Letícia Santos

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Letícia Santos [note 1]
Leticia Santos de Oliveira.jpg
Playing for SC Sand in October 2017
Personal information
Full name Letícia Santos de Oliveira
Date of birth (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 30) [1] [2]
Place of birth Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) [3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Corinthians
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 XV de Piracicaba
2014 São José
2015–2016 Avaldsnes IL 44 (2)
2017–2019 SC Sand 47 (2)
2019–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt [a] 28 (0)
2024– Corinthians 0 (0)
International career‡
2017– Brazil 38 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:45, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Letícia Santos de Oliveira (born 2 December 1994), commonly known as Letícia Santos, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Corinthians and the Brazil women's national team.

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Club career

In January 2015 Letícia transferred from São José to Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegian Toppserien. [4] After two seasons in Norway she signed for the German club SC Sand. She extended her contract a year later after her performances impressed the team's coach. [5] In June 2019, Letícia was transferred from SC Sand to 1. FFC Frankfurt. [6]

International career

With the Brazil women's national under-20 football team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2014. [7]

She was selected by the senior Brazil women's national football team for the first time in March 2017 for a friendly against Bolivia in Manaus. [8] She started the match and assisted Marta for Brazil's third goal in their 6–0 win. [9] In October 2017, Letícia was recalled to the senior national team for the 2017 Yongchuan International Tournament as a replacement for regular right-back Fabiana who withdrew with a knee sprain. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ The "Santos" distinguishes her from her Brazilian international teammate Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva, who is typically known simply as Letícia.
  1. ↑ Known during the 2019-20 season as 1. FFC Frankfurt.

References

  1. ↑ "LETICIA SANTOS". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Letícia Santos". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Kristiansen, Geir-Å. (4 January 2015). "Fra Brasil til Avaldsnes" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis . Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Nunes Loreto, Bruno (12 February 2018). "Lateral-direita brasileira renova contrato com time da Alemanha" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Brasilianerin kommt nach WM zum FFC" (in German). 1. FFC Frankfurt . Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Seixas, Rodrigo (13 March 2017). "Letícia Santos: é de Atibaia, é do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Correio de Atibaia. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Sands Brasilianerin Leticia: "Ein Traum ist in Erfüllung gegangen"" (in German). German Football Association. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Letícia está convocada para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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