Tainara
Brazilian footballer
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Tainara de Souza da Silva (born 21 April 1999), simply known as Tainara or sometimes Tay, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender in Cruzeiro and for the Brazil national team.
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Tainara with Brazil in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tainara de Souza da Silva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brasília, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | São Francisco | 16 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Vitória | 21 | (2) |
| 2020 | Santos | 8 | (1) |
| 2021 | Palmeiras | 16 | (2) |
| 2022 | Bordeaux | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Bayern Munich | 18 | (1) |
| 2026– | Cruzeiro | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Brazil U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021– | Brazil | 25 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:09, 23 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:12, 26 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in Brasília, Federal District, Tainara made her senior debut with São Francisco in 2016. She made her league debut against Vitória on 27 January 2016.[2]
She subsequently played for Vitória. Tainara scored her first league goal against Minas Brasilia on 26 April 2019, scoring in the 89th minute.[3]
Tainara joined Santos in January 2020.[4] She made her league debut against Iranduba on 14 February 2020.[5] Tainara scored her first league goal against Osasco Audax, scoring in the 18th minute.[6]
A regular starter for Santos, Tainara moved to Palmeiras on 15 January 2021.[7] She scored on her league debut, scoring against Ferroviária on 19 April 2021, scoring in the 45th+3rd minute.[8]
Roughly one year later, she moved abroad after signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with French side Bordeaux.[9] Tainara made her league debut against Stade de Reims on 22 January 2022.[10]
Tainara was announced at Bayern Munich on 31 May 2022.[11] She made her league debut against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 September 2022.[12] Tainara scored her first league goal against Köln on 16 October 2022, scoring in the 68th minute.[13] She became the first Brazilian to score for Bayern Munich.[14]
On 3 January 2026, Tainara was announced at Cruzeiro, signing a two-year contract with the Serie A1 team.[15]
International career
Tainara made her U17 debut against Nigeria U17s on 1 October 2016.[16] She made her U20 debut against USA U20s on 30 June 2018.[17]
After representing Brazil at under-17 and under-20 sides, Tainara received her first call-up for the full side in September 2020.[18] She made her full international debut on 18 February 2021, starting in a 4–1 SheBelieves Cup win over Argentina.[19]
Career statistics
Honours
Santos
- Copa Paulista: 2020
Palmeiras
- Copa Paulista: 2021
Bayern Munich
Brazil
