Tainara

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Tainara
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Tainara with Brazil in 2022
Personal information
Full name Tainara de Souza da Silva [1]
Date of birth (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Brasília, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position Centre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 São Francisco  [ pt ] 16 (0)
2017–2019 Vitória 21 (2)
2020 Santos 8 (1)
2021 Palmeiras 16 (2)
2022 Bordeaux 10 (0)
2022–2025 Bayern Munich 18 (1)
International career‡
2016 Brazil U17 3 (0)
2018 Brazil U20 5 (0)
2021– Brazil 25 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:09, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:12, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Tainara de Souza da Silva (born 21 April 1999), simply known as Tainara or sometimes Tay, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for the Brazil national team.

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Club career

Born in Brasília, Federal District, Tainara made her senior debut with São Francisco  [ pt ] in 2016. She made her league debut against Vitória on 27 January 2016. [2]

She subsequently played for Vitória. Tainara scored her first league goal against Minas Brasilia on 26 April 2019, scoring in the 89th minute. [3]

Tainara joined Santos in January 2020. [4] She made her league debut against Iranduba on 14 February 2020. [5] Tainara scored her first league goal against Osasco Audax, scoring in the 18th minute. [6]

A regular starter for Santos, Tainara moved to Palmeiras on 15 January 2021. [7] She scored on her league debut, scoring against Ferroviária on 19 April 2021, scoring in the 45th+3rd minute. [8]

Roughly one year later, she moved abroad after signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with French side Bordeaux. [9] Tainara made her league debut against Stade de Reims on 22 January 2022. [10]

Tainara was announced at Bayern Munich on 31 May 2022. [11] She made her league debut against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 September 2022. [12] Tainara scored her first league goal against Köln on 16 October 2022, scoring in the 68th minute. [13] She became the first Brazilian to score for Bayern Munich. [14]

International career

Tainara made her U17 debut against Nigeria U17s on 1 October 2016. [15] She made her U20 debut against USA U20s on 30 June 2018. [16]

After representing Brazil at under-17 and under-20 sides, Tainara received her first call-up for the full side in September 2020. [17] She made her full international debut on 18 February 2021, starting in a 4–1 SheBelieves Cup win over Argentina. [18]

Career statistics

International

As of 8 March 2022
Brazil
YearAppsGoals
2021 [19] 70
2022 [1] 30
Total100

Honours

Santos

Palmeiras

Bayern Munich

Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tainara at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vitória PE vs São Francisco - 27 January 2016". int.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ "Vitória BA vs Minas Brasilia - 26 April 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "Santos apresenta elenco das Sereias e atletas da base serão promovidas" [Santos present squad of the Sereias and youth athletes will be promoted] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Iranduba vs Santos - 14 February 2020". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ↑ "Santos vs Audax - 26 August 2020". int.soccerway.com.
  7. ↑ "Zagueira da Seleção Brasileira, Tainara reforça equipe feminina do Verdão" [Stopper of the Brazil national team, Tainara bolsters women's team of the Verdão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SE Palmeiras. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Palmeiras vs Ferroviária - 19 April 2021". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ↑ "Tainara, an excellent signing for Bordeaux". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Bordeaux vs Stade de Reims - 22 January 2022". int.soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "FCB-Frauen verpflichten Brasilianerin Tainara de Souza da Silva". FCBayern.
  12. ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayern Munich - 16 September 2022". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ↑ "Bayern Munich vs Köln - 16 October 2022". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ↑ "Zagueira Tainara se torna a primeira brasileira a marcar gol pelo Bayern de Munique". Lance.
  15. ↑ "Nigeria U17 vs Brazil U17 - 1 October 2016". int.soccerway.com.
  16. ↑ "United States U20 vs Brazil U20 - 30 June 2018". int.soccerway.com.
  17. ↑ "Tainara, zagueira do Santos, comemora convocação para Seleção Brasileira: "Feliz e grata"" [Tainara, Santos stopper, celebrates call-up for the Brazil national team: "Happy and grateful"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "Brazil vs Argentina - 18 February 2021". int.soccerway.com.
  19. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2020-2021". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  20. ↑ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  21. ↑ "FC Bayern Women retain Bundesliga title!". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "Brasil bate o Chile e fecha o ano com o título do Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino – Gazeta Esportiva". Gazeta Esportiva.
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