas, enfrentarão o antigo time pela primeira vez neste domingo" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. "Heroína do título da AFE, goleira Luciana desabafa: "Título para todos"" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 FEMININA (WOMENS' U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 2002-2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  9. "Ferroviária/Fundesport tem mais três atletas convocadas para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  10. "Goleira brasileira exalta chance para se afirmar na Seleção" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. Barlem, Cíntia (22 June 2015). "Luciana assume responsabilidade por gol: "Foi triste de ver aquela cena"" (in Portuguese). Moncton: Rede Globo. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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