Janaína (footballer)

Janaína
Personal information
Full name Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Santos
Number 6
Youth career
Nacional Gás/Unifor (futsal)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Messejana [pt]
2008–2011 Santos
2012 Centro Olímpico
2012 Zorky Krasnogorsk 5 (1)
2013 São José 1 (0)
2014 Caucaia 6 (1)
2015 Santos 3 (0)
2017–2020 S.C. Braga 43 (10)
2020 Palmeiras 11 (0)
2021 Grêmio 5 (1)
2021–2022 Famalicão 0 (0)
2023 Botafogo 2 (0)
2024– Santos 1 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Brazil U20
2009–2013 Brazil 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:28, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante (born 2 April 1988), known as Janaína or just Jana, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos. A centre-back, her strongest attributes are marking and heading.[2]

Club career

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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 subsequently played for Centro Olímpico, Zorky Krasnogorsk, São José and Caucaia before returning to Santos in 2015. In 2017, after a spell with Corinthians/Audax, she 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 Grêmio, Jana returned to Portuguese football in August 2021, agreeing to join Famalicão.[4] After leaving the latter in 2022, she began the 2023 season nursing an injury,[5] before signing for Botafogo on 3 March.[6]

On 29 January 2024, Santos announced the return of Jana for a third spell.[7]

International career

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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.[8] 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,[9] including a debut against Chile.[10]

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.[11]

Career statistics

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International

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As of 29 January 2024
Nation Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2009[9] 4 0
2013[11] 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Santos

São José

Corinthians/Audax

Braga

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 11 November 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Feliz em Portugal, Janaína Queiroz comenta sobre o bom momento" (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ Duarte, Mário (4 August 2021). "Jana Queiroz reforça Famalicão" (in Portuguese). Lado F. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Janaína Queiroz, ex-Corinthians e Palmeiras, cura lesão no tornozelo e quer retorno ao futebol brasileiro" [Janaína Queiroz, formerly of Corinthians and Palmeiras, nurses an ankle injury and wants to return to Brazilian football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Botafogo contrata a zagueira Jana Queiroz, ex-Famalicão, de Portugal" [Botafogo sign stopper Jana Queiroz, formerly of Famalicão, from Portugal] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Bicampeã da Libertadores, Janaína retorna para as Sereias da Vila em sua terceira passagem pelo Santos FC" [Two-times champion of the Libertadores, Janaína returns to the Sereias da Vila in her third spell for Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b 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.
  10. ^ "Janaína entra para a história" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  11. ^ a b 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.
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