Valéria Cantuário da Silva (born 10 September 1998), simply known as Valéria, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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or a winger for Portuguese club Benfica and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

Valéria has played for AE São Paulo, SE Tiradentes, Grêmio Osasco Audax EC, EC Vitória and

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in Brazil and for

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in Spain.

International career

Valéria represented Brazil at the

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. She made her

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debut on 28 November 2020.

References

1998 births Living people People from Teresina Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Women's association football wingers Madrid CFF players Primera División (women) players Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain São Paulo FC (women) players S.L. Benfica (women) footballers Sportspeople from Piauí {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub