Maria João Fernandes Clemente Lopes Xavier (born 8 March 1971) is a Portuguese former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. She has been a member of the
Portugal women's national team.
International goals
''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first''
References
1971 births
Living people
Portuguese women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Sporting CP (women's football) players
Portugal women's international footballers
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