Giovana Queiroz Costa (born 21 June 2003), known as Gio Queiroz or simply Gio, and sometimes Giovana Costa, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a winger for English

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club

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and the Brazil women's national team.

Early life

Queiroz was born in 2003 in

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, Brazil. In 2007, her family moved to

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and settled until 2014 until they moved to

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, Spain. She was part of the

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academy until 2017.

Club career

Queiroz played in the youth teams of

. She started her senior career in 2018 at

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club

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. On 9 December 2018, she made her professional debut as a 15-year-old in a 0–7 defeat against

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. Queiroz played 14 matches and scored one goal with Madrid until February 2020. On 17 July 2020, Barcelona announced the signing of Queiroz for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. On 12 August 2021, Levante signed Gio on a one–year loan deal until the end of the 2021–22 season. She made her official debut for Levante in qualification for the

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, entering the match against

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as a substitute. She scored her first goals for the club in the final of qualifying

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against Rosenborg. She entered the match as a substitute and scored twice in extra time, including the match-winning goal that helped Levante advance to

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of qualifying. In 2022, it was announced that Queiroz won the Samba Gold Feminino 2021 after defeating 29 opponents. The medal honors the best Brazilian player working abroad and was given to the women's category for the first time. In September 2022, it was reported that Queiroz was sold to

for around €40,000 and that she would go on loan to Everton for the season. She was recalled by

the following January.

International career

Youth

United States

Queiroz was called twice to represent the United States U17 national team in May and June 2019, playing at the UEFA Development Tournament held in May 2019 in

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. She started all three matches the team played at the tournament, which concluded with three wins for the United States U17 and the tournament title. In June, Queiroz was called again to a training camp held at the Elite Athlete Training Center in

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Spain

In August 2019, Queiroz was called to represent the Spain U17 national team in a friendly tournament held in Sweden in September of the same year. There, she played against the United States, whom she had played for months earlier, scoring a

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and leading Spain to a 4–3 win.

Brazil

In February 2020, Queiroz was named to Brazil's under-17 squad. She played against Austria and Portugal, scoring a goal in a 2–0 win against the former.

Senior

On 8 October 2020, Queiroz was called by

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's coach

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to a training camp in

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, Portugal on 18–28 October 2020. On 9 November, Queiroz was called to represent Brazil in two friendly matches against

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. Later, Argentina quit the matches with

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taking its place. On 1 December, she debuted for Brazil coming in the half time of the 8–0 win over Ecuador. In June 2021, Queiroz was named to Brazil's squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. She played against

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in the group stage match, coming up as substitute. Brazil ended up being eliminated at the penalties by

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at the quarter-finals. In June 2022, Queiroz was named to Brazil's squad for the 2022 Copa América Femenina. Brazil ended up winning the tournament for the 8th time, with Queiroz starting the initial match against

and coming up as a substitute against

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at the group stage. In July 2022, Queiroz was named to Brazil's squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at

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, but she withdrew from the tournament.

International goals

Personal life

Her brother, André Luiz Queiroz Costa, is also a footballer. He played for Real Madrid youth teams and represented the

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at the 2018 Nike International Friendlies.

Honours

Club

;Barcelona *

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Brazil

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Individual

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References

External links

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Profile at Barcelona

Profile at La Liga
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giovana 2003 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo People from Weston, Florida Soccer players from Florida Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Olympic footballers of Brazil American women's soccer players Spanish women's footballers Spain women's youth international footballers Brazilian emigrants to the United States Brazilian emigrants to Spain American emigrants to Spain Spanish people of Brazilian descent American sportspeople of Brazilian descent Naturalized citizens of the United States Naturalised citizens of Spain Women's association football forwards Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Atlético Madrid Femenino players Madrid CFF players FC Barcelona Femení players FC Barcelona Femení B players Levante UD Femenino players Segunda Federación (women) players Liga F players 21st-century American women Arsenal W.F.C. players Everton F.C. (women) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England American expatriate sportspeople in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England