Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva

Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva (born 13 August 1994), commonly known as Letícia or Lelê, is a Brazilian football goalkeeper for Corinthians and the Brazilian national team. She was part of the Brazil squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lima and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Lelê
Personal information
Full name Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva
Date of birth (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994[1]
Place of birth Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Corinthians
Number 12
Youth career
América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Vitória das Tabocas
2013 Kindermann 4 (0)
2014 São José (0)
2015 Centro Olímpico 6 (0)
2016– Corinthians 50 (0)
National team‡
2015– Brazil 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:25, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Club career

A draft in February 2016 assigned Brazil women's national football team players Letícia and Rafinha[4] to a combined Corinthians Audax team, who went on to win the 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.[5]

In October 2017 Corinthians Audax won the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Letícia made two saves in a penalty shootout win over Colo-Colo following a 0–0 draw in the final at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción.[6]

International career

Letícia represented Brazil's youth team at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.[7] After graduating to the under-20 team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2012 and 2014.[8]

In December 2015, she won a cap for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal,[9] appearing as a substitute for Bárbara in an 11–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago.

References
  1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. Caruso, Luisa (3 August 2014). "O tapete verde agora delas" (in Portuguese). O Dia. Retrieved 30 December 2018. Criada em Oswaldo Cruz
  3. "Nómina de jugadoras" (PDF). CONMEBOL (in Spanish). p. 8.
  4. "Confira como foram as escolhas dos clubes" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "Corinthians/Audax vence São José e é campeão da Copa do Brasil Feminina" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  6. "0-0: Corinthians, campeón de la Libertadores" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. do Nascimento Pereira, André; Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (30 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira sub-17 feminina (womens' u-17 Brazilian national team) 2008-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002-2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  9. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2014-2015". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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