Luany Vitória da Silva Rosa (born 3 February 2003), simply known as Luany, is a Brazilian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for Spanish club

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

Liga F The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, currently known as the Liga F (finetwork Liga F for sponsorship reasons), is the highest level of Sports league, league competition for women's football in Spain. It is the women's equivalent ...

Club career

Luany began her professional career in Brazil with Grêmio, before transferring to American club

OL Reign Seattle Reign FC is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2012, it is one of eight inaugural members of the NWSL. Since J ...

in February 2023. She did not make an appearance for the team before being loaned by the Reign on 11 August 2023 to

Madrid CFF Madrid Club de Fútbol Femenino (; ''Madrid Women's Football Club'') is a Spanish women's football club based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, that currently plays in Liga F. History Madrid CFF was founded in 2010 by Alfredo ...

, for undisclosed financial terms through June 2024.

International career

Luany has represented Brazil at the under-20 level, winning the

2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship The 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 10th edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (), the biennial international youth association football, football championship organised by CONMEBO ...

and playing at the

2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup () was the 10th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its ...

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* 2003 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Madrid CFF players Seattle Reign FC players Grêmio FBPA (women) players Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players National Women's Soccer League players Liga F players Footballers from Nova Iguaçu 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub