Beatriz "Bia" Zaneratto João (born 17 December 1993), sometimes known as just Beatriz or Bia, is a Brazilian

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who plays for

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and the Brazil national team. She participated in the

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, and

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editions of the

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Club career

Bia Zaneratto joined her local team Ferroviária at the age of 13. In 2010, she moved to play for reigning

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champions Santos. In February 2013 Bia Zaneratto and her Vitória das Tabocas teammate Thaísinha announced that they had accepted a transfer to South Korean club

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. With the team, Beatriz has won seven consecutive

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championships between 2013 and 2019. In the 2015 championship, she scored an equalizing goal in the 123rd minute to force the game to

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, where her team prevailed. From 2020 to 2021, she played for Chinese league Wuhan Jianghan University, where she scored seven goals in 9 matches to help them win the

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International career

Ahead of the inaugural

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, a 14-year-old Bia Zaneratto was the youngest player in Brazil's squad and was highlighted as a "player to watch" by ''

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'' newspaper. In May 2011, she made her debut for the senior national team in a 3–0

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win over

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. Bia Zaneratto was named in Brazil's squad for the

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in Germany and participated in the 3–0 group stage win over

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. In February 2015, Bia Zaneratto's club commitments in South Korea meant she was left out of Brazil's 18-month residency programme intended to prepare the national team for the

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and the

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. At the World Cup in Canada, Bia Zaneratto made substitute appearances in the final group game, a 1–0 win over

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, and the 1–0 second-round defeat by

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. Bia Zaneratto was named to the Brazil squad for the

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, her first Olympic Games. She plundered three goals, including one in the Bronze Medal match, in which Brazil lost 2–1 to Canada, as hosts Brazil finished in fourth place. It was reported that her performances "lit up" the Games and made her a target for clubs in the American

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, albeit her relatively high salary in South Korea made a

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less likely. At the

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, Bia Zaneratto suffered a fractured fibula during Brazil's 1–0 defeat by hosts the

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International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

Santos *

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* Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2010 Hyundai Steel Red Angels *

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Wuhan Jianghan University * Chinese Women's Super League:

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International

Brazil *

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Individual

Top scorer: 2017 *

Top assists: 2017

References

External links

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