Gi Santos

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santosand the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.

Gi Santos

Personal information
Full name	Giovanna dos Santos Nascimento
Date of birth	(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Campo Limpo Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Damaiense
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Centro Olímpico
2016-2017	Foz Cataratas
2017-2019	Sport Recife
2019	Foz Cataratas
2019	Independiente Santa Fe
2020	F.C. Famalicão
2021	Beşiktaş	11	(2)
2022	Avaldsnes	1	(0)
2022–	Damaiense	7	(1)
International career
2016	Brazil U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:22, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Giovanna dos Santos Nascimento (born 22 April 1997), known as Gi Santos, is a Brazilian women's association football defender, ^{[2] [3]} who plays for Damaiense in Portugal's Campeonato Nacional Feminino. ^[4] She previously played for Avaldsnes IL in Norway's Toppserien, ^[5] and played in Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, and Turkey. ^{[2] [6] [1]} She was a member of the Brazil women's national U20 team. ^[7]

Private life

She was born in Campo Limpo Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil on 22 April 1997. ^{[1] [3] [7]}

Playing career

Club

Gi Santos started her career at the professional women's football club Centro Olímpico in São Paulo in 2016. The same year, she transferred to Foz Cataratas in Foz do Iguaçu Paraná. ^[2] She took part at the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, and scored a goal. ^[8] In 2017, she joined Sport Recife in Recife, Pernambuco. After two years, she returned to Foz do Iguaçu for a while. She went to Colombia to play for the transferred to the Bogotá-nased club Independiente Santa Fe. In 2020, she signed with F.C. Famalicão in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portıgal. ^[2]

In the beginning of August 2021, she moved to Turkey and joined Beşiktaş J.K., ^[6] which became champion of the 2020–21 Turkcell League, ^[9] and so was to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. ^[10] She played in two matches of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds. ^{[11] [12]}

International

Gi Santos was a member of the Brazil women's national U20 team. ^[7]

Honours

Foz Cataratas

Copa Libertadores Femenina

• Third place (1): 2016

References

1. "Gi Santos" (in Portuguese). BTS Agency. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
2. "Gi Santos, jogadora do Famalicão, concede entrevista ao MF". Mercado do Futbol (in Portuguese). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
3. "Giovanna Dos Santos Nascimento". be Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
4. Laezza, Miguel (3 February 2022). "Liga BPI: as movimentações no mercado de transferências de inverno" [Liga BPI: the moves in the winter transfer market]. O Jogo (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
5. "Ny forsvarsspiller" (Press release) (in Norwegian Bokmål). Avaldsnes IL. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
6. "Giovanna Dos Santos Nascimento ile Mariana Dos Santos Almeida, Beşiktaş Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımımızda" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş JK. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
7. "Entrevista: Giovanna Santos assina contrato com clube Português". Central Esportiva (in Portuguese). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
8. "Una jornada de goleadas en la Copa Libertadores Femenina". Conmebol (in Spanish). 10 December 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
9. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
10. "Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı, grubunu 3. bitirdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
11. "St.Pölten (AUT) 7-0 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
12. "Beşiktaş (TUR) 4-0 Kamenica Sasa (MKD)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

External links

• Gi Santos at Soccerway
• Gi Santos at FBref.com
• Playmaker Stats profile