Dida (footballer, born 1991)

Ana Lúcia Nascimento dos Santos (born 22 July 1991), commonly known as Dida, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Série A1 club Real Brasília FC. She was a member of the Brazil women's national team.

Dida
Personal information
Full name Ana Lúcia Nascimento dos Santos
Date of birth (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Simões Filho, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Real Brasília
Number 12
Youth career
Bahia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Caucaia
2011 São José-SP
2012 Atlético Mineiro
2013 Centro Olímpico
2013 Vitória das Tabocas 1 (0)
2013–2014 BÍ/Bolungarvík 31 (0)
2014 Vasco 4 (0)
2015 Rio Preto
2015 Tindastóll 6 (0)
2015 São José 0 (0)
2016–2017 Santos 1 (0)
2017 Tindastóll 15 (0)
2017–2018 São Gonçalo 12 (0)
2018 Afturelding/Fram 5 (0)
2018 Augnablik 5 (0)
2018 Tiradentes 2 (0)
2018–2019 Maccabi Holon 5 (0)
2019 Grótta 10 (0)
2019–2020 Benfica 7 (0)
2020 Napoli [pt] 12 (0)
2021 Santos 1 (0)
2022– Real Brasília 11 (0)
International career
2009 Brazil U19
2009 Brazil U20 2 (0)
2015–2016 Equatorial Guinea 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2022

International career

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Dida represented Brazil on the under-19 and under-20 national teams and was also called up at senior level.[1][2][3]

Controversy

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From 2015 to 2016, Dida made appearances for the Equatorial Guinea national team despite having no connection with the African nation. She played the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations Qualifying.[4] On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[5]

Career statistics

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International

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As of 19 April 2021
Equatorial Guinea
Year Apps Goals
2015 1 0
2016 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours

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Grótta

Benfica

References

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  1. ^ "Goleira do Caucaia na Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Jogadora do Caucaia é convocada pela Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2016. In 2009, the goalkeeper Dida also integrated the under-20 team
  3. ^ "Futebol Feminino: De Caucaia a São Paulo" (in Portuguese). 15 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Nzalang Nacional Femenino preparado para el partido contra Mali". Equatoguinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Benfica conquista troféu" [Benfica conquer trophy]. FPF (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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