Bruna Beatriz Benites Soares (born 16 October 1985), commonly known as Bruna Benites or simply Bruna, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a defender for

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino (Brazilian Women's National Championship), also known as Brasileirão Femenino, is an annual Brazilian women's club football tournament organized by the ''Confederação Brasileira de Futebol'', or CB ...

club

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and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

She played for Foz Cataratas and São José in Brazil. In July 2016, she signed with

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for one season. On 30 November 2016 she signed with

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. On 8 February 2018 she was waived by the

International career

Bruna made her debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She received a

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against Great Britain and in the Quarter Final defeat to Japan. In May 2015 national team

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Bruna suffered an

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, which caused her to miss the

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International goals

Personal life

She is a member of

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. She is also has a degree in Physiotherapy having studied at Universidade Catolica Dom Bosco in

Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour o ...

References

1985 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Olympic footballers of Brazil Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Brazilian Latter Day Saints People from Cuiabá Brazil women's international footballers São José Esporte Clube (women) players Toppserien players Avaldsnes IL players Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Houston Dash players National Women's Soccer League players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mato Grosso do Sul Sport Club Internacional (women) players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub