Indiana dos Santos

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Indiana dos Santos
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-10-10) 10 October 2007 (age 17)
Place of birth Wollongong, New South Wales
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sydney FC
Number 22
Youth career
Shellharbour Junior FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Sydney FC 36 (3)
International career
2023–2025 Australia U17 7 (1)
2023– Australia U20 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Indiana Shae dos Santos (born 10 October 2007) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for A-League Women club Sydney FC and for the Australia women's national under-20 team. She has been described as one of the best young talents in Australian women's soccer. [1] [2] [3]

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Dos Santos is the younger sister of Canberra United player Jynaya dos Santos. [4] [5]

Early life

Dos Santos was born in Wollongong, New South Wales [1] on 10 October 2007, [6] to parents Mark and Melissa dos Santos. She has three sisters: Jynaya, Kyani and Imogen. She is of Portuguese decent, with her father being the son of Portuguese immigrants. [7]

Dos Santos attends Westfields Sports High School in the suburb of Fairfield West in Sydney. At school, her strongest subject is maths. [8]

Since she was a child, dos Santos has been a supporter of Sydney FC. [2]

Club career

Sydney FC

Dos Santos made her debut for Sydney FC in 2023. At just 15 years and 146 days old on her debut, she is the youngest player to ever play for the club. Later that year, she also became the club's youngest ever goalscorer. She was part of Sydney FC's squad that won the 2023 A-League Women Grand Final, making her the youngest grand finalist in the league. [1]

Dos Santos went viral for a mid-game rainbow flick in 2024. [9] Later that year, she was part of Sydney FC's squad that won the club its second consecutive championship in the 2024 A-League Women Grand Final. [1]

International career

Dos Santos captained Australia at the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup in Indonesia. She was also part of Australia's squad for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia. [1] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Indiana dos Santos". Sydney FC.
  2. 1 2 "'Extremely talented' teenager signs multi-year extension at Sydney FC: 'A star of the future'". A-Leagues. 13 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Australia's Brightest Young Talent Re-Signs For Sydney FC". 13 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Jynaya and Indiana Dos Santos: We do it for our family | Football Australia". www.footballaustralia.com.au. 20 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "From Shellharbour to the Young Matildas – the rise of the Dos Santos sisters". The Illawarra Flame. 27 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Soccerway: Dos Santos". au.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Dos Santos sisters, Matildas junior talents, who are granddaughters of Portuguese migrants". SBS Language.
  8. ↑ "Teen star lives 'dream come true' moment as family 'rivalry' fuels new A-leagues ambition". A-Leagues. 11 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Outrageous 'rainbow flick' from Indiana Dos Santos | February 6, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury". www.illawarramercury.com.au. 6 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "CommBank Young Matildas Squad | Matildas". www.matildas.com.au.
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