Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva (born 13 August 1994), commonly known as Letícia or Lelê, is a Brazilian professional football goalkeeper for Brazilian club Corinthians and the Brazilian national team. She was part of the Brazil squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva | ||
Date of birth | (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 28)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Corinthians | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
América | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | Vitória das Tabocas | ||
2013 | Kindermann | 4 | (0) |
2014 | São José | (0) | |
2015 | Centro Olímpico | 6 | (0) |
2016–2021 | Corinthians | 64 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Benfica | 12 | (0) |
2022– | Corinthians | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Brazil | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:25, 30 December 2018 (UTC) |
A draft in February 2016 assigned Brazil women's national football team players Letícia and Rafinha[4] to a combined Corinthians Audax team, who went on to win the 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.[5]
In October 2017 Corinthians Audax won the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Letícia made two saves in a penalty shootout win over Colo-Colo following a 0–0 draw in the final at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción.[6]
Letícia represented Brazil's youth team at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.[7] After graduating to the under-20 team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2012 and 2014.[8]
In December 2015, she won a cap for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal,[9] appearing as a substitute for Bárbara in an 11–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago.
Benfica
Criada em Oswaldo Cruz
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