Grazielle

Grazielle

Personal information
Full name	Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento
Date of birth	28 March 1981
Place of birth	Brasília, Brazil[1]
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current team	Abelhas Rainhas
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Botucatu
2006	Levante
	Botucatu
2010–2011	Santos
National team
1998–2012	Brazil
Honours Representing  Brazil Football Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team competition 2011 Guadalajara Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento (born March 28, 1981), commonly known as Grazielle or Grazi, is a Brazilian women's soccer player. She was part of the Brazil women's national football team at two Olympic soccer tournaments and at three editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

In 1995, Grazielle moved to São Paulo and over the following five years represented the women's sections of local clubs Saad Esporte Clube, São Paulo FC and Portuguesa.^{[note 1]} She was without a club from 2000 until 2003, when she joined Botucatu.^[3]

Grazielle returned to Botucatu after spending six months in Spain with Levante during 2006. She also played for Santa Isabel (MG), Barra FC (RJ) and SE Gama (DF) before joining Santos in 2010. She represented América FC of São Manuel before the 2012 London Olympics. The club wanted her to return after the tournament, but Grazielle agreed a contract with Portuguesa instead.^[4]

At the 2015 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Grazielle played for Abelhas Rainhas, who were eliminated in the round of 16 by eventual winners Kindermann.^[5]

International career

Grazielle made her debut for Brazil in an 11–0 win over Mexico at the 1998 Women's U.S. Cup.^[6] In February 1999, 17-year-old Grazielle stood in for the injured Roseli de Belo as Brazil's representative in a FIFA World Star team to play a showpiece friendly against the United States in San Jose. She was then part of the Brazilian roster which reached the semi-finals of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[7]

After drifting out of contention, Grazielle was recalled ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was converted from a forward to an attacking right wing-back and helped Brazil win silver medals.

Notes

1. Portuguesa's female section were sometimes known as Lusa Sant'Anna due to an agreement with a local college of that name.

References

1. "Grazielle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
3. "Grazielle" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
4. "Grazielle deixa América F.C São Manuel e disputará o Paulista 2012 pela Portuguesa" (in Portuguese). Isto Aqui. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
5. "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line - CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
6. "Grazielle". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2000. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
7. "USA 1999: Brazil". SoccerTimes.com. 1999. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

External links

• Grazielle – FIFA competition record
• Santos player profile (Portuguese)