Raquel Fernandes

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Raquel Fernandes
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Personal information
Full name Raquel Fernandes dos Santos [1]
Date of birth (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Contagem, Minas Gerais
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Grêmio
Number 30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Atlético Mineiro
2010–2015 Ferroviária 12+ (17+)
2015 Botafogo-PB 6 (1)
2016 Ferroviária
2016 Changchun Zhuoyue
2017 Ferroviária 15 (9)
2017 Corinthians 0 (0)
2018 Ferroviária 15 (6)
2018Iranduba (loan) 0 (0)
2019 Sporting Huelva 15 (2)
2019–2021 Sporting CP 38 (33)
2021 Ferroviária 11 (0)
2022 Famalicão 18 (8)
2023– Grêmio
International career
2013– Brazil 52 (8)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023

Raquel Fernandes dos Santos (born 21 March 1991), commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Sporting CP in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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Club career

Raquel joined Ferroviária in 2010. In the 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino, she scored six goals in her team's 19–0 win over Botucatu. [2]

In January 2016 Raquel joined compatriots Darlene de Souza and Rafaelle Souza in transferring to Chinese Women's Super League club Changchun Zhuoyue. [3]

Raquel played in the Spanish Primera División for Sporting de Huelva between 2018 and 2019. [4]

On 26 July 2019, Raquel signed with Sporting CP in Portugal. [5]

International career

Atlético Mineiro player Raquel represented Brazil's youth team at the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. [6] She was called up to the senior Brazil national team for the first time in August 2013 after showing impressive form for her club Ferroviária. [7]

In February 2015 Raquel was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics. [8] At the World Cup, Raquel appeared in each of Brazil's four matches, scoring in the 1–0 final group game win over Costa Rica. [9] After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by Australia, Raquel remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

International goals


Goal
DateLocationOpponent#ScoreResultCompetition
2014-09-24Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1.1

4–0

4–0

2014 Copa América Femenina
2014-09-26Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1.1

6–0

6–0

2014 Copa América Femenina
2014-12-10Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1.1

3–0

4–0

Torneio Internacional 2014
2015-06-17Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1.1

1–0

1–0

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015-07-11Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1.1

1–0

3–0

2015 Pan American Games
2015-12-10Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1.1

10–0

11–0

Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
2016-03-04Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1.1

3–1

3–1

Algarve Cup 2016
2016-07-23Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1.1

2–1

3–1

Friendly game

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