Lorena (footballer)

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Lorena
Personal information
Full name Lorena da Silva Leite [1]
Date of birth (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27) [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*
YearsTeamApps(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 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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.

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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
YearAppsGoals
2021 [10] 10
202220
Total30

Honours

Brazil

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