Chú Santos

Francisleide dos Santos Barbosa (born February 27, 1990), known as Chú Santos or Chú, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Brazil women's national football team and Changchun Zhuoyue.

Chú Santos
Personal information
Full name Francisleide dos Santos Barbosa
Date of birth (1990-02-27) February 27, 1990
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Changchun Zhuoyue
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 CEPE-Caxias
2008 Benfica-Mg
2009 Saad Esporte Clube
2010 Ferroviária
2011 São José Esporte Clube
2011 Santos FC
2012 Centro Olímpico
2013 Suwon FMC WFC
2014–2015 São José Esporte Clube 13 (11)
2016–2017 Corinthians/Audax 8 (1)
2017 Fortuna Hjørring 2 (0)
2017–2018 São José Esporte Clube
2019– Changchun Zhuoyue
National team‡
2012– Brazil 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 6, 2017

Football career

Francisleide dos Santos Barbosa was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[1] on February 27, 1990.[2] She is better known as Chú Santos,[3] or simply Chú.[1] When she was seven years old, Santos told her grandfather that she enjoyed playing football; in response, he took her to a training school. She was initially told that the sport was only for boys, but Santos continued to pursue her career.[4] She was part of the São José Esporte Clube team which won the International Women's Club Championship, defeating English team Arsenal W.F.C. in the final. This was the first time that a Brazilian team had won the competition.[1][5]

In 2015, she was named as part of the initial squad of the shared women's team between Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube, known as Corinthians / Audax.[6] When the team made their debut in the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Santos scored five times in the 9–0 defeat of Pinheirense Esporte Clube.[7] Santos scored a further two goals in the next two games in the tournament,[3] The team went on to win the tournament, with Santos recording twelve goals during the single tournament, making her a top scorer.[8] The record for number of goals scored in the tournament, is held by Marta, with 18.[3]

She was then signed by Danish club Fortuna Hjørring, whose manager, Brian Sørensen, described her as "a complete player".[9] During her time in Denmark, she only played in two matches; both legs of the quarter final of the UEFA Women's Champions League against Manchester City W.F.C. of England.[2][10] Santos then resigned for Sao Jose.[1]

International

Santos was first called up to the Brazil women's national football team at the age of 21 in 2012 as part of the main selection round of the team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.[11]

International goals

Goal		 Date Location Opponent # Score Result Competition
1 2019-11-07 Chongqing, China  Canada 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 4–0

2019 Yongchuan International Tournament

References
  1. "São José anuncia retorno da atacante Chú, campeã mundial em 2014". Globo.com (in Portuguese). April 11, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  2. "Francisleide Dos Santos Barbosa". UEFA. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  3. "Chú Santos: "Confiança para disputar a competição"" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. September 12, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  4. "Conheca a Chu Santos Atacante Convocada Pela Tecnica Emily Lim" (in Portuguese). BBM. December 1, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  5. "São José vence Arsenal e conquista Mundial Feminino de clubes no Japão". Globo.com (in Portuguese). December 6, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  6. "Por time feminino, Corinthians faz parceria com Grêmio Osasco Audax" (in Portuguese). Maquina do Esporte. January 7, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  7. "Com 5 gols de Chú Santos, Audax/Corinthians goleia em estreia na Copa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Corinthians. August 31, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  8. "ROMERO HOMENAGEIA CHÚ SANTOS, ARTILHEIRA E CAMPEÃ DA COPA DO BRASIL PELO AUDAX/CORINTHIANS". Meu Timao. November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  9. Henrikson, Niels (February 6, 2017). "Hurtig brasilianer til Fortuna" (in Danish). Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  10. "Chú". The Final Ball. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  11. "Chu: primeira vez na Principal" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. January 26, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


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