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Márcia Taffarel ( Bento Gonçalves, 15 March 1968) is a Brazilian former
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
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 ...
who played for 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 ...
. She competed at the
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the first FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international governing body sele ...
and the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, playing 5 matches. At the club level, she played for
EC Radar Esporte Clube Radar was a Brazilian professional women's association football club, based in the Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Copacabana neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded as a beach football side in 1981 and restructured for associa ...
and
Saad EC Saad Esporte Clube was a Brazilian association football club founded 1961 in São Caetano do Sul on the outskirts of São Paulo. In the latter part of the first decade of the 21st century, the club established an autonomous department in Campo Gra ...
. She is cousin to
world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...
goalkeeper
Cláudio Taffarel Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeping coach of both club Liverpool, and the Brazil national team. Taffarel began his senio ...
.


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Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 225 athletes – 159 men, 66 women – competed in 18 sports. The country set a record with both 15 medals – only surpassed in 2008 – and 3 golds – surpassed in 2004 with ...


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* * * 1968 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Brazil Women's association football midfielders 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players Brazil women's international footballers Saad Esporte Clube (women) players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub