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 33)
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. [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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References

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