Milene Domingues Aganzo (born 18 June 1979), also known as Ronaldinha, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in São Paulo, Domingues played in a promotional futsal team of models run by the Flash Book modeling agency. In 1994 this team formed the basis of a new SC Corinthians women's team. She finished her playing career with CF Pozuelo de Alarcón. The ex-model holds the women's record for

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. Until the £400,000 transfer of

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to Barcelona in 2022, Domingues was the most expensive female football player in Spain, costing over £200,000, and second in the world behind

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, who cost £250,000. At international level she was included in the Brazil women's national football team for the

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. Her inclusion was somewhat surprising and

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Paulo Gonçalves emphasised that she was not a first choice: "Milene is going with us, but she is between the 19th and 20th player." She remained an unused substitute in all four matches as Brazil were eliminated in the quarter finals. She did participate in Brazil's next match in April 2004, under their new coach

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, an unofficial

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against Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer at Aggie Soccer Stadium.

Personal life

She was married to

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from April 1999 to September 2003.El equipo de «Ronaldinha»»
/ref> Together they have one son, Ronnie, who was born in Milan, on 6 April 2000. Later, Domingues married Spanish footballer

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. She is a Buddhist.

References

External links

Official site
1979 births Living people Brazilian Buddhists Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Association footballers' wives and girlfriends Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Primera División (women) players Rayo Vallecano Femenino players Serie A (women's football) players Brazil women's international footballers Freestyle footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy ASD Fiammamonza 1970 players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players CF Pozuelo de Alarcón Femenino players AD Torrejón CF Femenino players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub