| Date of birth | 18 August 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eshyllen Coimbra Cardoso (born 18 August 2000) is a Brazilian rugby union player.
Coimbra was reluctant to play rugby in the beginning and always turned down her friends invitations to try the sport out. [1] She was an avid volleyball player as a youngster, after playing her first game of rugby, she got to like the sport and started going every week. [1] [2] She became serious with the game when she was inspired by the Brazilian national teams playing in the 2016 Olympic Games. [1] [2]
Coimbra made her international rugby sevens debut for the Brazil women's sevens team in the 2018 Canada leg of the Sevens Series. [1] [2]
She made her international debut for Brazil in March 2020 in a 19–23 loss against Columbia [3]
In 2024, she was part of theBrazilian side that beat Colombia in their World Cup qualification match to secure a spot in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. [4] She scored a try in their 34–13 win in Luque, Paraguay. [4]
In July 2025, she was named in Brazilian squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England by head coach Emiliano Caffera. [5] [6] She will captain the team in the tournament. [7]