Elaine Estrela Moura
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Full name | Elaine Estrela Moura[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 November 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfield | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Ferroviária | |||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | Umeå IK | |||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Saint Louis Athletica | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Tyresö FF | 55 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||
2013 | → Älta IF (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Älta IF | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2003–2011 | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 August 2013 |
Elaine Estrela Moura (born 1 November 1982), commonly known as Elaine, is a Brazilian footballer and coach. A versatile player that can be used in the defense or midfield, she plays for Swedish club and the Brazil women's national football team. She previously played for Tyresö and Umeå IK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan, as well as Saint Louis Athletica in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).
She started playing soccer influenced by her brother, and played for Bahia teams until 2000, but never getting any salary. Three years later, she became professional in Ferroviária. After a game between the Brazilian national team and Umeå IK in 2004, she was contracted by Umeå and played for them in Damallsvenskan from 2005 to 2009, where she joined Marta.
In 2010, she moved to the United States and played for Saint Louis Athletica in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). When the club went bust shortly afterwards, she decided to return to Sweden and joined Tyresö FF of Damallsvenskan, where she's been playing since.
Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Elaine collected her fifth Swedish league winner's medal.[2] With competition for places becoming very strong at Tyresö, Elaine moved on loan to nearby Elitettan club Älta IF in July 2013.[3] Ahead of the 2014 season she made her transfer to Älta permanent.[4]
References[]
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Cleris, Johannes (3 November 2012). "Tyresö vann SM-guld efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Elaine byter till Älta IF" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Elaine fortsätter i Älta IF" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
External links[]
- Elaine Estrela Moura at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- esporte.uol.com.br
- pan.uol.com.br
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Saint Louis Athletica players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Brazilian expatriates in Sweden
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Tyresö FF players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Umeå IK players
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Women's Professional Soccer players
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs