Miriam Cristina Cavalcante (born 14 January 2002), better known as Cris, is a Brazilian association football player. She plays professionally for the Flamengo women's association football team in Brazil,[1] and has represented Brazil internationally, including playing at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Costa Rica, where she scored her team's only goal in the semi-finals game when they lost 2–1 to Japan.[2] This was her only goal in that World Cup. She also had one assist in six games played. She also participated at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she did not register a goal or assist in three games where she participated at.
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| Full name | Miriam Cristina Cavalcante | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 January 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Flamengo | |||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | São Paulo | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Flamengo | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Brazil U20 | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
National career
editShe debuted at the age of 15 in 2017 at the Brazilian's women's association football league, with Saǒ Paulo's under 17 team. In 2018, she was traded to Olímpico Clube, playing on their women's top-tier team. She was returned to Saŏ Paulo before the end of the year, and played for their under-17 team, being updated to their under -18 team in 2019 before being assigned to their top league team for 2020, then returning to their under-18 team that same year, finishing her career with the Saô Paulo organization as a member of their top-tier team in 2021.
In 2022, she was transferred to Flamengo, where she played part of the year for their top-tier team, before being relegated to their under-20 team that same year, returning to the senior team in 2023.
As of 2023, in 79 top league games she has played at, she has registered 9 goals and 4 assists.