Laís Araújo

Laís Araújo
Playing for Adelaide United
Personal information
Full name Laís dos Santos Araújo
Date of birth (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Salvador, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Benfica
Number 80
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 ASA College 21 (20)
2017–2018 Florida Gators 44 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 São Francisco 5 (1)
2017 Sport Club do Recife 14 (1)
2019 Arna-Bjørnar 21 (2)
2019–2020 Adelaide United 11 (0)
2020 Apollon
2021 Madrid CFF 12 (0)
2021–2023 Famalicão 30 (2)
2023– Benfica 0 (0)
International career
2016 Brazil U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:24, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Laís dos Santos Araújo[2] (born 16 March 1996) is a Brazilian soccer player for Benfica. She previously played for Adelaide United of the W-league.[3][4]

Early life

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Araujo was born in Salvador, Brazil and lived her early years in a favela. She learned to play soccer on the streets and featured on the documentary Warriors of a Beautiful Game which brought her to the attention of Pelé.[citation needed]

The documentary looked at the state of the women's game in several countries on various continent and how the development of women's equality mirrored the focus women's soccer received.[5]

Club career

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Araujo has spent time playing college soccer for ASA College and the Florida Gators.[6][7]

She spent the 2019 season playing for Arna-Bjørnar, 21 league games,[2][8] before signing with Adelaide United for the 2019–20 W-League season.[9]

In September 2020, Araújo joined Cypriot club Apollon Limassol.[10]

International career

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Araújo played for the Brazilian under 20 team, which she captained.[11] She played in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup team.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Laís Araújo". slbenfica.pt. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Laís Araújo at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Lais Dos Santos Araujo". Adelaide United. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Laís Araujo – Soccer". Florida Gators. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Warriors of a Beautiful Game documentary focuses on Laís Araujo". Florida Gators. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ Eye, Morgan McMullen, Morgan Meets the. "Column: Gators midfielder Lais Araujo worthy of the hype". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved 20 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Wells, River. "HAT TRICK: Lais Araujo dominant in Florida victory". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Lais Araujo commits to Reds for Westfield W-League squad". Adelaide United. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Signing news: Reds snap-up Brazilian midfielder Araujo". Westfield W-League. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Ενημέρωση από ΚΟΠ για τις ΜΕΤΑΓΡΑΦΕΣ των ομάδων την Πέμπτη (03/09)" [Update from KOP for the TRANSFERS of the teams on Thursday (03/09)] (in Greek). Thema Sports. 3 September 2020. Η ομάδα Apollon Ladies απέκτησε την Lais DOS SANTOS ARAUJO [The Apollon Ladies team acquired Lais DOS SANTOS ARAUJO][permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Football, Warrior Women of (7 August 2017). "About Us". Warrior Women of Football. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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