Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune [1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 December 1990 | ||
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 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Texas Longhorns | ||
2011–2013 | Lee Flames | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
She was born in São Paulo to American missionary parents and grew up in Illinois. [3] [4] She attended Wheaton Academy, graduating high school in 2009. [5]
FIFA.com describes her as "one of the more unusual players" in the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, and describes 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]
By virtue of her dual nationality, she could have had the opportunity to play at the senior international level for either Brazil or the United States. [4]
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