Maiara Niehues

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Maiara Niehues
Maiara Niehues during Gotham Angel City Sep 7 25-038 (cropped).jpg
Niehues with Angel City in 2025
Personal information
Full name Maiara Carolina Niehues
Date of birth (2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 21)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Angel City
Number 12
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Internacional
2022–2025 Sporting CP
2025– Angel City 9 (1)
International career‡
2024 Brazil U-20 2 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 September 2024

Maiara Carolina Niehues (born 11 August 2004) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Club career

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=Niehues with Angel City in 2025

S.C. Internacional

Niehues first played for Brazilian club S.C. Internacional, appearing in matches for their senior, U-20, U-18, U-17, and U-16 teams from 2020 to 2022. She compiled a combined eight goals and four assists in all competitions while helping the club's U-20 section to a 2022 National Championship appearance. [1]

Sporting CP

Niehues joined Portuguese club Sporting CP in September 2022. [2] During her time at Sporting, she appeared in 57 matches in all competitions, earning 18 goals and three assists in 3,214 minutes on the pitch. [1]

Angel City FC

In March 2025, Angel City FC acquired Niehues for an undisclosed transfer fee, signing her to a three-year contract. [1] Niehues scored her first goal for Angel City on September 1, 2025, which was the eventual game winner to secure a 2–1 victory over Bay FC. [3]

International career

Niehues represented Brazil at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Angel City Signs Midfielder Maiara Niehues". Angel City FC. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Maiara Niehues reforça equipa feminina do Sporting". Record . 9 September 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Stadium, Michelle Chavez at BMO (2 September 2025). "Angel City beats the Bay 2-1". The Sporting Tribune. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Maiara Niehues at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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