Emily Alves da Cunha Lima (born 29 September 1980) is a Brazilian-born Portuguese

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and former

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. During her playing career, she operated as a

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for clubs in Brazil, Spain and Italy, and has represented

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internationally. In 2016, she became the first female manager to coach the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

Lima began her football career when she was 14 years old, on

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. In Brazil she also played as a midfielder for

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from 1997 to 2000, Palestra de São Bernardo, Barra de Teresópolis (2001) and

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(2002). Lima had also played for the Brazilian national under-17 women's football team. In 2003 Lima moved to Spain, playing for the clubs Estudiantes de Huelva,

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, Prainsa de Zaragoza and L’Estartit. She finished her playing career in 2010, at the Italian club Napoli CF.

International career

Born in Brazil, Lima has never played for clubs in Portugal, but she is of Portuguese descent, which allowed her to attain dual citizenship and play for the Portugal women's national team, making her debut in 2007.

Managerial career

Back to Brazil, Lima pursued a coaching career. She became coaching assistant for

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in 2010. She became the titular coach of

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until 2013, when she was invited to manage the Brazilian under-17 team. In 2015, she coached

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, the last

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champion. She led the club to the second place at 2015

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. In 2016, Lima was appointed as coach of the Brazilian women's national team, in the place of Vadão, thus becoming the first women to coach the ''Seleção Feminina.'' Lima's first competition as national coach was the Torneio Internacional de Manaus, on which she led the team to their seventh title. She was fired of the Brazilian team in September 2017; under her run, the Seleção won seven games, lost five and drew one. In 2019 assume Ecuador.

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