Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Poliana Barbosa Medeiros[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 February 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ituiutaba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | São José | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
América/Juventude | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | São José | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Stjarnan | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Houston Dash | 37 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Orlando Pride | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | São José | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Corinthians | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | São José | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012– | Brazil | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015 |
Poliana Barbosa Medeiros (born 6 February 1991), known as Poliana, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino side São José and the Brazil women's national football team.
Poliana signed for Santos in 2009 after a successful trial period.[2] After moving on to São José, Poliana won the Copa Libertadores Femenina three times in 2011, 2013 and 2014. She scored two goals in the 2014 final.[3]
In December 2014, Poliana played for São José in the 2014 International Women's Club Championship, which they won by thrashing English wild-card entrant Arsenal Ladies 2–0 in the final. Later that month, she agreed a transfer to the United States, with National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team Houston Dash.[4]
Before Poliana could play for Houston, she was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[5]
In July 2015, Poliana agreed to play for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Stjarnan in their UEFA Women's Champions League qualifiers the following month.[6]
On 6 February 2018, Poliana was traded by the Dash to the Orlando Pride for a second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.[7] She was waived at the end of the season having made 10 appearances.
After representing Brazil at the 2010 edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Poliana made her senior debut at the 2012 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.[8]
Poliana was not included in Brazil's initial squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, but received a late call-up when Fabiana withdrew with a thigh injury.[9]
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2014-03-10 | Santiago, Chile | Venezuela | 1.1 | 4–0 |
5–0 |
South American Games 2014 |
2 | 2014-03-16 | Santiago, Chile | Venezuela | 1.1 | 2–0 |
2–0 |
South American Games 2014 |
3 | 2015-09-19 | Le Havre, France | France | 1.1 | 1–2 |
1–2 |
Friendly game |
4 | 2015-12-01 | Cuiabá, Brazil | New Zealand | 1.1 | 1–1 |
5–1 |
Friendly game |
5 | 2015-12-13 | Natal, Brazil | Mexico | 1.1 | 6–0 |
6–0 |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 |