Leila Cássia Silva

Leila Cássia Silva

Silva, during Brazil's match against Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Full name	Leila Cássia dos Santos Silva
Date of birth	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996 (age 28)
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Leoas de Paraisópolis (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2025– Brazil 5 (0) National sevens team Years Team Comps ?–   Brazil

Leila Cássia dos Santos Silva (born 23 October 1996) is a Brazilian rugby union and rugby sevens player.

Rugby career

Silva competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. ^[1] She represented Brazil at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, they placed eleventh overall. ^{[2] [3]}

She was originally named as a traveling reserve for Brazil, but competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2025, she was named in Brazil's squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Leila dos Santos Silva". Olympics.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
2. "Brazil ready for Rugby Sevens World Cup". Americas Rugby News. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
3. "Fiji and Australia crowned Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 champions in Cape Town". www.world.rugby. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
4. "Brazil Roster for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Americas Rugby News. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. Ramalho, Victor (3 July 2024). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina de Rugby Sevens define as 12 jogadoras finais para Paris 2024" [Brazilian women's rugby sevens team defines the final 12 players for Paris 2024]. brasilrugby.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Rugby Confederation . Retrieved 4 July 2024.
6. "Brazil Name Roster for 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup". Americas Rugby News. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
7. "Brasil anuncia lista de convocadas para a primeira participação da história na Copa do Mundo de Rugby XV - Confederação Brasileira de Rugby" [Brazil announces squad list for its first ever participation in the Rugby World Cup XV]. Brasil Rugby (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.