Maria Aparecida Souza Dias, known as Cidinha (born 6 October 1976) is a Brazilian former

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 le ...

. She scored two goals in the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at ...

, against Nigeria before the team was knocked out in the semi-finals. In 1997 Cidinha played for

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube (), commonly referred to as São Paulo, is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1930. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista (the State of São Paulo's premier state leag ...

when they won the Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino. She was called up to Brazil's squad for the

as a

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

player. As a

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player, she was also a member of the Brazil team that participated in the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and finished in fourth place. In 2003 Cidinha retired from football, returned to her hometown, and took up employment as a yard inspector in a private school.

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* 1976 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Women's association football defenders 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Brazil Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics São Paulo FC (women) players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women) players Sportspeople from Mato Grosso do Sul People from Campo Grande CR Vasco da Gama (women) players {{Brazil-footy-defender-1970s-stub