Elaine Estrela Moura (born 1 November 1982), commonly known as Elaine, is a Brazilian footballer and coach. A versatile player that can be used in the defense or midfield, she played for the

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. She previously played for Tyresö and

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of the Swedish

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, as well as

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in the American

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(WPS).

Club career

She started playing soccer influenced by her brother, and played for

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teams until 2000, but never getting any salary. Three years later, she became professional in Ferroviária. After a game between the Brazilian national team and

in 2004, she was contracted by Umeå and played for them in

from 2005 to 2009, where she joined

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. In 2010, she moved to the United States and played for

(WPS). When the club went bust shortly afterwards, she decided to return to Sweden and joined

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Swedish football club in Tyresö, a municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which competed in the top-tier league Damallsvenskan in the 2010� ...

of the Damallsvenskan. Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Elaine collected her fifth Swedish league winner's medal. With competition for places becoming very strong at Tyresö, Elaine moved on

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to nearby

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club

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in July 2013. Ahead of the 2014 season she made her

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to Älta permanent. She stopped playing after the 2014 season and joined Djurgårdens as an assistant coach for 2015. In 2018 she missed playing and joined Division 3 club Lindhagen FF as a player.

International career

Elaine's performances for Ferroviária brought her to the notice of

selectors and she featured in the

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-winning national team at the

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. She was selected for the

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and played in the 2–1

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final defeat by the

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, as Brazil collected silver medals. She remained in the national selection for the

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, where Brazil retained their gold medals. At the

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in China, Elaine featured in Brazil's striking 4–0 semi-final win over the United States and the 2–0

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defeat by

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. She was included in the final 21-player squad for the

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in Germany. She was removed from the national team squad two days before the start of the

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when

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revealed a muscle injury. Her last official games for Brazil took place in December 2011 at the Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo.

References

External links

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1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian women's footballers Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Saint Louis Athletica players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Brazilian expatriates in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Tyresö FF players Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Women's Professional Soccer players Elitettan players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub