Raquel Fernandes
FullnameRaquel Fernandes dos Santos[1]
Birth date21 March 1991 (age 35)
Birth placeContagem, Minas Gerais
Height160cm[1]
PositionForward
CurrentclubGrêmio
Clubnumber30
Clubs 1Atlético Mineiro
Years 22010–2015
Clubs 2Ferroviária
Caps 212+
Goals 217+
Years 32015
Clubs 3Botafogo-PB
Caps 36
Goals 31
Years 42016
Clubs 4Ferroviária
Years 52016
Clubs 5Changchun Zhuoyue
Years 62017
Clubs 6Ferroviária
Caps 615
Goals 69
Years 72017
Clubs 7Corinthians
Caps 70
Goals 70
Years 82018
Clubs 8Ferroviária
Caps 815
Goals 86
Years 92018
Clubs 9→ Iranduba (loan)
Caps 90
Goals 90
Years 102019
Clubs 10Sporting Huelva
Caps 1015
Goals 102
Years 112019–2021
Clubs 11Sporting CP
Caps 1138
Goals 1133
Years 122021
Clubs 12Ferroviária
Caps 1211
Goals 120
Years 132022
Clubs 13Famalicão
Caps 1318
Goals 138
Years 142023–
Clubs 14Grêmio
Nationalyears 12013–
Nationalteam 1Brazil
Nationalcaps 152
Nationalgoals 18
Pcupdate17 Feb 2023
Ntupdate17 Feb 2023

Raquel Fernandes dos Santos (born 21 March 1991), commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Grêmio in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Raquel joined Ferroviária in 2010. In the 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino, she scored six goals in her team's 19–0 win over Botucatu.[2]

In January 2016 Raquel joined compatriots Darlene de Souza and Rafaelle Souza in transferring to Chinese Women's Super League club Changchun Zhuoyue.[3]

Raquel played in the Spanish Primera División for Sporting de Huelva between 2018 and 2019.[4]

On 26 July 2019, Raquel signed with Sporting CP in Portugal.[5]

International career

Atlético Mineiro player Raquel represented Brazil's youth team at the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[6] She was called up to the senior Brazil national team for the first time in August 2013 after showing impressive form for her club Ferroviária.[7]

In February 2015 Raquel 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.[8] At the World Cup, Raquel appeared in each of Brazil's four matches, scoring in the 1–0 final group game win over Costa Rica.[9] After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by Australia, Raquel remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

International goals


Goal
DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12014-09-24Quito, EcuadorEcuador1.12014 Copa América Femenina
22014-09-26Sangolquí, EcuadorArgentina1.12014 Copa América Femenina
32014-12-10Brasília, BrazilArgentina1.1Torneio Internacional 2014
42015-06-17Moncton, CanadaCosta Rica1.12015 FIFA Women's World Cup
52015-07-11Toronto, CanadaCosta Rica1.12015 Pan American Games
62015-12-10Natal, BrazilTrinidad and Tobago1.1Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
72016-03-04Santo António, PortugalPortugal1.1Algarve Cup 2016
82016-07-23Fortaleza, BrazilAustralia1.1Friendly game

References

  1. ^ "List of Players - Brazil". FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Guerreira Grená Raquel é a artilheira do Campeonato Paulista" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 6 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ Barlem, Cíntia (28 January 2016). "Dinheiro também encanta no feminino, e brasileiras se rendem à China" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. ^ "6 jugadoras formarán la columna vertebral del nuevo proyecto sportinguista" (in Spanish). Sporting Club de Huelva. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Raquel Fernandes é Leoa" (in pt-pt). www.sporting.pt. 26 July 2019.
  6. ^ do Nascimento Pereira, André & Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (30 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira sub-17 feminina (women's u-17 Brazilian national team) 2008-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Após visita do técnico Márcio de Oliveira, Seleção Brasileira convoca mais uma afeana" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. ^ Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Brazil 1 - 0 Costa Rica | Women's World Cup match report". the Guardian. June 18, 2015.