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.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Raquel Fernandes dos Santos[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Contagem, Minas Gerais | |||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
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– | Sporting CP | 0 | (15) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2013– | Brazil | 40 | (8) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:35, 12 June 2019 (UTC) |
Raquel 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]
Atlético 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.
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2014-09-24 | Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 4–0 |
5450.04005 4–0 |
2014 Copa América Femenina |
2 | 2014-09-26 | Sangolquí, Ecuador | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 6–0 |
5450.04005 6–0 |
2014 Copa América Femenina |
3 | 2014-12-10 | Brasilia, Brazil | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 3–0 |
5450.04005 4–0 |
Torneio Internacional 2014 |
4 | 2015-06-17 | Moncton, Canada | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 1–0 |
5450.04005 1–0 |
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
5 | 2015-07-11 | Toronto, Canada | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 1–0 |
5450.04005 3–0 |
2015 Pan American Games |
6 | 2015-12-10 | Natal, Brazil | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 10–0 |
5450.04005 11–0 |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 |
7 | 2016-03-04 | Santo António, Portugal | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 3–1 |
5450.04005 3–1 |
Algarve Cup 2016 |
8 | 2016-07-23 | Fortaleza, Brazil | ![]() |
1.1 |
5250.02005 2–1 |
5450.04005 3–1 |
Friendly game |
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