Raquel Fernandes
Brazilian footballer
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Raquel Fernandes dos Santos (born 21 March 1991), commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Grêmio in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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| Full name | Raquel Fernandes dos Santos[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Contagem, Minas Gerais | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Atlético Mineiro | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Ferroviária | 12+ | (17+) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Botafogo-PB | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Ferroviária | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Changchun Zhuoyue | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ferroviária | 15 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Corinthians | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ferroviária | 15 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Iranduba (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Sporting Huelva | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Sporting CP | 38 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ferroviária | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Famalicão | 18 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Brazil | 52 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 Feb 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 Feb 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Raquel joined Ferroviária in 2010. In the 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino, she scored six goals in her team's 19–0 win over Botucatu.[2]
In January 2016 Raquel joined compatriots Darlene de Souza and Rafaelle Souza in transferring to Chinese Women's Super League club Changchun Zhuoyue.[3]
Raquel played in the Spanish Primera División for Sporting de Huelva between 2018 and 2019.[4]
On 26 July 2019, Raquel signed with Sporting CP in Portugal.[5]
International career
Atlético Mineiro player Raquel represented Brazil's youth team at the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[6] She was called up to the senior Brazil national team for the first time in August 2013 after showing impressive form for her club Ferroviária.[7]
In February 2015 Raquel was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[8] At the World Cup, Raquel appeared in each of Brazil's four matches, scoring in the 1–0 final group game win over Costa Rica.[9] After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by Australia, Raquel remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
International goals
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 2014-09-24 | Quito, Ecuador |  Ecuador |
1.1 |
4–0 |
4–0 |
2014 Copa América Femenina |
| 2 | 2014-09-26 | Sangolquí, Ecuador |  Argentina |
1.1 |
6–0 |
6–0 |
2014 Copa América Femenina |
| 3 | 2014-12-10 | Brasília, Brazil | Argentina |
1.1 |
3–0 |
4–0 |
Torneio Internacional 2014 |
| 4 | 2015-06-17 | Moncton, Canada |  Costa Rica |
1.1 |
1–0 |
1–0 |
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 5 | 2015-07-11 | Toronto, Canada | Costa Rica |
1.1 |
1–0 |
3–0 |
2015 Pan American Games |
| 6 | 2015-12-10 | Natal, Brazil |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1.1 |
10–0 |
11–0 |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 |
| 7 | 2016-03-04 | Santo António, Portugal |  Portugal |
1.1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
Algarve Cup 2016 |
| 8 | 2016-07-23 | Fortaleza, Brazil |  Australia |
1.1 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
Friendly game |