Debinha
Débora Cristiane de Oliveira (born 20 October 1991), known as Debinha Miri, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League and the Brazil women's national football team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Débora Cristiane de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Brasópolis, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Lorena | ||
| 2008–2009 | Saad Esporte Clube | ||
| 2010 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2011 | Foz Cataratas | ||
| 2011–2013 | Centro Olímpico | ||
| 2013–2015 | Avaldsnes IL | 30 | (23) |
| 2014 | → São José (loan) | ||
| 2016 | Dalian Quanjian[1] | ||
| 2017– | North Carolina Courage | 70 | (24) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Brazil U-20 | |||
| 2011– | Brazil | 97 | (34) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020 | |||
Club career
When Rosana transferred to Avaldsnes in August 2013, she asked the wealthy Norwegian club to sign Debinha too.[2] Debinha became top-scorer of the 2014 Toppserien.
At the end of 2014 she had a short loan spell between November and December together with Rosana at São José during the club's successful attempt to win both Copa Libertadores Femenina and International Women's Club Championship during that year. She returned to Norway at the beginning of 2015.[3]
From February 2016 to January 2017, she played for Dalian Quanjian in the Chinese Women's Super League.[1]
Debinha signed with the Western New York Flash of the United States-based National Women's Soccer League on 5 January 2017, days before the franchise announced that it had been sold and would be moved from Rochester, New York, to Cary, North Carolina.[4] Debinha reportedly wasn't informed of the franchise's plans to move when she was signed.[5][6] She reported to North Carolina and was made a starting midfielder from the start of their season, and scored the Courage's first goal in their home stadium.[7]
Debinha appeared in every regular season game for the Courage in 2017 and scored four goals.[8] She started the semi-final game against the Chicago Red Stars but was forced to leave the game after dislocating her elbow in the 10th minute.[9] This injury forced her to miss the Championship game, which the Courage lost 1–0 to the Portland Thorns.[10]
In 2018, Debinha was named to the NWSL Team of the Month for March.[11] She scored eight goals during the regular season, helping the Courage win their second straight NWSL Shield. Debinha was named to the 2018 NWSL Second XI. During the play-offs she was in the starting line-up for the semi-final and final. Debinha scored in the 13th minute of the Championship game as North Carolina beat the Portland Thorns 3–0 to win the 2018 NWSL Championship.[12]
International career
After representing Brazil in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Debinha made her senior debut at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. She was named as an alternate for the Brazil squad at the 2012 London Olympics.[13]
In December 2013 Debinha scored twice in a 3–1 win over Scotland at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino.[14]
International goals
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20-10-2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico |  |
1.1 |
1–0 |
2–1 |
Pan American Games 2011 |
| 2 | 27-10-2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1.1 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
Pan American Games 2011 |
| 3 | 16-12-2012 | São Paulo, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
2–0 |
2–1 |
International Tournament 2012 |
| 4 | 25-09-2013 | Savièse, Switzerland |  |
2.1 |
2–0 |
4–0 |
Valais Cup 2013 |
| 5 | 2.2 |
3–0 | |||||
| 6 | 15-12-2013 | Brasilia, Brazil |  |
2.1 |
2–0 |
3–1 |
International Tournament 2013 |
| 7 | 2.2 |
3–0 | |||||
| 8 | 22-12-2013 | Brasilia, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
5–0 |
5–0 |
International Tournament 2013 |
| 9 | 06-04-2014 | Brisbane, Australia | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1.1 |
0–1 |
0–1 |
Friendly game |
| 10 | 10-12-2014 | Brasilia, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
1–0 |
4–0 |
International Tournament 2014 |
| 11 | 18-12-2014 | Brasilia, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
3–0 |
4–1 |
International Tournament 2014 |
| 12 | 01-12-2015 | Cuiabá, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
