Francielle Manoel Alberto (born 18 October 1989), commonly known as Francielle or Fran, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Brazil women's national football team. At club level she most recently played for Norwegian

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...

club

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. She previously played for Corinthians, São José and Santos in Brazil, as well as for

Saint Louis Athletica Saint Louis Athletica was an American professional soccer club that was based in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. Athletica started the 2009 season playing its home games at Ralph Korte S ...

and Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).

Playing career

Club

United States

Francielle was on the opening day roster for

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in the inaugural season of the WPS in 2009, and played in six matches for them. On 26 June 2009, St. Louis Athletica traded Francielle and

Kerri Hanks Kerri Michel Hanks Petersen (; born September 2, 1985) is an American soccer forward who last played for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer. She is currently the head coach for the Clay County United Soccer Alliance U18 girls' soccer t ...

to Sky Blue FC for Sarah Walsh. She scored the game-winning goal in the first round of the WPS playoffs at the

Washington Freedom Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's Uni ...

. Sky Blue later defeated Francielle's former team, the Athletica, and the Los Angeles Sol to win the 2009 WPS title.

Brazil

Francielle won the

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with Santos. In 2013 Francielle and São José won the

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. In 2013 and 2014 she and her team also won league and cup titles.

Boston Breakers

10 November 2014 the Boston Breakers signed Francielle for the 2015 NWSL season. Ultimately she never joined the Breakers as she was instead called into Brazil's residency camp for the

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Stjarnan

In summer 2015 Francielle and compatriot

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agreed to play for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Stjarnan in their UEFA Women's Champions League campaign.

Avaldsnes

After spending 2016 back in Brazil with Corinthians Audax, Francielle joined a Brazilian contingent at

. She helped the team win the 2017

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, before departing during the

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season.

International

In November 2006 Francielle made her senior international debut in Brazil's 2–0 South American Women's Football Championship win over Peru at

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. Francielle appeared in all four of Brazil's matches at the 2011 Women's World Cup, and converted a penalty kick in the overtime shootout of the quarterfinal match versus the United States. In the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

, Francielle appeared in five of Brazil's six matches, winning a silver medal. Francielle's first goal in a major international tournament came at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

versus Cameroon, where she played in all four of Brazil's matches. In October 2017 Francielle was one of five Brazil players to quit international football, disgruntled at pay and conditions, and the

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's sacking of head coach

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International goals

Personal life

Francielle is married to

Andressa Alves Andressa Alves da Silva (born 10 November 1992), commonly known as Andressa Alves or simply Andressa, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club AS Roma. She previously played for FC Barcelona of ...

References

External links

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Sky Blue FC player profile

Santos FC player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Francielle 1989 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Olympic footballers of Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sky Blue FC (WPS) players Saint Louis Athletica players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Santos FC (women) players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players Stjarnan women's football players Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Avaldsnes IL players Toppserien players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway São José Esporte Clube (women) players LGBT association football players Brazilian LGBT sportspeople Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Women's Professional Soccer players Association footballers' wives and girlfriends