Maiara Niehues
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.jpg) Niehues with Angel City in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maiara Carolina Niehues | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Itapiranga, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Angel City | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019 | Chapecoense | ||
| 2020 | Iranduba | ||
| 2020–2022 | Internacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Chapecoense | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Internacional | 26 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Sporting CP | 21 | (7) |
| 2025– | Angel City | 14 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Brazil U-20 | 2 | (2) |
| 2026– | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 March 2026 | |||
Maiara Carolina Niehues (born 11 August 2004) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team.
Early career
Born in Itapiranga, Santa Catarina,[1] Niehues began her career with Chapecoense, where she managed to play for the first team at the age of 15. After leaving in the following year, she spent a short period at Iranduba. She then played for Internacional, appearing in matches for their senior, under-20, under-18, under-17, and under-16 teams from 2020 to 2022. She compiled a combined eight goals and four assists in all competitions while helping the club's under-20 section to a 2022 National Championship appearance.[2]
Sporting CP
Niehues joined Portuguese club Sporting CP in September 2022.[3] During her time at Sporting, she appeared in 57 matches in all competitions, scoring 18 goals and three assists in 3,214 minutes on the pitch.[2]
Angel City
In March 2025, Angel City FC acquired Niehues for an undisclosed transfer fee, signing her to a three-year contract.[2] Niehues scored her first goal for Angel City on September 1, 2025, which was the eventual game winner to secure a 2–1 victory over Bay FC.[4]
