Brena Carolina Vianna de Oliveira (born 28 October 1996), simply known as Brena, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

Club career

Paulista Feminino Final Santos 0x1 Palmeiras - 52572763944 - Brena

Born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, Brena finished her formation with Vasco da Gama, making her senior debut with the club in 2014. She moved to

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...

in the following year, and represented Centro Olímpico in the 2016 season. On 12 January 2017, Brena signed for Santos. On 11 December of the following year, after being the top goalscorer of the

2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores Femenina''), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The ...

, she moved abroad with Avaldsnes IL. Brena returned to ''Peixe'' in 2020, but was sidelined in April due to a knee injury.

International career

After representing

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at under-17 and under-20 levels in the 2012 South American U-17 Women's Championship,

2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions So ...

and 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Brena was called up to the full side by manager Emily Lima on 24 March 2017, for a friendly against Bolivia.

Honours

Santos * Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1: 2017 *

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino (''Paulista Women's Football Championship'', in English) is the women's football state championship of São Paulo State, and is contested since 1987. Format There is no predetermined format for th ...

: 2018 *Copa Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2020

References

1996 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players Santos FC (women) players Toppserien players Avaldsnes IL players Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) players CR Vasco da Gama (women) players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub