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==Club career==
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Born in [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Formiga was born during a period when it had become illegal for women to play football in [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibbs |first1=Lindsay |title=41-year-old Formiga is last active Brazilian player who was alive when women's football was illegal |website=[[ThinkProgress]] |url=https://thinkprogress.org/formiga-brazilian-player-womens-football-illegal-world-cup/ |access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref>
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Born in [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Formiga was born during a period when it had become illegal for women to play football in [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibbs |first1=Lindsay |title=41-year-old Formiga is last active Brazilian player who was alive when women's football was illegal |website=[[ThinkProgress]] |url=https://thinkprogress.org/formiga-brazilian-player-womens-football-illegal-world-cup/ |access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> Formiga began playing football at the age of 12, although she was sometimes [[Combat|beaten up]] by her brother who did not want her to join in. She was supported by her mother, Celeste, who took her to play [[futsal]] for the nearby [[Euroexport]] club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Formiga Formidável: a incrível história da brasileira que joga há mais de duas décadas pela Seleção |url=https://observatorioracialfutebol.com.br/formiga-formidavel-a-incrivel-historia-da-brasileira-que-joga-ha-mais-de-duas-decadas-pela-selecao/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=Observatório da Discriminação Racial no Futebol |date=8 June 2019 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref>


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Formiga performed well at Euroexport and had a good relationship with the [[Coach (sports)|coach]] Dilma Mendes. She came to the notice of national team selectors while at Euroexport, but when national team players were encouraged to move to [[São Paulo]]-based clubs in preparation for the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996 Olympics]], coach Mendes helped her to sign for [[Saad Esporte Clube|Saad]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mendonça |first1=Renata |title=Formiga, a última dança: 26 anos de seleção, 233 jogos e um legado imensurável |url=https://dibradoras.com.br/2021/11/24/formiga-a-ultima-danca-26-anos-de-selecao-233-jogos-e-um-legado-imensuravel/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=Dibradoras |date=24 November 2021 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref> In 1997 Formiga joined newly-formed [[São Paulo FC (women)|São Paulo FC]] where she won state and national titles.<ref>{{cite web |title=20 Anos &ndash; Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino 1997 |url=http://mngr.saopaulofc.net/media/164076/spfc_book_futebol_feminino_paulista_1997.pdf |publisher=[[São Paulo FC]] |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914203646/http://mngr.saopaulofc.net/media/164076/spfc_book_futebol_feminino_paulista_1997.pdf |archive-date=14 September 2018 |language=Portuguese |format=PDF}}</ref> São Paulo FC closed their women's section in 2000 and Formiga did not play in the controversial [[2001 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino]].
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Formiga began playing football at the age of 12, although she was sometimes [[Combat|beaten up]] by her brother who did not want her to join in. She was supported by her mother, Celeste, who took her to play [[futsal]] for the nearby [[Euroexport]] club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Formiga Formidável: a incrível história da brasileira que joga há mais de duas décadas pela Seleção |url=https://observatorioracialfutebol.com.br/formiga-formidavel-a-incrivel-historia-da-brasileira-que-joga-ha-mais-de-duas-decadas-pela-selecao/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=Observatório da Discriminação Racial no Futebol |date=8 June 2019 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref>


She was among six Brazilian players reported to have engaged a [[FIFA]]-licenced [[Sports agent|agent]] with a view to joining the nascent [[Women's United Soccer Association]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=EUA assediam seleção feminina de futebol |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u4599.shtml |access-date=8 January 2023 |publisher=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |date=2 September 2000 |language=Brazilian Portuguese |quote=Seis jogadoras já foram sondadas (Sissi, Roseli, Kátia, Pretinha, Maycon e Formiga) e contrataram um empresário com credenciais da Fifa para trocar o anonimato no Brasil pela promessa de fama nos EUA.}}</ref> However she was not included in the [[2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation]] and instead played the 2001 season with Santa Isabel of [[Ubá]], [[Minas Gerais]]. She joined a competitive team assembled under Formiga's former national team coach [[Ademar Fonseca|Dema]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mathias |first1=Alexandre |title=Club Santa Isabel MG of Brazil has new coach |url=http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/conmebol-refs/con-santa_10july01.html |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=Women's Soccer World |date=11 July 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011112100145/http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/conmebol-refs/con-santa_10july01.html |archive-date=12 November 2001}}</ref> which won the 2001 [[List of Brazilian women's football champions|Campeonato Brasileiro]] as hosts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matias |first1=Alexandre |title=Santa Isabel from Ubá-MG is the Brazilian Champion of 2001. |url=http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/conmebol-refs/conm-brazil_9september01.html |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=Women's Soccer World |date=9 September 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135332/http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/conmebol-refs/conm-brazil_9september01.html |archive-date=16 March 2006}}</ref>
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Formiga performed well at Euroexport and had a good relationship with the [[Coach (sports)|coach]] Dilma Mendes. She came to the notice of national team selectors while at Euroexport, but when national team players were encouraged to move to [[São Paulo]]-based clubs in preparation for the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996 Olympics]], coach Mendes helped her to sign for [[Saad Esporte Clube|Saad]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mendonça |first1=Renata |title=Formiga, a última dança: 26 anos de seleção, 233 jogos e um legado imensurável |url=https://dibradoras.com.br/2021/11/24/formiga-a-ultima-danca-26-anos-de-selecao-233-jogos-e-um-legado-imensuravel/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=Dibradoras |date=24 November 2021 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref>


In 2002 Formiga spent a brief period with [[Santos FC (women)|Santos]], joining alongside [[Valeria (footballer, born 1968)|Valeria]] and playing under future national team coach [[Kleiton Lima]]. She was restricted to local [[Exhibition game|friendly]] appearances as the São Paulo state and national competitions had collapsed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Santana |first1=Natalia |title=#TBT: Formiga nas Sereias e a importância do acervo histórico para o futebol feminino |url=https://meupeixao.com.br/2021/05/tbt-formiga-nas-sereias-e-a-importancia-do-acervo-historico-para-o-futebol-feminino/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=Meu Peixao |date=20 May 2021 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref> Also in 2002, Formiga was part of [[Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (Minas Gerais)|Santa Cruz]]'s Minas Gerais state championship-winning team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Formiga |url=http://www.saadec.com.br/jogadora_formiga.htm |publisher=[[Saad Esporte Clube]] |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706154426/http://www.saadec.com.br/jogadora_formiga.htm |archive-date=6 July 2011 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref>
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Formiga played in the Swedish [[Damallsvenskan]] as a member of [[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF Dam]] and for both Santa Isabel and [[Saad Esporte Clube|Saad]] in her homeland of Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|title=Formiga|url=http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/modalidades/futebol/brasileiros/formiga.jhtm|publisher=[[Universo Online]]|access-date=26 July 2015|language=pt}}</ref> Formiga was the first overall pick for the newly inaugurated [[Women's Professional Soccer]] (WPS) league in the United States in the [[2008 WPS International Draft]], selected by [[FC Gold Pride]] of [[Santa Clara, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_11618270 |title=FC Gold Pride signs No. 1 pick Formiga |first=Almond |last=Elliot |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=3 February 2009 |access-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> Formiga started 15 of her 16 games for Gold Pride in their [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season|inaugural season in 2009]]. The following season, Formiga played for [[Chicago Red Stars]] alongside compatriot [[Cristiane (footballer)|Cristiane]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazilian midfielder Formiga joins Cristiane on Red Stars|url=http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=363011|access-date=26 July 2015|publisher=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]|date=2 March 2010}}</ref> In 2011, Formiga returned to her country to play for [[São José Esporte Clube|São José]].

Immediately after playing at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004 Athens Olympics]], Formiga joined the Swedish [[Damallsvenskan]] as a member of [[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF Dam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Formiga|url=http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/modalidades/futebol/brasileiros/formiga.jhtm|publisher=[[Universo Online]]|access-date=26 July 2015|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Svärdkrona |first1=Zendry |title=Färsk OS-silvermedaljör förstärker Malmö FF |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/zLEoer/farsk-os-silvermedaljor-forstarker-malmo-ff |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=8 September 2004 |language=Swedish}}</ref> She had been playing [[Futsal|indoor football]] for the previous two years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lundin |first1=Johan |title=MFF tar upp jakten på Umeå - brasiliansk stjärna förstärker |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/l13R29/mff-tar-upp-jakten-pa-umea-brasiliansk-stjarna-forstarker |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=8 August 2004 |language=Swedish}}</ref> Formiga made a favourable impression in her first two months with the club, who were pleased when she agreed to extend her contract in December 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Formiga klar för Malmö FF |url=http://www.damfotboll.com/node/2328 |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=Damfotboll.com |date=23 December 2004 |language=Swedish}}</ref> Private [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsors]] agreed to cover her substantial 75,000[[Swedish krona|kr]] salary for the first half of the 2005 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergsten |first1=Stellan |title=Formiga kan bli MFF:s räddning |url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/formiga-kan-bli-mffs-raddning/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=[[Expressen]] |date=22 March 2005 |language=Swedish}}</ref> She helped Malmö finish second in 2005, but the club could not afford to extend her contract again, describing her as "an expensive solution".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jönsson |first1=Kent Leijon |title=Rachel Unitt kan ersätta Formiga |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2005-12-19/rachel-unitt-kan-ersatta-formiga |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=[[Sydsvenskan]] |date=19 December 2005 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

With the [[New Jersey Wildcats]] in the [[2006 USL W-League season]], Formiga was deployed as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]], scoring 13 goals in 12 games.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Jersey Wildcats |url=http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22357.html |publisher=[[United Soccer League]] |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219072048/http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22357.html |archive-date=19 February 2014}}</ref> She returned to the [[USL W-League]] in [[2007 USL W-League season|2007]] with [[Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues|Jersey Sky Blue]], where she was less prolific in front of goal: scoring once in six appearances but serving five [[Assist (association football)|assists]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jersey Sky Blue |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/6188682.html |publisher=[[United Soccer League]] |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620015838/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/6188682.html |archive-date=20 June 2008}}</ref>

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Formiga was the first overall pick for the newly inaugurated [[Women's Professional Soccer]] (WPS) league in the United States in the [[2008 WPS International Draft]], selected by [[FC Gold Pride]] of [[Santa Clara, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_11618270 |title=FC Gold Pride signs No. 1 pick Formiga |first=Almond |last=Elliot |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=3 February 2009 |access-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> Formiga started 15 of her 16 games for Gold Pride in their [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season|inaugural season in 2009]]. The following season, Formiga played for [[Chicago Red Stars]], alongside compatriot [[Cristiane (footballer)|Cristiane]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazilian midfielder Formiga joins Cristiane on Red Stars|url=http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=363011|access-date=26 July 2015|publisher=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]|date=2 March 2010}}</ref> In 2011, Formiga returned to her country to play for [[São José Esporte Clube|São José]].


In 2017, she signed for [[Division 1 Féminine]] club [[Paris Saint-Germain Féminine|Paris Saint-Germain]].
In 2017, she signed for [[Division 1 Féminine]] club [[Paris Saint-Germain Féminine|Paris Saint-Germain]].

Revision as of 14:05, 11 February 2023

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Maciel and the second or paternal family name is Mota.

Formiga
Formiga in 2016
Personal information
Full name Miraildes Maciel Mota[1]
Date of birth (1978-03-03) 3 March 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil[2]
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Euroexport
1996 Saad
1997–1998 São Paulo
1999 Portuguesa
2000 São Paulo
2002 Santos
2003 Independente
2003–2004 Santa Isabel
2004–2005 Malmö FF Dam
2006–2007 Saad
2006 → New Jersey Wildcats (loan) 12 (13)
2007 → Jersey Sky Blue (loan) 6 (1)
2008 Botucatu
2009 FC Gold Pride 16 (0)
2010 Chicago Red Stars 23 (0)
2011 São José
2012 América de Natal
2013–2015 São José 20 (2)
2016 São Francisco do Conde 6 (2)
2017–2021 Paris Saint-Germain 68 (2)
2022 São Paulo 13 (0)
International career‡
1995–2021 Brazil 234[4][5][6] (29)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 United States Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 China Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
South American Women's Football Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Argentina Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Peru Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ecuador Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ecuador Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Chile Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2021

Miraildes Maciel Mota (born 3 March 1978), commonly known as Formiga (Template:Lang-pt), is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a midfielder for São Paulo FC. She previously played for professional clubs in Sweden, the United States and France. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil national team, being the only player present in all Olympic Games tournaments of women's football since the first edition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a record for appearing at seven different FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.

Formiga was a member of the Brazil national team for 26 years and is the most capped football player in the history of the Brazil national teams (men's or women's), gaining her 234th and final cap in a 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus.[7] She is the only football player in history (men's or women's) to play in seven World Cups and seven Olympic Games.[6][5][4]

Club career

Club career

Born in Salvador, Formiga was born during a period when it had become illegal for women to play football in Brazil.[8] Formiga began playing football at the age of 12, although she was sometimes beaten up by her brother who did not want her to join in. She was supported by her mother, Celeste, who took her to play futsal for the nearby Euroexport club.[9]

Formiga performed well at Euroexport and had a good relationship with the coach Dilma Mendes. She came to the notice of national team selectors while at Euroexport, but when national team players were encouraged to move to São Paulo-based clubs in preparation for the 1996 Olympics, coach Mendes helped her to sign for Saad.[10] In 1997 Formiga joined newly-formed São Paulo FC where she won state and national titles.[11] São Paulo FC closed their women's section in 2000 and Formiga did not play in the controversial 2001 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino.

She was among six Brazilian players reported to have engaged a FIFA-licenced agent with a view to joining the nascent Women's United Soccer Association in the United States.[12] However she was not included in the 2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation and instead played the 2001 season with Santa Isabel of Ubá, Minas Gerais. She joined a competitive team assembled under Formiga's former national team coach Dema,[13] which won the 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro as hosts.[14]

In 2002 Formiga spent a brief period with Santos, joining alongside Valeria and playing under future national team coach Kleiton Lima. She was restricted to local friendly appearances as the São Paulo state and national competitions had collapsed.[15] Also in 2002, Formiga was part of Santa Cruz's Minas Gerais state championship-winning team.[16]

Immediately after playing at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Formiga joined the Swedish Damallsvenskan as a member of Malmö FF Dam.[17][18] She had been playing indoor football for the previous two years.[19] Formiga made a favourable impression in her first two months with the club, who were pleased when she agreed to extend her contract in December 2004.[20] Private sponsors agreed to cover her substantial 75,000kr salary for the first half of the 2005 season.[21] She helped Malmö finish second in 2005, but the club could not afford to extend her contract again, describing her as "an expensive solution".[22]

With the New Jersey Wildcats in the 2006 USL W-League season, Formiga was deployed as a forward, scoring 13 goals in 12 games.[23] She returned to the USL W-League in 2007 with Jersey Sky Blue, where she was less prolific in front of goal: scoring once in six appearances but serving five assists.[24]

Formiga was the first overall pick for the newly inaugurated Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league in the United States in the 2008 WPS International Draft, selected by FC Gold Pride of Santa Clara, California.[25] Formiga started 15 of her 16 games for Gold Pride in their inaugural season in 2009. The following season, Formiga played for Chicago Red Stars, alongside compatriot Cristiane.[26] In 2011, Formiga returned to her country to play for São José.

In 2017, she signed for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain.

