Maurine Dorneles Gonçalves (born 14 January 1986), commonly known as Maurine, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a defender or

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for the Brazil women's national team. Due to her versatility, she operated in a number of different positions throughout her career, but was most often used as a full-back or defensive midfielder. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning squad at the

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and also played 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 club level Maurine enjoyed three spells with Santos and was hurt when the male parent club disbanded the female section in 2012. She also spent part of the 2011 season with American

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(WPS) franchise

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. After the 2012 demise of Santos, Maurine and nine other former Santos players agreed to join Centro Olímpico. She also represented Ferroviária and

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, before returning to the re-established Santos club in 2016. She finished her career with a stint at Famalicão in Portugal.

Club career

By the age of 15 Maurine was playing for her local club Grêmio. In 2006 and 2007 she played for

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of Rio de Janeiro, then joined Santos for the 2008 season. On 22 September 2009, the Atlanta Beat, an

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(WPS), selected Maurine in the

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, acquiring exclusive rights (within WPS) to negotiate with her. Maurine did not join the American team, instead finding success in the

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with Santos in

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and

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. Maurine eventually joined a WPS team in

, accompanying

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to the

. After making a single WPS appearance for the club she returned to Santos. In early 2012 Santos'

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scrapped the women's section, to save money after handing their male player

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a gigantic new contract. Maurine and the other players were surprised and hurt by the development. With Neymar's assistance, Maurine and the other displaced Santos players secured around $1,500,000 in external

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. But Santos' board refused to reverse their decision, claiming that the women's team cost $2,000,000 a year to run and provided no financial return. Instead ten of the players including Maurine moved to Centro Olímpico. When Santos later reinstated their women's team, Maurine was happy to rejoin for a third stint in July 2016. She was voted the best right-back of the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino. In June 2021 35-year-old Maurine announced her retirement from football following an 18-month spell in Portugal with Famalicão.

International career

Maurine was part of the Brazil under-20 selection at the

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s in

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and

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. She debuted for the senior Brazil national team in June 2007, a 2–0

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defeat by the

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. At the

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, naturally right-footed Maurine was deployed on the left of Brazil's midfield. During the

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Maurine was bereaved by the untimely death of her father. She scored the only goal of the semi-final against hosts

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and dedicated it to his memory. Later she got a

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on her forearm of herself celebrating the goal, bearing the legend: "Father, a great man, a huge yearning." Maurine was selected for her second Olympic football tournament at

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.com described her as one of the team's key players. Amidst allegations of a broken down

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plot, 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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. In May 2014, incoming

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recalled Maurine to the national team after a gap of nearly two years. In early 2015 Maurine 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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. At the World Cup, Maurine appeared in just one of Brazil's four matches, captaining a much-changed team in the 1–0 final group game win over

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. After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by

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, Maurine remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the

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. On 25 July 2015, Maurine entered the Pan American Games gold medal game against

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as a substitute in the 74th minute. From a corner kick, she hit a floater into the wind that curved directly into the goal. She scored on literally her first touch of the ball. In October 2017 Maurine 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

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International goals

Personal life

In December 2013, Maurine was reported to be

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Lucas Surcin, a professional footballer for Audux, who is seven years her junior and the son of

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. Reports in 2015 indicated that Maurine had broken up with Surcin and was dating another footballer

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. Wellington confirmed in a December 2017 interview with

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that he and Maurine had been in a relationship for three years. He reported that he was performing the

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duties while recovering from an

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. In 2012, Maurine appeared in a

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, to challenge the stereotype that female footballers are not feminine or attractive.

References

External links

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Santos player profile

WNY Flash player profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maurine 1986 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazilian female models Women's association football midfielders Olympic footballers for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Western New York Flash players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Santos FC (women) players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players Footballers from Porto Alegre Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Women's Professional Soccer players Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal F.C. Famalicão (women) players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (women) players