Gabi Nunes
Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
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Gabriela "Gabi" Nunes da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɡabɾiˈɛlɐ ˈɡabi ˈnuniz da ˈsiwvɐ]; born 10 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team. She represented her country at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics, receiving a silver medal at the latter.
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| Full name | Gabriela Nunes da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Orlando Pride | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Centro Olímpico | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Centro Olímpico | 23 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Corinthians | 63 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Madrid CFF | 54 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Levante UD | 28 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | Aston Villa | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Orlando Pride | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Brazil U-17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Brazil U-20 | 16 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Brazil | 38 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Nunes began her career in football playing for the Centro Olímpico. In this club she played for the youth categories (U-15 and U-17) and the senior team. In 2015, she moved to the Osasco Audax to play the Paulista Women's Soccer Championship and became the tournament's top scorer scoring 12 goals. For the national championship at the end of 2015, Nunes returned to the Centro Olímpico and scored fourteen goals in twelve matches, crowning herself the tournament's top scorer.
The following year Nunes transferred to Corinthians/Audax to play the national championship in 2016. The striker scored seven goals in ten games, but her team were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Nunes won the 2016 Brazil Cup, scoring a goal in the final against São José. Afterwards, she played for Madrid CFF and Levante UD.[2][3]
On 13 September 2024, Nunes signed for Aston Villa[4] and made her debut in a 2–0 win against Crystal Palace in the Women's League Cup at Bescot Stadium.
On 4 August 2026, the Orlando Pride announced they had signed Nunes through the end of the 2026 season.[5]
International career
Youth
Gabi Nunes started representing Brazil internationally in 2013, when the striker became part of the squad that participated in the 2013 South American Under-17. Nunes played four matches in the competition, but Brazil were eliminated in the group stage.
In November 2015 she competed in the 2015 South American Under-20. Nunes scored three goals and helped Brazil win the seventh title in this competition. With this success in the 2015 South American Under-20, Nunes was called to join the group that was preparing for the Olympics.
Nunes participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scoring five goals in four matches and won a silver shoe of the competition, becoming the first Brazilian to win this award and score in all matches that participated in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Senior
Nunes was given her senior debut with Brazil after returning from the 2016 U-20 World Cup. She made 4 appearances in 2016 during friendly matches as well as an additional 3 appearances in friendlies in 2017. In the Summer of 2017, Nunes was included in the Brazil squad for the Tournament of Nations, starting in 2 of the 3 games. In 2021, Nunes joined the team for the 2021 Torneio Internacional de Manaus de Futebol Feminino. She started the second game of the tournament against Venezuela and scored her first international goal at the senior level.
Nunes was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]
On 1 February 2024, Nunes was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.[7]
On 2 July 2024, Nunes was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 May 2025[9][citation needed]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | State Cup[b] | League cup[c] | Continental[d] | Other[e] | Total | ||||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Centro Olímpico | 2014 | Brasileirão Feminino | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2015 | Brasileirão Feminino | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 17 | |||||
| Corinthians | 2016 | Brasileirão Feminino | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2017 | Brasileirão Feminino | 18 | 12 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 12 | |||||
| 2018 | Brasileirão Feminino | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | Brasileirão Feminino | 11 | 9 | — | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | 14 | |||||
| 2020 | Brasileirão Feminino | 13 | 1 | — | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | 24 | 12 | |||||
| 2021 | Brasileirão Feminino | 11 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 17 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 95 | 64 | ||||
| Madrid CFF | 2021–22 | Primera División | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 7 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Liga F | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 15 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 58 | 16 | ||||||
| Levante UD | 2023–24 | Liga F | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2[f] | 2 | 34 | 16 | ||
| Aston Villa | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 184 | 83 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 232 | 118 | ||
- Includes Women's League Cup
- Includes Supercopa de España Femenina and Women's League Cup
- Appearances in Supercopa de España Femenina
International
- As of match played 10 August 2024[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Brazil | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 3 | |
| Total | 38 | 8 | |
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nunes goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 28 November 2021 | Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil |  Venezuela |
2–1 | 4–1 | International Tournament of Manaus 2021 |
| 2 | 11 April 2022 | Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain |  Hungary |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 3–0 | |||||
| 4 | 2 July 2023 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil |  Chile |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 5 | 6 December 2023 | Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara, Brazil |  Nicaragua |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 6 | 21 February 2024 | Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States |  Puerto Rico |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
| 7 | 2 March 2024 | BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States |  Argentina |
4–0 | 5–1 | |
| 8 | 25 July 2024 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France |  Nigeria |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Honours
Brazil
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024[11][12]
