Thaís Duarte Guedes (born 20 January 1993), known as Thaís Guedes or Thaisinha, is a Brazilian

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who plays either as a

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or as an

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for Santos.

Club career

Born in

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, Thaisinha joined the youth sides of Juventus-SP in 2005, aged 12. In late 2008, she was invited by Kleiton Lima to join Santos, where she won two

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titles in a row. In 2011, Thaisinha signed for Bangu. She later moved to Vitória das Tabocas in that year, and was a regular starter for the club. In February 2013, Thaisinha and her teammate Bia Zaneratto were transferred to South Korean club

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. There, she won six

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titles, five of them in a row, aside from having a short spell back at Vitória on loan in 2014. On 21 January 2020, Thaisinha returned to the ''Sereias da Vila''. In the following seasons, she was a regular starter and renewed her contract on multiple occasions.

International career

Thaisinha received her first call-up to the Brazil national under-17 team at the age of 13. She was also in the squad of the

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and

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editions of the

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, and featured with under-20s in the

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. She made her debut for the senior national team in December 2010, a 3–0 2010 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo win over

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. Thaisinha was named in Brazil's squad for the

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in Germany and participated in the 3–0 group stage win over

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. Thaisinha also helped Brazil to win the silver medal in the

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, after being a spotlight in the

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. She scored her first international goal on 18 October 2011, netting Brazil's opener in a 2–0 win over

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for the former tournament. Thaisinha was recalled to the national team after a 23-month absence in November 2015. She had returned to form with her Korean club after initially struggling to adapt and suffering several injuries.

Style of play

A skillful

or an

, Thaisinha's playing style has been compared to that of

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. She was also often named as the successor of

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during her early career.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.''

Honours

Santos * Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino (''Paulista Women's Football Championship'', in English) is the women's football state championship of São Paulo State, and is contested since 1987. Format There is no predetermined format for the ...

: 2010 *: 2020, 2024 Vitória das Tabocas * Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol Feminino: 2011, 2012, 2013 Hyundai Steel Red Angels *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Brazil *

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References

External links

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Santos player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thaisinha 1993 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Women's association football midfielders 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic footballers for Brazil Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea Santos FC (women) players WK League players Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC players Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in football FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Brazil Summer World University Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas players 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen