Poliana Barbosa Medeiros

Poliana

Personal information
Full name	Poliana Barbosa Medeiros[1]
Date of birth	6 February 1991
Place of birth	Ituiutaba, Brazil
Height	174 cm (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current team	Houston Dash
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	América/Juventude
2009	Santos
2010–2014	São José
2015	Houston Dash	0	(0)
2015	Stjarnan
2016–	Houston Dash	0	(0)
National team^‡
2012–	Brazil	34	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2014. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2015

Poliana Barbosa Medeiros (born 6 February 1991), known as Poliana, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for American club Houston Dash and the Brazil women's national football team.

Club career

Poliana signed for Santos in 2009, after a successful trial period.^[2] After moving on to São José, Poliana won the Copa Libertadores Femenina on three occasions; in 2011, 2013 and 2014. She scored two goals in the 2014 final.^[3]

In December 2014 Poliana played for São José in the 2014 International Women's Club Championship, which they won by thrashing English wild card entrant Arsenal Ladies 2–0 in the final. Later that month she agreed a transfer to the United States, with National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team Houston Dash.^[4]

Before Poliana could play for Houston she 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.^[5]

In July 2015 Poliana agreed to play for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Stjarnan in their UEFA Women's Champions League qualifiers the following month.^[6]

International career

After representing Brazil at the 2010 edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Poliana made her senior debut at the 2012 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.^[7]

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1.1	2014-03-10	Santiago	Venezuela	1.1	4–0	5–0	South American Games 2014
2.2	2014-03-16	Santiago	Venezuela	1.1	2–0	2–0	South American Games 2014
3.3	2015-09-19	Le Havre	France	1.1	1–2	1–2	Friendly game
4.4	2015-12-01	Cuiabá	New Zealand	1.1	1–1	5–1	Friendly game
5.5	2015-12-13	Natal	Mexico	1.1	6–0	6–0	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015

References

1. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
2. Marquesi, Sidnei (13 February 2009). "Sou santista desde criancinha" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Pontal. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
3. Vilela, Carolina (19 November 2014). "Tijucana Poliana é destaque no Tricampeonato do São José na Copa Libertadores" (in Portuguese). Uipi!. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
4. Kassouf, Jeff (12 December 2014). "Houston Dash sign Brazilians Rosana, Poliana". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
5. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
6. Einarsson, Alexander Freyr (29 July 2015). "Stjarnan fær landsliðskonu sem var á HM (Staðfest)" (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
7. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 2011–2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

External links

• Poliana Barbosa Medeiros – FIFA competition record
• Poliana Barbosa Medeiros – FIFA World Cup profile
• Houston Dash player profile