5–1 |
5–1 |
Friendly game |
| 13 | 09-12-2012 | Natal, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
5–0 |
11–0 |
International Tournament 2014 |
| 14 | 13-12-2012 | Natal, Brazil | |
1.1 |
3–0 |
6–0 |
International Tournament 2014 |
| 15 | 16-12-2012 | Natal, Brazil | |
1.1 |
2–0 |
2–1 |
International Tournament 2014 |
| 16 | 02-03-2016 | Lagos, Portugal | |
1.1 |
1–0 |
1–0 |
2016 Algarve Cup |
| 17 | 23-07-2016 | Fortaleza, Brazil | |
1.1 |
1–1 |
3–1 |
Friendly game |
| 18 | 11-12-2016 | Manaus, Brazil |  |
2.1 |
2–0 |
4–0 |
International Tournament 2016 |
| 19 | 2.2 |
4–0 | |||||
| 20 | 14-12-2016 | Manaus, Brazil |  |
1.1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
International Tournament 2016 |
| 21 | 18-12-2016 | Manaus, Brazil | |
1.1 |
5–3 |
5–3 |
International Tournament 2016 |
| 22 | 16-09-2017 | Penrith, Australia | |
1.1 |
2–1 |
2–1 |
Friendly game |
| 23 | 28-11-2017 | La Serena, Chile | |
1.1 |
0–3 |
0–3 |
Friendly game |
| 24 | 05-04-2018 | Coquimbo, Chile | |
1.1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
Copa América 2018 |
| 25 | 07-04-2018 | Coquimbo, Chile |  |
1.1 |
7–0 |
8–0 |
Copa América 2018 |
| 26 | 19-04-2018 | La Serena, Chile | |
1.1 |
3–0 |
3–0 |
Copa América 2018 |
| 27 | 26-07-2018 | Kansas City, United States | |
1.1 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
2018 Tournament of Nations |
| 28 | 02-03-2019 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |  |
1.1 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
2019 SheBelieves Cup |
| 29 | 29-08-2019 | São Paulo, Brazil | |
1.1 |
3–0 |
5–0 |
International Tournament 2019 |
| 30 | 05-10-2019 | Middlesbrough, England |  |
2.1 |
0–1 |
1–2 |
Friendly game |
| 31 | 2.2 |
0–2 | |||||
| 32 | 08-10-2019 | Kielce, Poland |  |
1.1 |
1–1 |
1–3 |
Friendly game |
| 33 | 12-12-2019 | São Paulo, Brazil | |
1.1 |
2–0 |
6–0 |
Friendly game |
| 34 | 15-12-2019 | Araraquara, Brazil | |
1.1 |
2–0 |
4–0 |
Friendly game |
Personal life
Debinha is openly lesbian, having a relationship with Meredith Speck, her North Carolina Courage's teammate.[15]
References
- Equipe deve continuar com o 'pé no chão' diz Debinha sobre a seleção brasileira Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, 8 August 2016.
- Hoel, Yasmin Sunde (20 August 2013). "Brasil-stjerner strømmer til lille Avaldsnes: – Nesten så vi ikke tror på det selv" (in Norwegian). NRK. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- "São José gets Debinha and Rosana for Libertadores and Women's Club Championship" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- Forrester, Nick (5 January 2017). "Western New York Flash sign Brazilian forward Debinha". www.excellesports.com. Excelle Sports. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- @TheDanLauletta (6 January 2017). "Source tells me Debinha, whose signing with Flash was announced yesterday, had no idea team was about to relocate #NWSL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- DiVeronica, Jeff (6 January 2017). "WNY Flash moving to North Carolina, report says". USA Today. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- Balf, Celia (24 April 2017). "15 incredible things that happened during the NWSL's second weekend of play". www.excellesports.com. Excelle Sports. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- "Debinha Player Stata". 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "North Carolina Courage will join Portland Thorns in NWSL final, knock out Chicago". 7 October 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "NWSL Final". 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "THREE NC COURAGE PLAYERS NAMED TO MARCH TEAM OF THE MONTH". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Debinha". Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- "FT: Brazil 3–1 Scotland" (in Norwegian). Scottish Football Association. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- "msn.com". Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Debinha. |
- Debinha – FIFA competition record
- Debinha at Connect World Football at Archive.today (archived 16 December 2013)
- Debora Cristiane de Oliveira at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Debora Cristiane de Oliveira at Fotball.no at Archive.today (archived 16 December 2013) (in Norwegian)
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