Aline Pellegrino (born July 6, 1982), commonly known as Aline, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a defender for Russian club

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and several clubs in her native Brazil. She was a member of the Brazil national team that won the silver medal at the

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and competed at the

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. She was made

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of the national team in 2006. In August 2011, she joined Russian Champions League contestant

International career

Aline missed the

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after suffering a knee ligament injury in a pre-tournament friendly against

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. She had helped to secure Brazil's place at the tournament, by scoring in a 5–1 win over

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at a

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–

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play-off staged at Beijing's

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. Brazil had been forced into the play-off following a shock defeat at the hands of

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at the

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International goals

Guerreiras Project

In 2010 Aline and Caitlin Fisher founded the Guerreiras () Project, to counter

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in women's football in Brazil.

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* * * * * 1982 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Olympic footballers for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's association football defenders Footballers from São Paulo 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Santos FC (women) players Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia WFC Rossiyanka players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Pan American Games gold medalists in football Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games footballers for Brazil Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub