Tainara

Brazilian footballer

Tainara
Personal information
Full name Tainara de Souza da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Brasília, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 São Francisco [pt] 16 (0)
2017–2019 Vitória 21 (2)
2020 Santos 8 (1)
2021 Palmeiras 16 (2)
2022 Bordeaux 10 (0)
2022– Bayern Munich 7 (1)
International career‡
2016 Brazil U17 2 (0)
2018 Brazil U20 5 (0)
2021– Brazil 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:30, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:25, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Tainara de Souza da Silva (born 21 April 1999), simply known as Tainara or sometimes Tay, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for German club Bayern Munich and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

Born in Brasília, Federal District, Tainara made her senior debut with São Francisco [pt] in 2016. She subsequently played for Vitória before being presented at Santos in January 2020.[2]

A regular starter for Santos, Tainara moved to Palmeiras on 15 January 2021.[3] Roughly one year later, she moved abroad after signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with French side Bordeaux.[4]

International career

After representing Brazil at under-17 and under-20 sides, Tainara received her first call-up for the full side in September 2020.[5] She made her full international debut on 18 February 2021, starting in a 4–1 SheBelieves Cup win over Argentina.

Career statistics

International

As of 8 March 2022
Brazil
Year Apps Goals
2021[6] 7 0
2022[1] 3 0
Total 10 0

Honours

Santos

  • Copa Paulista: 2020

Palmeiras

  • Copa Paulista: 2021

Bayern Munich

  • Frauen-Bundesliga: 2022–23[7]

Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tainara at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Santos apresenta elenco das Sereias e atletas da base serão promovidas" [Santos present squad of the Sereias and youth athletes will be promoted] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Zagueira da Seleção Brasileira, Tainara reforça equipe feminina do Verdão" [Stopper of the Brazil national team, Tainara bolsters women's team of the Verdão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SE Palmeiras. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Tainara, an excellent signing for Bordeaux". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Tainara, zagueira do Santos, comemora convocação para Seleção Brasileira: "Feliz e grata"" [Tainara, Santos stopper, celebrates call-up for the Brazil national team: "Happy and grateful"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2020-2021". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Brasil bate o Chile e fecha o ano com o título do Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino – Gazeta Esportiva". Gazeta Esportiva.
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