Leah Fortune

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Leah Fortune
Personal information
Full name Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune [1]
Date of birth (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–2005 Brasilia LFC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Texas Longhorns
2011–2013 Lee Flames
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009 Brasilia LFC 248 (9)
2009 Team Chicago LFC 35 (6)
2012–2015 Charlotte Lady Eagles
2016 Orlando Pride 3 (0)
International career
2006–2009 Brazil U18 37 (5)
2009–2010 Brazil U20 19 (8)
2010–2014 Brazil 6 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 USC Upstate (assistant)
2017– Lipscomb (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune (born 13 December 1990) is a Brazilian football manager and former player. She has been a member of the Brazil women's national team. She has also played for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Orlando Pride. [2]

Biography

She was born in São Paulo to American missionary parents and grew up in Illinois, and has USA and Brazilian citizenship. [3] [4] She attended Wheaton Academy, graduating high school in 2009. [5]

FIFA.com described her as "one of the more unusual players" in the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, and described her style of taking throw-ins as "a remarkable long throw, the prelude of which is a spectacular forward flip to help her launch the ball a long way into the area". [6] In November 2010, Leah was called up to the Brazil women's national football team. However, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament, leaving her out of football for months in recovery. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA . 27 April 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Orlando Pride Completes Roster with Signing of Brazilian-American Leah Fortune". Orlando City SC. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Player Bio: Leah Fortune". Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Fortune stars for Brazil U-20s". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Wheaton Academy. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Leah and Brazil hoping to make amends". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Marta talks Tyresö and WPS, while Leah Fortune makes a comeback". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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