Rosana dos Santos Augusto (born 7 July 1982), commonly known as Rosana, is a Brazilian

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and former

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who last played for

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. She played professionally for teams in Brazil, Austria, France, Norway and the United States. Since making her debut for the

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in June 2000, she won over a

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. She has participated in four

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s and four editions of the

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Club career

Rosana played for several years in Brazil before moving to Austria in 2004. There she played as a left winger for

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. In 2005–06 she was the ÖFB-Frauenliga's top goal scorer, with 26 goals. Rosana dos Santos Augusto (Olympique Lyonnais)

At the 2008 WPS International Draft Rosana was selected by

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(WPS). In her first season she scored five goals from a central playmaking role. Teammate

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questioned Rosana's defensive capabilities: "for some reason, whenever we meet about defending, the usually quite fluent Rosana no longer speaks or understands English!" She signed with French

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title holders

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in September 2011. From February 2011 until September she had been back in Brazilian football, playing for Centro Olímpico. In summer 2013 Rosana joined Norwegian club

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. She recommended that the club's owners also sign her compatriot,

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, at the same time. In one-and-a-half seasons in Norway, Rosana and Debinha became key players, with Rosana becoming

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of the team. Rosana played for São José in the 2014 International Women's Club Championship. She scored in the Brazilian club's 2–0 final win over English wild card entrant

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. She agreed a return to the United States, with

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(NWSL) team

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, in December 2014. Before Rosana 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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. She finished the 2015 season back in Norway with Avaldsnes, and scored in the

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final, which Avaldsnes lost 3–2 to

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. In January 2016 Rosana joined French club

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. She returned to Brazilian football with São José in August 2016. The

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signed Rosana on 10 January 2017, after acquiring her rights in a deal brokered by the Courage's prior organization, the

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. She appeared in 4 matches before being waived on 21 June 2017, due to a lack of playing time with the Courage and opportunities to play elsewhere. After spending the 2018 season with Santos, Rosana announced her retirement from football. In 2020 she came out of retirement to play for

, before retiring again in February 2021 and joining

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as the coach of their new women's team.

International career

In June 2000 Rosana made her international debut in

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's 8–0 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup win over

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. As an 18-year-old she played at the

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, where Brazil finished fourth after losing 2–0 to

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in the bronze medal match at

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. At the

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, Rosana scored Brazil's third goal in a 3–2 win over

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which ensured qualification for that year's

. At the

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in the United States she performed well and scored as Brazil upset Olympic champions

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4–1.

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defeated Brazil 2–1 in the quarter-final. Rosana was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at both the

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and

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Olympic Football Tournaments. She was a substitute in the

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, which Brazil lost 2–0 to Germany. At the tournament Rosana and teammates Marta, Cristiane and Daniela were

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d "the fantastic four". Rosana (06), lateral, DSC00928

In Brazil's victorious

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campaign, Rosana twice scored from free kicks, against both

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and

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. This led to comparisons with contemporary male footballer

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. At the

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Rosana scored Brazil's goal in a 1–0 win over

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and the second in a 3–0 win over dispirited Norway. Brazil then lost a controversial quarter-final on

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to the

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after a 2–2 draw. Rosana had been substituted out for

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with five minutes of normal time remaining. In an interview with

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.com ahead of the

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, Rosana still regretted the manner of Brazil's World Cup defeat the previous year. At the Olympics, Rosana and Brazil lost their final group E game 1–0 to hosts

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before a record crowd of 70,584 at

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. That meant a quarter-final against World Cup holders

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, who eliminated Brazil by winning 2–0 at Cardiff's

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. At the

in Canada, Rosana appeared in one of Brazil's four matches, starting the 1–0 final group game win over

. In October 2017 Rosana was one of five Brazil players to quit international football, disgruntled at pay and conditions, and the

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's sacking of head coach Emily Lima.

International goals

Personal life

Rosana was both

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state and national champion in

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References

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(NFF) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosana 1982 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Women's association football wingers Olympic footballers of Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers from São Paulo Sky Blue FC (WPS) players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players Paris Saint-Germain Féminine players Expatriate women's footballers in France Toppserien players Avaldsnes IL players Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players Expatriate women's footballers in Austria SV Neulengbach (women) players FIFA Century Club Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil São José Esporte Clube (women) players North Carolina Courage players Pan American Games medalists in football Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players National Women's Soccer League players Division 1 Féminine players Santos FC (women) players ÖFB-Frauenliga players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games São Paulo FC (women) players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women) players Women's Professional Soccer players