Jana (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Famalicão | ||
Youth career | |||
Nacional Gás/Unifor (futsal) | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | |||
2008–2011 | Santos | ||
2012 | Centro Olímpico | ||
2012 | Zorky Krasnogorsk | 5 | (1) |
2013 | São José | 1 | (0) |
2014 | Caucaia | 6 | (1) |
2015 | Santos | 3 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Corinthians/Audax | 9 | (2) |
2017–2020 | S.C. Braga | ||
2020 | Palmeiras | 11 | (0) |
2021 | 5 | (1) | |
2021– | Famalicão | ||
National team‡ | |||
2009–2013 | Brazil | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC) |
Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante (born 2 April 1988), commonly known as Jana, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino club Famalicão and the Brazil women's national team. She is a zagueira (transl. central defender), whose strongest attributes are marking and heading.[2]
Club career[]
Jana began playing futsal and progressed to playing football for her local team União Messejana, where she won the Ceará state league in 2005. In 2008 she attended a trial for Santos alongside 400 hopefuls and was one of two players to be signed up.[2]
Jana signed with S.C. Braga for the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino season and quickly became an important player for the club.[3]
After short stints in her homeland with Palmeiras and , Jana returned to Portuguese football in August 2021, agreeing to join Famalicão.[4]
International career[]
Jana was part of the Brazil under-20 selection at the 2008 South American U-20 Women's Championship and subsequent 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5] In December 2009, she won four caps for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2009 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo,[6] including a debut against Chile.[7]
She made a further appearance for Brazil in September 2013, in a 1–0 win over New Zealand at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup.[8]
References[]
- ^ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 11 November 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b Dorini, Guilherme (8 September 2016). "F4L Entrevista: Janaina Queiroz, Zagueira do Corinthians/Audax" (in Portuguese). Futebol nas 4 Linhas. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Feliz em Portugal, Janaína Queiroz comenta sobre o bom momento" (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Duarte, Mário (4 August 2021). "Jana Queiroz reforça Famalicão" (in Portuguese). Lado F. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002-2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (28 November 2015). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2008-2010". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Janaína entra para a história" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (26 November 2017). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
External links[]
- Jana at Soccerway
- Profile at S.C. Braga (in Portuguese)
- Santos player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived April 21, 2010)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate women's footballers in Russia
- FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women) players
- Sportspeople from Fortaleza
- Women's association football defenders
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players
- Santos FC (women) players
- S.C. Braga (women's football) players
- Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players
- São José Esporte Clube (women) players
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriates in Russia
- Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players
- F.C. Famalicão (women) players
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs