Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lorena da Silva Leite [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 6 May 1997||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ituverava, Brazil [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Kansas City Current | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2011 | Bangu | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Centro Olímpico | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Centro Olímpico | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Centro Olímpico | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sport Recife | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2024 | Grêmio | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2016 | Brazil U20 | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Brazil | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 22 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:23, 22 April 2024 (UTC) |
Lorena da Silva Leite (born 6 May 1997), simply known as Lorena, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team.
Born in Ituverava, São Paulo, Lorena was the third-choice goalkeeper for Centro Olímpico in 2016. She made the bench once against Rio Preto. [3]
For the 2017 season, she joined Sport Recife, where she became a regular starter. Lorena made her league debut against Audax on 12 March 2017. [4]
In 2019, Lorena joined Grêmio, a club she already represented as a youth. She was initially a backup to Raissa, but took over the starting spot in the 2021 season.
After 5 years at Grêmio, Lorena signed a three-year contract with NWSL club Kansas City Current on 23 December 2024. [5]
After representing Brazil at under-20 level, Lorena received her first call up for the full side on 31 August 2021. [6] She made her international debut on 29 November of that year, starting in a 4–1 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus win over Venezuela. [7]
After missing the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup due to an ACL injury, Lorena made her major tournament debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8] She played every minute of the Olympics, keeping clean sheets in three of six matches and helping Brazil to the silver medal as runners-up to the United States. [9]
Brazil | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2021 [10] | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
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