Camila Martins Pereira (born 10 October 1994), commonly known as Camila or Camilinha, is a Brazilian

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who currently plays as a

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or outside back for Brazilian Série A1 team

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Club career

Camila debuted for Kindermann of Santa Catarina in 2012, then joined rivals Ferroviária for the

2015 Copa do Brasil The 2015 Copa do Brasil (officially the 2015 Copa Sadia do Brasil for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition was contested by 87 teams, which qualified either by participating in their ...

. She was signed by

Houston Dash The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas. It joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season, and is affiliated with the MLS team Houston Dynamo FC. History Establishment On November ...

in May 2015. The Dash waived her in January 2016. On 19 December 2016, the

Orlando Pride The Orlando Pride is a professional women's soccer team based in Orlando, Florida. The team joined the National Women's Soccer League, the top level of women's soccer in the US, for the 2016 season. It became the tenth team to be added to th ...

announced that they had signed Camila for the 2017 season. On 30 September 2017 Camila suffered a torn ACL and MCL sprain in her right knee during Orlando's final regular season game in North Carolina. As a result, she missed Orlando's playoff game the following week. Camila made her first appearance of the 2018 season following recovery from injury on 7 July against the

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

. In 2018, Camila spent the NWSL offseason on loan with Iranduba in Brazil. She played in all 5 of the team's Copa Libertadores matches as they finished third in their inaugural season in the competition. During the 2019–20 NWSL offseason, Camila joined the Australian W-League for the first time, signing a loan deal with Canberra United. She made her debut for the team in the season opener on 17 November 2019, registering an assist in a 2–0 win over Perth Glory before being named to the W-League team of the week. Camila played in the first 10 games of Canberra's season before suffering an MCL injury in training, ruling her out for the rest of the campaign. On August 12, 2020, Camila joined Série A1 team

on loan. In February 2021, she joined the club permanently following the expiration of her contract with Orlando.

International career

At the

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in Canada, Camila made three appearances for

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and served one assist.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

: ''As of match played 24 August 2017. Brazil score listed first, score column indicates score after each Camila goal.''

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1994 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players Houston Dash players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States National Women's Soccer League players Orlando Pride players Brazil women's international footballers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Canberra United FC players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women) players Sociedade Esportiva Kindermann players People from São Bento do Sul {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub