Telma Encarnação

Telma Encarnação
Personal information
Full name	Telma Raquel Velosa Encarnação
Date of birth	11 October 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Marítimo
Number	10
Youth career
	ADRC Os Xavelhas
	Marítimo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–	Marítimo
National team‡
2018–	Portugal
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:57, 2 May 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:57, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Telma Raquel Velosa Encarnação (born 11 October 2001) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Marítimo. She has appeared for the Portugal women's national team.

Club career[]

In May 2018, Encarnação scored in Marítimo's 6–0 win over Clube Condeixa which secured the club's promotion to the top-flight Campeonato Nacional Feminino for the first time.^[1] After becoming a key player she agreed a new three-year contract with Marítimo in March 2021, prolonging her stay at the Funchal club she joined as a 13-year-old from ADRC Os Xavelhas in nearby Câmara de Lobos.^[2]

International career[]

On 10 November 2018 Encarnação won her first senior cap for Portugal in a 1–0 friendly win over Wales in Rio Maior. She entered play as a 59th-minute substitute for fellow Madeiran Laura Luís.^[3]

References[]

^ Silva, Emanuel (27 May 2018). "Futebol feminino do Marítimo faz história e sobe à I Divisão" (in Portuguese). Funchal Noticias. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ Perfeito, João (3 March 2021). "Telma Encarnação prolonga ligação ao Marítimo" (in Portuguese). C.S. Marítimo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Trio madeirense afina estratégia lusa" (in Portuguese). Madeira Football Association. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links[]

Telma Encarnação at Soccerway
Telma Encarnação at Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) (in Portuguese)

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[1] Silva, Emanuel (27 May 2018). "Futebol feminino do Marítimo faz história e sobe à I Divisão" (in Portuguese). Funchal Noticias. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[2] Perfeito, João (3 March 2021). "Telma Encarnação prolonga ligação ao Marítimo" (in Portuguese). C.S. Marítimo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[3] "Trio madeirense afina estratégia lusa" (in Portuguese). Madeira Football Association. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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