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Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva (born 18 February 1977), known simply as Kátia Cilene, is a Brazilian former footballer.


Career

A former track and field star who finished as high as fifth in the heptathlon at the South American championships, Kátia Cilene is a veteran of three World Cups and two Olympic games. She began her international career as a key member of the Brazilian team in the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden, then played all five of her country's matches in the Atlanta Olympics. Her outstanding play and two goals at the 1999 Women's World Cup drew rave reviews and in 2000 she finished fourth in scoring at the Sydney Olympics. Kátia Cilene spent five seasons in the Brazilian Women's League and ranked as the No.1 goal scorer in each of them. In 1997 she scored 34 goals as the newly formed
São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...
won the
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. With the launch of the WUSA in 2001, Katia was given the opportunity to take her game to an even higher level and she signed with the
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. That first season she played well and scored seven goals. In 2002, she improved to score 15 goals. Her goals plus her five assists also made her the leading overall point scorer with 35.


Spain

In February 2005, Kátia Cilene arrived in Spain to play for Estudiantes Huelva. She transferred to
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in May 2005 to play in the post-season
2005 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol The 2005 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, Copa de S.M. La Reina de Fútbol was the 23rd edition of Spain's women's soccer, women's football single-elimination tournament, national cup. The 2004 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, previous edition's reduction ...
, scoring two goals in five games to help her new club retain the trophy. She then agreed a deal to remain with Levante for the 2005–06 Superliga Femenina season.


France

Kátia Cilene moved to
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's
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin OL Lyonnes, formerly known as (; then commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon) and still commonly known as Lyon or simply OL, is a French women's professional Women's association football, football club based in Lyon. The club has been the fem ...
in January 2007, scoring 57 goals in 58 league matches. In summer 2010 she signed for
Paris Saint-Germain Féminines Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain or simply PSG, are a French professional women's football club based in Paris. Founded in 1971, they compete in the Première Ligue, the top division of Fr ...
.


Later career

After spending five years in the
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in 2011 she moved to the Russian Championship where she played for Zorky Krasnogorsk. She played for Sundsvalls DFF in 2013.


International career

Kátia Cilene was frequently part of the
Brazil women's national football team The Brazil women's national football team ( Portuguese: ''Seleção Brasileira Feminina de futebol'') represents Brazil in international women's football and is run by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It has participated in all nine ...
from 1995 to 2007. She went to three
World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
s, finishing in second place in
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and third in
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, as well as being in the quarter-finalist's squad from
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
. While she played in the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
, finishing fourth, Kátia was left out of the team that won an Olympic silver in 2004 due to a knee injury. Kátia retired from the national team after the
2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of ...
in her hometown of Rio de Janeiro, where Brazil won the gold.Katia Cilene, marinheira de muitas viagens
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International goals


References


External links


Olympique Lyonnais profile

Profile
at AupaAthletic * (I) * (II) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Katia Cilene 1977 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen Women's association football forwards Olympic footballers for Brazil Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players Expatriate women's footballers in France Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Liga F players Levante UD Femenino players Paris Saint-Germain FC (women) players Brazil women's international footballers San Jose CyberRays players Expatriate women's footballers in Russia FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games footballers for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in football Première Ligue players Saad Esporte Clube (women) players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games São Paulo FC (women) players Sundsvalls DFF players Elitettan players Women's United Soccer Association players