Ketlen Wiggers (born 7 January 1992), commonly known as Ketlen, is a Brazilian

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who plays for Santos in Brazil and the

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. Since playing for Vitória das Tabocas, she has sometimes worn the

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" on her shirt.

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residents thought her light skin,

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and fair hair bore a resemblance to the

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manufactured by

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Club career

In the

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season Ketlen played five times for Vittsjö. Ketlen transferred from Centro Olímpico to Boston Breakers in December 2014. After Ketlen played 61 minutes of one match, the Breakers agreed to release her from her contract due to

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. Since leaving the Breakers in 2015, Ketlen has played for in Brazil for

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino.

International career

Ketlen's senior debut for Brazil came in October 2011, in a 2–0

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win over

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, Mexico.

Career statistics

International

References

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Santos FC player profile
1992 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Damallsvenskan players Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Vittsjö GIK players Boston Breakers (NWSL) players Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players Santos FC (women) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States National Women's Soccer League players Women's association football forwards Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Universiade medalists in football Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas players 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub