Patrícia Alexandra Carvalho Ferreira Sousa Gouveia (born 26 April 1987) is a Portuguese former footballer who played for the

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on 16 occasions. At club level, she played for 1º Dezembro, Odivelas,

CF Benfica Clube Futebol Benfica (), commonly known as Futebol Benfica, or simply as ''Fofó'' (), is a Portuguese sports club based in the Benfica neighborhood of Lisbon. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be t ...

, and

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

. She also coached Sporting CP for a time in 2019.

Club career

At club level, Gouveia played for Portuguese teams 1º Dezembro, Odivelas, and

. She played for Italian team

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in the 2013–14 season, before transferring back to CF Benfica. In that period, she won five

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Championships, and the 2011–12

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; Gouveia scored for 1º Dezembro in the Final, as they beat Albergaria 4–0. In July 2016, Gouveia transferred from Benfica to

, and was the team's first captain. Later in the year, Gouveia became pregnant, and had to fight for paid

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. Whilst at Sporting CP, Gouveia won two Campeonato Nacional Feminino Championships, two Taça de Portugal Feminina, and one Supertaça de Portugal Feminina.

International career

Gouveia made one appearance for Portugal under-18s, and 10 appearances for Portugal under-19s. She made 16 appearances for the senior side, between 2006 and 2015. She was in the Portugal squad for the

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. She missed playing for Portugal at

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as she was on maternity leave; it was the first time that Portugal had qualified for the tournament.

Post-playing career

In 2019, Gouveia quit playing football to become manager of Sporting CP. Later in the year, she left the role and was replaced by Susana Cova. In 2020, Gouveia was supportive of FIFA demanding that all nations provide 14 weeks of paid maternity leave for pregnant footballers.

Personal life

Gouveia is from

São Sebastião da Pedreira São Sebastião da Pedreira (English: '' Saint Sebastian of the Quarry'') was a Portuguese parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lisbon. With the 2012 Administrative Reform, the former ''São Sebastião da Pedreira'' parish merged with the ...

, Lisbon, Portugal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gouveia, Patricia 1987 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese women's footballers Women's association football midfielders S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players Sporting CP (women's football) players Portugal women's international footballers Portuguese expatriate women's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Portuguese football managers ASD Calcio Chiasiellis players Serie A (women's football) players C.F. Benfica (women) footballers