Gabi Zanotti

Gabi Zanotti

Personal information
Full name	Gabriela Maria Zanotti Demoner
Date of birth	28 February 1985
Place of birth	Itaguaçu, Brazil
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Santos Futebol Clube
Number	26[2]
Youth career
2006–2009	Franklin Pierce Ravens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2006	Kindermann
2010	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues
2011	Santos
2012–2013	Centro Olímpico
2014	Kindermann
2014–	Centro Olímpico
National team^‡
2009–	Brazil	21	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:37, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Gabriela Maria Zanotti Demoner (born 28 February 1985), commonly known as Gabi Zanotti or simply Gabi, is a Brazilian football player for Centro Olímpico and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Between the ages of nine and 14, Gabi played alongside her mother Nailza in a women's football team which competed at regional level.^[3] Between 2004 and 2006 she played for Kindermann, based in Santa Catarina.^[4] Gabi then played college soccer in the United States while attending Franklin Pierce University. She spent the 2010 season playing in the North American W-League for Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues.^[5]

In 2011 Gabi played for Santos, but in early 2012 Santos' board of directors scrapped the club women's section, to save money after handing their male player Neymar a gigantic new contract. Gabi accompanied Maurine, Érika and several other displaced Santos players in transferring to Centro Olímpico.^[6]

International career

In July 2013 Gabi represented Brazil at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.^[7] She had already debuted for the senior national team, as a substitute in a 5–2 win over Mexico at the 2009 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.^[8]

She was named as an alternate for the Brazil squad at the 2012 London Olympics.^[9] In early 2015 Gabi 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.^[10] At the World Cup, Gabi appeared in just one of Brazil's four matches, as part of a much-changed team in the 1–0 final group game win over Costa Rica.

After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by Australia, Gabi remained in Canada as part of the gold medal-winning Brazilian selection at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1.goal 1	2010-12-12	São Paulo	Netherlands	1.1	3–2	3–2	Torneio Internacional 2010
2.goal 2	2012-03-24	Boston	Canada	1.1	1–2	1–2	Friendly game

References

1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line - CBF, jogo 65" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. Scaramella, Marcella (22 March 2015). "Gabi Zanotti: a única capixaba na seleção brasileira permanente" (in Portuguese). Rede Gazeta. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
4. "Jogadora Gabi está de volta ao Kindermann/Uniarp" (in Portuguese). Portal Caçador. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
5. Kassouf, Jeff (24 March 2012). "Getting to Know: Gabriela Zanotti Demoner". The Equalizer. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
6. Peres, Thiago (14 March 2012). "Em novo time, Érika, Maurine e Gabi confiam em projeto para o ouro" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
7. "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2008-2010" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
9. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
10. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

External links

• Gabi Zanotti – FIFA competition record
• Gabi Zanotti – 2015 Pan American Games profile