Daniele "Dani" Neuhaus Turnes (born 21 March 1993) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Greek club PAOK and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

As a talented childhood

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player, Neuhaus found that she could use some of the same skills as a football goalkeeper. She began her football career with Scorpions de Florianópolis, where she was noticed by youth national team scouts. This brought her to the attention of bigger clubs and she played for Foz Cataratas and Vitória das Tabocas, before joining Santos in April 2015. In January 2018, Neuhaus was announced as the first ever signing for

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's newly formed women's football team. She left Benfica at the end of her contract in June 2021, having collected

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, First Division and

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winners' medals. Three weeks later she joined Famalicão, who were coached by her compatriot

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International career

Neuhaus represented Brazil's youth team at the inaugural

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in New Zealand and at the

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in Trinidad and Tobago. After graduating to the under-20 team, she played at the

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. National

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called Neuhaus into the senior

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squad for the first time in June 2017. At the following month's

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, she played in Brazil's third and final game, a 6–1 defeat by

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. Neuhaus played in two further friendly defeats by Australia in September 2017, 2–1 and 3–2, when first choice goalkeeper Bárbara was injured. Neuhaus retained her place in the national squad when

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returned to the head coach position and named his squad for the

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in October.

Personal life

Neuhaus studied

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at Universidade Santa Cecília (UNISANTA).

Honours

Benfica *

Campeonato Nacional Feminino The Campeonato Nacional Feminino (English: Women's National Championship), also known as Liga BPI for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier women's association football league in Portugal. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and began ...

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Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino The Campeonato Nacional II Divisão de Futebol Feminino () is the second-highest division of the Portuguese women's football league system, after the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and bega ...

: 2018–19 *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...

: 2018–19 *

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...

: 2019–20 * Supertaça de Portugal: 2019

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neuhaus, Dani 1993 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal Footballers from Santa Catarina (state) Women's association football goalkeepers Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players S.L. Benfica (women) footballers Santos FC (women) players Brazilian people of German descent F.C. Famalicão (women) players Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas players People from Santo Amaro da Imperatriz PAOK FC (women) players