Telma Encarnação
Portuguese footballer (born 2001)
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Telma Raquel Velosa Encarnação (born 11 October 2001) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a striker for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP and the Portugal women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Telma Raquel Velosa Encarnação | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Marítimo | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ADRC Os Xavelhas | |||
| Marítimo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2024 | Marítimo | 78 | (54) |
| 2024- | Sporting CP | 17 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U17 | 13 | (16) |
| 2018–2020 | Portugal U19 | 16 | (16) |
| 2022– | Portugal U23 | 2 | (3) |
| 2018– | Portugal | 41 | (7) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2025 | |||
Club career
In May 2018, Encarnação scored in Marítimo's 6–0 win over Clube Condeixa which secured the club's promotion to the top-flight Campeonato Nacional Feminino for the first time.[2] After becoming a key player she agreed a new three-year contract with Marítimo in March 2021, prolonging her stay at the Funchal club she joined as a 13-year-old from ADRC Os Xavelhas in nearby Câmara de Lobos.[3] In August 2024, she joined the two-times Portuguese champions Sporting CP.
International career
On 10 November 2018 Encarnação won her first senior cap for Portugal in a 1–0 friendly win over Wales in Rio Maior. She entered play as a 59th-minute substitute for fellow Madeiran Laura Luís.[4]
On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[5] In that World Cup she scored Portugal's first goal in any Women's World Cup, in a match against Vietnam.[6]
On 24 June 2025, Encarnação was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[7]
International goals
- Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 June 2021 | Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States |  Nigeria | 3–1 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 2. | 19 September 2021 | Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion, Israel |  Israel | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 28 June 2022 | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal |  Australia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 6 September 2022 | Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Portugal |  Turkey | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 11 April 2023 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal |  Wales | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 27 July 2023 | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand |  Vietnam | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 7. | 27 February 2024 | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal |  South Korea | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 11 July 2025 | Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland |  Belgium | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
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