Patrícia Alexandra Carvalho Ferreira Sousa Gouveia (born 26 April 1987) is a Portuguese former footballer who played for the

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on 16 occasions. At club level, she played for 1º Dezembro, Odivelas, CF Benfica, and

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. She also coached Sporting CP for a time in 2019.

Club career

At club level, Gouveia played for Portuguese teams 1º Dezembro, Odivelas, and CF Benfica. She played for Italian team

Chiasiellis Chiasiellis (, German: ''Katzelsdorf''), sometimes Chiasiellis di Mortegliano (''Cjasielis di Mortean'') or Chiasellis, is a hamlet in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north east Italy. It is a ''frazioni'' of the ''comune'' of Mortegliano in th ...

in the 2013–14 season, before transferring back to CF Benfica. In that period, she won five

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Championships, and the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal Feminina; Gouveia scored for 1º Dezembro in the Final, as they beat Albergaria 4–0. In July 2016, Gouveia transferred from Benfica to

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, and was the team's first captain. Later in the year, Gouveia became pregnant, and had to fight for paid

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. Whilst at Sporting CP, Gouveia won two Campeonato Nacional Feminino Championships, two Taça de Portugal Feminina, and one

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International career

Gouveia made one appearance for Portugal under-18s, and 10 appearances for Portugal under-19s. She made 16 appearances for the senior side, between 2006 and 2015. She was in the Portugal squad for the

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. She missed playing for Portugal at

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as she was on maternity leave; it was the first time that Portugal had qualified for the tournament.

Post-playing career

In 2019, Gouveia quit playing football to become manager of Sporting CP. Later in the year, she left the role and was replaced by Susana Cova. In 2020, Gouveia was supportive of

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demanding that all nations provide 14 weeks of paid maternity leave for pregnant footballers.

Personal life

Gouveia is from

São Sebastião da Pedreira São Sebastião da Pedreira (English: '' Saint Sebastian of the Quarry'') was a Portuguese parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lisbon. With the 2012 Administrative Reform, the former ''São Sebastião da Pedreira'' parish merged with the ...

, Lisbon, Portugal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gouveia, Patricia 1987 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese women's footballers Women's association football midfielders S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players Sporting CP (women's football) players Portugal women's international footballers Portuguese expatriate women's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Portuguese football managers ASD Calcio Chiasiellis players Serie A (women's football) players C.F. Benfica (women) footballers 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen