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Thais Reiss de Araújo (born 9 December 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and has been capped internationally for Brazil at youth level.

Thais Reiss

Personal information
Full name	Thais Reiss de Araújo[1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Coritiba
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2021	North Florida Ospreys	77	(42)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022	Orlando Pride	5	(0)
National team‡
2016	Brazil U17	1	(0)
2017–2018	Brazil U20	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 August 2018

Early life

Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Reiss attended Marista Santa Maria high school and captained the school's football team for four years. She played club football with Coritiba, winning five youth championships.[2]

North Florida Ospreys

In 2017, Reiss emigrated to the United States to study for a degree in sport management at the University of North Florida. She played five seasons of college soccer for the North Florida Ospreys, scoring 42 goals and 18 assists in 77 career appearances. Reiss was named ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year in 2017,[3] ASUN Player of the Year in 2020,[4] and earned ASUN All-Conference first-team honours four times.[2] At the time of her departure she ranked second all-time in school history and 10th in ASUN Conference history for goals.[5]

Club career

Orlando Pride

Having gone undrafted in the 2022 NWSL Draft, Reiss trialled with Orlando Pride for preseason ahead of the 2022 season.[5] She continued to train with the team and eventually signed a contract for the remainder of the season on July 11, 2022.[6] She made her professional debut the following day as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat away at Chicago Red Stars in the first game under interim head coach Seb Hines.[7] She was released upon the expiry of her contract in November 2022 having made five appearances for the club.[8]

International career

In 2016, Reiss was a member of the Brazil under-17 squad at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, playing the full 90 minutes of a group stage win over Nigeria. In 2018, she was called up to the Brazil under-20 squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and played in all three group games.[6] Brazil failed to progress from the group stage in both tournaments.

Career statistics

College

School	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
North Florida Ospreys	2017	Div. I	14	6
	2018		16	6
	2019		19	12
	2020–21		12	9
	2021		16	9
Career total			77	42

Club

As of 1 October 2022.

Club	Season	League			Cup		Playoffs		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Orlando Pride	2022	NWSL	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Career total			5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Honours

Individual

• ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year: 2017[3]
• ASUN Conference Player of the Year: 2020[4]

References

External links

• North Florida Ospreys
• Thais Reiss at Soccerway

Sporting positions
Preceded by Evdokiya Popadinova (Florida Gulf Coast University)	ASUN Player of the Year 2021 Spring[a]	Succeeded by Louise Lillback (Florida Gulf Coast University)

^a Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA postponed the 2020 season to spring of 2021.

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