Thaís Duarte Guedes (born 20 January 1993), commonly known as Thaís Guedes or Thaisinha, is a Brazilian

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who plays as either a

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or an

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for Santos and the Brazil national team. With Brazil's youth teams she competed at the

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and

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editions of the

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, as well as the

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. At senior international level she played at the

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and the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament. A skilful

, her playing style has been compared to that of

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Club career

In February 2013 Thaís and her Vitória das Tabocas teammate

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announced that they had accepted a

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to South Korean club

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International career

She made her debut for the senior national team in December 2010, a 3–0 2010 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo win over

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. Thaís was named in Brazil's squad for the

in Germany and participated in the 3–0 group stage win over

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. Thaís was recalled to the national team after a 23-month absence in November 2015. She had returned to form with her Korean club after initially struggling to adapt and suffering several injuries.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Santos player profile
1993 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Women's association football midfielders 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic footballers of Brazil Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea Santos FC (women) players WK League players Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC players Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Universiade medalists in football Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas players {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub