Poliana Barbosa Medeiros (born 6 February 1991), known as Poliana, is a Brazilian

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defender who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino side São José and the

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Club career

Poliana signed for Santos in 2009 after a successful trial period. After moving on to São José, Poliana won the

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three times in

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and

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. She scored two goals in the 2014 final. In December 2014, Poliana played for São José in the 2014 International Women's Club Championship, which they won by thrashing English wild-card entrant

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2–0 in the final. Later that month, she agreed a

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to the United States, with

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(NWSL) team

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. Before Poliana could play for Houston, she was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the

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in Canada and the

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. In July 2015, Poliana agreed to play for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club

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in their

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qualifiers the following month. On 6 February 2018, Poliana was traded by the Dash to the

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for a second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. She was waived at the end of the season having made 10 appearances.

International career

After representing Brazil at the

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edition of the

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, Poliana made her senior debut at the

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. Poliana was not included in Brazil's initial squad for the

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, but received a late call-up when Fabiana withdrew with a thigh injury.

International goals

References

External links

*
Poliana Barbosa Medeiros
– FIFA World Cup profile
Houston Dash player profile
1991 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazil women's international footballers Houston Dash players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Minas Gerais Women's association football defenders National Women's Soccer League players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Olympic footballers of Brazil São José Esporte Clube (women) players Stjarnan women's football players Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football) players Orlando Pride players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub