Height: 5'4"
Birth Date: 2/19/1986
Hometown: Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Previous Team: Los Angeles Sol
How Acquired:
Selected with the 3rd pick in the Los Angeles Sol Dispersal Draft
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS):
- 2009 Golden Boot Award Winner
- 2009 Michelle Akers Award Recipient (MVP)
- Played for the 2009 WPS Regular Season Champions, the Los Angeles Sol
- Led the league in goal scoring with 10 goals and also tallied 3 assists
- 2009 WPS All-Star scored 1 goal in the 4-2 win in the 2009 WPS All Star Game against Umea IK
International:
- Appearances: 45 Goals: 47
- A four-time FIFA Women's World Player of the Year (2006-2009)
- Led Brazil to Pan American Games title and berth in final eight of FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003
- Spearheaded attack on Brazil side that won silver medal at Athens Olympics (2004) and gained worldwide recognition for their attractive, attacking football
- In 2007, scored tournament-high 12 goals to help Brazil to retain their crown at the Pan-American Games, on home soil in Rio de Janeiro
- Won the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup in China and the Golden Boot as its top scorer
- 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
Club:
- During the 2009-10 offseason, played (on loan) for Santos in the Copa Libertadores and in the Copa do Brasil where she tallied 26 goals and 16 assists.
- Played 2004-2008 seasons with Swedish club Umea IK, scoring 111 goals in 103 matches
- Umea captured the Swedish league title three times with her in the lineup (2005, 2006 and 2007)
- Club also took home the European club crown in 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2007