Mariana dos Santos Almeida (born 24 February 1998) is a Brazilian

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, who plays for

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in Turkey with jersey number 25.

Early life

Mariana dos Santos Almeida was born in

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, Brazil on 24 February 1998.

Playing career

She played in her country for the clubs

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently compet ...

(2016), AAD Vitória das Tabocas (2018),

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(2019). She was with

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, before she became a member of

Cruzeiro EC Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (), known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays ...

(2020–2021), Her contract with Cruzeiro EC was renewed under the condition that she will be loaned out to the

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-based club

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

She will return to Brazil after the 2021–22 Turkcell Super League season. She joined Beşiktaş J.K. in the beginning of August 2021, and played in two matches of the

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. On 10 March 2022, she left Turkey.

References

1998 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Turkish Women's Football Super League players CR Vasco da Gama (women) players São Paulo FC (women) players {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub