Luana
Luana (2023)
Personal information
Full name Luana Bertolucci Paixão
Date of birth (1993-05-02) 2 May 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Centro Olímpico 8 (1)
2015–2018 Avaldsnes IL 75 (16)
2019 Hwacheon KSPO 22 (8)
2020–2022 Paris Saint-Germain 17 (2)
2022–2023 Corinthians 16 (3)
2024– Orlando Pride 0 (0)
International career‡
2012– Brazil 38 (2)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Brazil
Copa América Femenina
Winner 2022 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2023

Luana Bertolucci Paixão (born 2 May 1993), known as Luana, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Orlando Pride and the Brazil women's national team.

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, 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.[2] 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]

On 14 December 2023, Orlando Pride announced the signing of Luana to a two-year contract with a mutual option for 2026.[4]

International career

Luana (left) with Kathellen and Bia Zaneratto

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, where they reached the quarter-finals.[5] After graduating to the under-20 team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2012 in Japan.[6]

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.[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 due to a knee ligament injury.[9]

Career statistics

International

As of 30 November 2023[10][11][12][13]

National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2012 2 0
2013 3 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
2017 1 0
2018 0 0
2019 11 0
2020 5 1
2021 0 0
2022 8 0
2023 8 1
Total 38 2
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Luana goal.
List of international goals scored by Luana
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 December 2020 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Ecuador 2–0 8–0 Friendly
2 2 July 2023 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasilia, Brazil  Chile 3–0 4–0
3 6 December 2024 Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara, Brazil  Nicaragua 3–0 4–0

Honours

Club

Avaldsnes

Paris Saint-Germain

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Orlando Pride Adds Brazilian National Team Midfielder Luana | Orlando Pride". orlandocitysc. Orlando Pride.
  5. ^ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ 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.
  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.
  10. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2011-2013". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2016-2017". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2018-2019". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2020". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. ^ Loyant, Richard (4 June 2021). "Paris SG sacré pour la première fois". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Coupe de France féminine : les Parisiennes sans pitié pour Yzeure". 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

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Orlando Pride – current squad
Brazil squads
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