Adriana Leal da Silva (born 17 November 1996), commonly known as Adriana or Maga, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

Adriana was born in

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and played for

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in the State and Brazilian championships. In 2016 she was hired by Rio Preto, as a replacement for Darlene de Souza. Adriana scored as Corinthians won the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino, beating her former club Rio Preto 5–0 on aggregate in the final. Her 14 league goals made her the second highest goal scorer and she was named 2018

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International career

In October 2017, Adriana won her first

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for the senior

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at the 2017 Yongchuan International Tournament, appearing as a substitute for

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in a 3–0 win over

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. Five days later she scored her first national team goal in a 2–2 draw with hosts

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. Adriana featured at the 2018 Tournament of Nations, but had been left out of the final 22-player roster for the

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. She was called up again for two friendlies with

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in September 2018. Brazil's final 23-player squad for the

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was announced on 16 May 2019. Adriana was included but she had to be replaced by Luana the following day, due to a knee ligament injury.

International goals

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1996 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Sportspeople from Piauí Women's association football forwards Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub