Lorena (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silvaand the second or paternal family name is Leite.

Lorena

Lorena with the Kansas City Current in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Lorena da Silva Leite [1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 28) [2]
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 Women's football Representing   Brazil Olympic Games 2024 Paris
*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.

Club career

Centro Olímpico

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]

Sport Recife

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]

Grêmio

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.

Kansas City Current

After 5 years at Grêmio, Lorena signed a three-year contract with NWSL club Kansas City Current on 23 December 2024. ^[5]

International career

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]

Career statistics

International

As of 4 March 2022

Brazil
Year	Apps	Goals
2021 [10]	1	0
2022	2	0
Total	3	0

Honours

Brazil

• Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024 ^[11]

References

1. Lorena at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
2. "Lorena". Grêmio FBPA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
3. "Rio Preto vs Centro Olímpico - 9 February 2016". int.soccerway.com.
4. "Audax vs Sport Recife - 12 March 2017". int.soccerway.com.
5. "Kansas City Current signs Olympic Silver Medal winning goalkeeper". Kansas City Current. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
6. "Goleira Lorena é convocada para a Seleção Brasileira Principal" [Goalkeeper Lorena is called up to the Brazil national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grêmio FBPA. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
7. "Brazil vs Venezuela - 29 November 2021". int.soccerway.com.
8. "How Lorena has emerged as key Brazil figure". FIFA. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
9. Lorena at Soccerway
10. "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2020-2021". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 April 2021.
11. Jurejko, Jonathan (10 August 2024). "Brazil 0-1 United States: Emma Hayes leads USA to Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.