Luana Bertolucci Paixão

Luana Bertolucci Paixão (born 2 May 1993), commonly known as Luana or Luaninha, is a Brazilian football midfielder who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil women's national football team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Bertolucci and the second or paternal family name is Paixão.
Luana
Luana (left) with Kathellen and Beatriz
Personal information
Full name Luana Bertolucci Paixão
Date of birth (1993-05-02) 2 May 1993
Place of birth São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil[1]
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Centro Olímpico
2014–2018 Avaldsnes IL 75 (16)
2019 Hwacheon KSPO 6 (7)
2020– Paris Saint-Germain 2 (0)
National team‡
2012– Brazil 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:55, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:28, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Luana was attached to São Bernardo, São Caetano and Corinthians as a young player. She signed for Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico in early 2011.[1]

She agreed a transfer to Norwegian Toppserien club Avaldsnes for their 2015 season,[2] which culminated in them finishing as runners-up in both the League and Norwegian Women's Cup, qualifying them to the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. In 2017 Luana was Avaldsnes' Player of the Year as the club won the Norwegian Women's Cup. She signed a one-year extension to her contract in November 2017.[3]

International career

Luana represented the Brazil women's national under-17 football team at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago,[4] where they reached the quarter-finals. After graduating to the under-20 team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2012 in Japan.[5]

In December 2012, she won her first cap for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2012 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo, appearing as a substitute for Érika in a 2–1 win over Denmark.[6][7]

Luana was absent from Brazil's final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup when it was announced on 16 May 2019.[8] But she was added to the group the following day, when Adriana withdrew with a knee ligament injury.[9]

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References
  1. "Elenco" (in Portuguese). Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Grøttland, Odd Kåre (6 February 2015). "Tom Nordlie positivt overrasket" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. Flateby, Terje; Grøttland, Odd Kåre (1 November 2017). "Årets spiller fortsetter" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (26 November 2017). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. "Sai Erika, entra Luana" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  8. "Seleção Feminina é convocada para a Copa do Mundo da França" [Women's squad called up for World Cup in France] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 16 May 2019.
  9. "Seleção Feminina: Luana é convocada para a Copa do Mundo da França" [Women's Team: Luana is invited to the World Cup in France] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 17 May 2019.
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