Gabi Nunes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nunesand the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Gabi Nunes

2023 at the national team
Personal information
Full name	Gabriela Nunes da Silva [1]
Date of birth	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Aston Villa
Number	28
Youth career
	Centro Olímpico
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Centro Olímpico	23	(17)
2016–2021	Corinthians	63	(38)
2021–2023	Madrid CFF	54	(17)
2023–2024	Levante UD	28	(11)
2024–	Aston Villa	11	(2)
International career‡
2013–2014	Brazil U-17	4	(0)
2015–2016	Brazil U-20	16	(11)
2016-	Brazil	38	(8)
Medal record Women's football Representing   Brazil Olympic Games 2024 Paris
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024

Gabriela "Gabi" Nunes da Silva (born 10 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the Brazil national team. ^[2] She participated at the 2016 edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Club career

Gabi Nunes began her career in football playing for the Centro Olímpico. In this club she played for the youth categories (U-15 and U-17) and the senior team. In 2015, she moved to the Osasco Audax to play the Paulista Women's Soccer Championship and became the tournament's top scorer scoring 12 goals. For the national championship at the end of 2015, Nunes returned to the Centro Olímpico and scored fourteen goals in twelve matches, crowning herself the tournament's top scorer.

The following year Gabi Nunes transferred to Corinthians/Audax to play the national championship in 2016. The striker scored seven goals in ten games, but her team were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Nunes won the 2016 Brazil Cup, scoring a goal in the final against São José. Afterwards, she played for Madrid CFF and Levante UD. ^{[2] [3]}

On 13 September 2024, Nunes signed for Aston Villa ^[4] and made her debut in a 2–0 win against Crystal Palace in the Women's League Cup at Bescot Stadium.

International career

Youth

Gabi Nunes started representing Brazil internationally in 2013, when the striker became part of the squad that participated in the 2013 South American Under-17. Nunes played four matches in the competition, but Brazil were eliminated in the group stage.

In November 2015 she competed in the 2015 South American Under-20. Nunes scored three goals and helped Brazil win the seventh title in this competition. With this success in the 2015 South American Under-20, Nunes was called to join the group that was preparing for the Olympics.

Nunes participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scoring five goals in four matches and won a silver shoe of the competition, becoming the first Brazilian to win this award and score in all matches that participated in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Senior

Gabi Nunes was given her senior debut with Brazil after returning from the 2016 U-20 World Cup. She made 4 appearances in 2016 during friendly matches as well as an additional 3 appearances in friendlies in 2017. In the Summer of 2017, Gabi Nunes was included in the Brazil squad for the Tournament of Nations, starting in 2 of the 3 games. In 2021 Gabi Nunes joined the team for the 2021 Torneio Internacional de Manaus de Futebol Feminino. She started the second game of the tournament against Venezuela and scored her first international goal at the senior level.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 March 2025 ^{[5] [6]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		State Cup [b]		League cup [c]		Continental [d]		Other [e]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Centro Olímpico	2014	Brasileirão Feminino	11	3	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		11	3
	2015	Brasileirão Feminino	12	14	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	14
	Total		23	17	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		23	17
Corinthians	2016	Brasileirão Feminino	10	7	5	3	0	0	—		—		—		15	10
	2017	Brasileirão Feminino	18	12	—		1	0	—		—		—		19	12
	2018	Brasileirão Feminino	0	0	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2019	Brasileirão Feminino	11	9	—		9	5	—		—		—		20	14
	2020	Brasileirão Feminino	13	1	—		11	11	—		—		—		24	12
	2021	Brasileirão Feminino	11	9	—		0	0	—		6	7	—		17	16
	Total		63	38	5	3	21	16	—		6	7	—		95	64
Madrid CFF	2021–22	Primera División	27	7	2	0	—		—		—		—		29	7
	2022–23	Liga F	27	8	2	1	—		—		—		—		29	9
	Total		54	15	4	1	—		—		—		—		58	16
Levante UD	2023–24	Liga F	28	11	2	0	—		—		2	3	2 [f]	2	34	16
Aston Villa	2024–25	Women's Super League	11	2	3	3	—		3	0	—		—		17	5
Career total			179	83	14	10	21	16	3	0	8	10	2	2	227	118

1. Includes Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Copa de la Reina, Women's FA Cup
2. Includes Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino
3. Includes Women's League Cup
4. Includes Copa Libertadores Femenina, UEFA Women's Champions League
5. Includes Supercopa de España Femenina and Women's League Cup
6. Appearances in Supercopa de España Femenina

International

As of match played 10 August 2024 ^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2016	3	0
	2017	6	0
	2021	1	1
	2022	6	2
	2023	9	2
	2024	13	3
Total		38	8

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nunes goal.

List of international goals scored by Gabi Nunes

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 November 2021	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil	Venezuela	2–1	4–1	International Tournament of Manaus 2021
2	11 April 2022	Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain	Hungary	1–0	3–1	Friendly
3				3–0
4	2 July 2023	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	1–0	4–0
5	6 December 2023	Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara, Brazil	Nicaragua	1–0	4–0
6	21 February 2024	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States	Puerto Rico	1–0	1–0	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
7	2 March 2024	BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States	Argentina	4–0	5–1
8	25 July 2024	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France	Nigeria	1–0	1–0	2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

Brazil

• Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024 ^[8]

References

1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 November 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
2. "#LUD | Antonia Silva y Gabi Nunes se incorporan al Levante tras el Mundial". Plaza Deportiva. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
3. Gil, Aimara G. (6 September 2023). "Gabi lidera una goleada de Champions". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
4. Sanders, Emma (13 September 2024). "Villa sign forward Nunes for club record £250k fee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
5. "Gabi Nunes". Ogol. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
6. "Brazil - Gabi Nunes - Profile with news, career statistics, and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
7. "Brazil - Gabi Nunes - Profile with news, career statistics, and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
8. Jurejko, Jonathan (10 August 2024). "Brazil 0-1 United States: Emma Hayes leads USA to Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.