Raquel Fernandes dos Santos (born 21 March 1991), commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Sporting CP in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Raquel Fernandes dos Santos[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 21 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Contagem, Minas Gerais | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
Atlético Mineiro | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Ferroviária | 12+ | (17+) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Botafogo-PB | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Ferroviária | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Changchun Zhuoyue | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Ferroviária | 15 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Corinthians | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Ferroviária | 15 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Iranduba (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Sporting Huelva | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Sporting CP | 38 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Ferroviária | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Famalicão | 18 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2013– | Brazil | 52 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023 |
Club career
editRaquel joined Ferroviária in 2010. In the 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino, she scored six goals in her team's 19–0 win over Botucatu.[2]
In January 2016 Raquel joined compatriots Darlene de Souza and Rafaelle Souza in transferring to Chinese Women's Super League club Changchun Zhuoyue.[3]
Raquel played in the Spanish Primera División for Sporting de Huelva between 2018 and 2019.[4]
On 26 July 2019, Raquel signed with Sporting CP in Portugal.[5]
International career
editAtlético Mineiro player Raquel represented Brazil's youth team at the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[6] She was called up to the senior Brazil national team for the first time in August 2013 after showing impressive form for her club Ferroviária.[7]
In February 2015 Raquel 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.[8] At the World Cup, Raquel appeared in each of Brazil's four matches, scoring in the 1–0 final group game win over Costa Rica.[9] After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by Australia, Raquel remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
International goals
editGoal |
Date | Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2014-09-24 | Quito, Ecuador | Ecuador | 1.1 | 4–0 |
4–0 |
2014 Copa América Femenina |
2 | 2014-09-26 | Sangolquí, Ecuador | Argentina | 1.1 | 6–0 |
6–0 |
2014 Copa América Femenina |
3 | 2014-12-10 | Brasilia, Brazil | Argentina | 1.1 | 3–0 |
4–0 |
Torneio Internacional 2014 |
4 | 2015-06-17 | Moncton, Canada | Costa Rica | 1.1 | 1–0 |
1–0 |
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
5 | 2015-07-11 | Toronto, Canada | Costa Rica | 1.1 | 1–0 |
3–0 |
2015 Pan American Games |
6 | 2015-12-10 | Natal, Brazil | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.1 | 10–0 |
11–0 |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 |
7 | 2016-03-04 | Santo António, Portugal | Portugal | 1.1 | 3–1 |
3–1 |
Algarve Cup 2016 |
8 | 2016-07-23 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Australia | 1.1 | 2–1 |
3–1 |
Friendly game |
References
edit- ^ a b "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Guerreira Grená Raquel é a artilheira do Campeonato Paulista" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Barlem, Cíntia (28 January 2016). "Dinheiro também encanta no feminino, e brasileiras se rendem à China" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "6 jugadoras formarán la columna vertebral del nuevo proyecto sportinguista" (in Spanish). Sporting Club de Huelva.
- ^ "Raquel Fernandes é Leoa". www.sporting.pt (in European Portuguese). 26 July 2019.
- ^ do Nascimento Pereira, André; Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (30 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira sub-17 feminina (women's u-17 Brazilian national team) 2008-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Após visita do técnico Márcio de Oliveira, Seleção Brasileira convoca mais uma afeana" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Brazil 1 - 0 Costa Rica | Women's World Cup match report". the Guardian. 18 June 2015.
External links
edit- Raquel Fernandes – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Raquel Fernandes dos Santos – FIFA World Cup profile
- Raquel Fernandes at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)