Jheniffer
Brazilian footballer
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Jheniffer da Silva Cordinali Gouveia (born 6 November 2001), simply known as Jheniffer, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil side Tigres UANL and the Brazil women's national football team.
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| Full name | Jheniffer da Silva Cordinali Gouveia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 November 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | UANL | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Corinthians (futsal) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Tiger Academia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Audax | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Internacional | 18 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Corinthians | 131 | (60) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | UANL | 16 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Brazil U17 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Brazil U20 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Brazil | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6:40, 2 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:43, 28 February 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Internacional
Born in São Paulo, Jheniffer joined Internacional in 2019, from Audax. She scored on her senior debut on 17 March 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring her side's fourth in a 5–0 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A1 away routing of Vitória das Tabocas.[2] Six days later, she netted a brace in a 7–0 home thrashing of São Francisco do Conde.[3]
Corinthians
On 11 January 2021, after scoring nine times in the 2020 Série A1, Jheniffer moved to Corinthians.[4] She scored on her league debut against Napoli on 18 April 2021, scoring in the 6th minute.[5] Her former strike partner was Adriana.[6]
Corinthians renewed her contract in December 2022.[7]
Tigres UANL
On 1 January 2025, Jheniffer was announced at Tigres UANL.[8]
International career
After representing Brazil at the under-17 (the former in the 2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship and the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Jhennifer represented the under-20 in the 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship).[9] She made her debut against Peru U20s on 6 March 2020.[10] Jheniffer scored her first league goal against Paraguay U20s on 8 March 2020, scoring in the 61st minute.[11]
Jheniffer was one of the nine Corinthians player called up by head coach Arthur Elias to the full side on 1 September 2023, for a period of trainings.[12]
She made her debut against Canada on 6 April 2024.[13]
On 2 July 2024, Jheniffer was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 4 June 2024 | Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil |  Jamaica | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 28 July 2024 | Parc des Princes, Nice, France |  Japan | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 4. | 27 February 2026 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica |  Costa Rica | 2–0 | 5–2 | Friendly |
| 5. | 5–2 | |||||
Honours
Internacional
- Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Feminino: 2019, 2020
Corinthians
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1: 2021, 2022, 2023
- Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2021
- Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2021, 2023
- Supercopa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino: 2022, 2023
- Copa Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2022
UANL
Brazil U17
Brazil
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024[15][16]
