Elsa Margarida Meira Ventura is a

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currently playing for

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. She made her Champions League debut in August 2012, scoring against Glentoran LFC. She played then for SU 1º Dezembro. A former Under-19 international, she was called up by the senior Portuguese national team for the first time in March 2012 replacing

Edite Fernandes Edite Cristiana Fernandes (born 10 October 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who most recently played for CF Benfica of the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. She is a former captain of the Portugal women's national football team, wh ...

.Elsa Ventura replaces Edite
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1990 births Living people People from Portalegre, Portugal Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players Sporting CP (women's football) players S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players C.F. Benfica (women) footballers Sportspeople from Portalegre District {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub