Mirian (footballer)

Mirian Silva da Paixão (born 25 February 1982), simply known as Mirian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Série A1 club Ceará.

In this Portuguese name, the surname is Silva da Paixão.
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
Team information
Current team
 Ceará
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Associação Atlética São Francisco
2007 Ferroviária
2008–2018 Associação Atlética São Francisco 40+ (0)
2019 Osasco Audax 1 (0)
2020–2021 Fortaleza 10 (0)
2022 Menina Olímpica 1 (0)
2022 JC Futebol Clube 0 (0)
2023– Ceará 2 (0)
International career‡
2008–2016 Equatorial Guinea 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Career

Mirian 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 qualify for the World Cup's knockout stage.[2] This was the only time, to date, the team played the competition. 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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