Thaís Helena da Silva (born 19 June 1987) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Série A2 club Ceará SC. She has been called up to the Brazil women's national team.

Early life

Thaís Helena was born in

Itu The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)In the other common languages of the ITU: * * is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

International career

Thaís Helena played for Brazil at the

2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship The 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held from 10 to 27 November 2004. It was the second edition of the youth tournament for women put together by FIFA, before being renamed FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship for the 2006 edition ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

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* * 1987 births Living people People from Itu, São Paulo Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players São José Esporte Clube (women) players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players ASA Tel Aviv University players Associação Esportiva Tiradentes players Grêmio FBPA players São Paulo FC (women) players Ceará Sporting Club players Première Ligue players Ligat Nashim players Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate women's footballers in Israel 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub