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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Suzane Pires Cardozo [1] | ||
Birth name | Suzane Lira Pires [2] | ||
Date of birth | [3] | 17 August 1992||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil [3] | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Juventus-SP | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Southern Connecticut Owls | 70 | (25) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Boston Breakers | 12 | (0) |
2015 | Portuguesa | 3 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Santos | 17 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Marítimo | 0 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Ferroviária | 44 | (5) |
2024– | Santos | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Portugal | 28 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:09, 19 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 February 2023 |
Suzane Pires Cardozo (born Suzane Lira Pires; 17 August 1992), simply known as Suzane, [3] is a Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santos and the Portugal women's national team.
Suzane was born and raised in São Paulo, [4] but moved to Stuttgart at young age. [1] After representing Juventus-SP as a youth, [1] she was offered a scholarship at the Southern Connecticut State University, playing for the Southern Connecticut Owls. [4]
Suzane has played for the Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League. [5] [6] [7] She made her league debut against Portland Thorns on 12 April 2015. [8]
Suzane Pires was waived by the Boston Breakers in October 2015. [9]
Suzane Pires made her league debut against Flamengo on 13 September 2015. [10]
In 2016, Suzane joined Santos. She helped the club to win their first-ever Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 in 2017 as a starter, but suffered a knee injury afterwards, and opted to leave the club at the end of the season to follow her husband to Portugal. [1]
On 5 September 2018, after a period without a club, Suzane joined Marítimo. [11]
On 9 April 2021, she signed for Ferroviária. [12] Suzane Pires made her league debut against Grêmio on 6 June 2021. [13] She scored her first league goal against São José on 2 April 2022, scoring in the 6th minute. [14]
On 9 January 2024, after being a regular starter at AFE Suzane returned to Santos. [15] She made her league debut against Real Brasília on 15 March 2024. [16]
Besides Brazil, Suzane was also eligible to play for Portugal through her paternal grandfather, who was born in Braga. [17] [18] She made her senior debut with the latter on 26 November 2015, in a 6–1 win over Montenegro.
On 6 July 2017, Suzane was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the nation's first ever continental competition. [19] On 5 July 2022, she was included in the 23-women squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, replacing injured Andreia Jacinto. [20]
Suzane is married to Brazilian male footballer Gauther Martins Cardozo, with whom she has a son, who is also called Gauther. [21]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Portugal | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
2016 [22] | 13 | 0 | |
2017 [22] | 8 | 0 | |
2021 [22] | 2 | 0 | |
2022 [22] | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 28 | 0 |
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