International career

Formiga first played for the Brazil national team at the age of 17, as part of the squad for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing as a substitute. The following year, during the inaugural tournament for women's football at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she became a regular starter in the Brazilian team. Formiga and Pretinha were the only two Brazilian players who participated in the first four Olympic Games tournaments of women's football, winning the silver medal in both 2004 and 2008 – both finals lost to the United States.[27] She returned in the 2012 and 2016 tournaments, setting an outright record as the only player present in the first six editions of the Olympics tournament.[28][29] She participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, as well.[30]

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was Formiga's record-breaking seventh consecutive major tournament appearance;[31] Lothar Matthäus, Antonio Carbajal, and Rafael Márquez share the record of five consecutive appearances in the men's competition.[32] Along the way, Formiga's Brazil reached third place in 1999 and were runners-up to Birgit Prinz's Germany in 2007.[27] Formiga became the competition's oldest goalscorer with a goal against South Korea on 9 June 2015.[33] She was 37 years, three months and six days old.[34]

Formiga also won the gold medal in three editions of the Pan American Games, 2003, 2007 and 2015,[27] and winning the silver in 2011 when Brazil was beaten by Canada.

Formiga retired from the Brazil national team in 2016 but returned in 2018 to compete in the Copa América Femenina in Chile.[35] She also appeared for Brazil at the 2019 World Cup, becoming the oldest player in the tournament's history at the age of 41.[36] On 1 December 2020, Formiga played her 200th match with Brazil in an 8–0 win over Ecuador.[37]

Formiga played in the 2020 Summer Olympics, to become the first female player to participate in seven Olympic Games.[38]

In November 2021, she announced her second retirement from the Brazil national team.[39] On 26 November, 2021, Formiga played her last match for Brazil in their 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus,[40][41] officially retiring from the national team.[4][5][6]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 March 1998 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina  Argentina 2–0 7–1 1998 South American Women's Football Championship
2. 25 April 2003 Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 3–0 2003 South American Women's Football Championship
3. 27 April 2003  Colombia 3–0 12–0
4. 20 August 2004 Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio, Greece  Mexico 2–0 5–0 2004 Summer Olympics
5. 4–0
6. 23 September 2007 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, China  Australia 1–0 3–2 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
7. 18 August 2008 Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China  Germany 1–1 4–1 2008 Summer Olympics
8. 12 September 2014 Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja, Ecuador  Bolivia 1–0 6–0 2014 Copa América Femenina
9. 5–0
10. 9 June 2015 Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada  South Korea 1–0 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
11. 7 April 2018 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile  Ecuador 4–0 8–0 2018 Copa América Femenina

Style of play

She has cited Dunga, captain of the male Brazil national team team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup as the biggest influence on her playing style.[27] She earned the nickname Formiga, which means ant in Portuguese, as a teenager because of her unselfish style of play which reminded fellow players of the way ants worked together as a colony.[42]

Honours

São Paulo

Botucatu

São José

Paris Saint-Germain

Brazil

Individual

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Formiga". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Aos 43 anos, Formiga se aposenta da seleção brasileira". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Andrade, Henrique; Candal, Ludmila. "Aos 43 anos, Formiga é convocada para últimos jogos pela Seleção Brasileira". CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Personalidades do mundo do futebol homenageiam Formiga em sua despedida da Seleção Brasileira". CBF (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. ^ Football: India battle hard in 6-1 defeat against Brazil as the legendary Formiga bids farewell Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. ^ Gibbs, Lindsay. "41-year-old Formiga is last active Brazilian player who was alive when women's football was illegal". ThinkProgress. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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  11. ^ "20 Anos – Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino 1997" (PDF) (in Portuguese). São Paulo FC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ "EUA assediam seleção feminina de futebol" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 2 September 2000. Retrieved 8 January 2023. Seis jogadoras já foram sondadas (Sissi, Roseli, Kátia, Pretinha, Maycon e Formiga) e contrataram um empresário com credenciais da Fifa para trocar o anonimato no Brasil pela promessa de fama nos EUA.
  13. ^ Mathias, Alexandre (11 July 2001). "Club Santa Isabel MG of Brazil has new coach". Women's Soccer World. Archived from the original on 12 November 2001. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  14. ^ Matias, Alexandre (9 September 2001). "Santa Isabel from Ubá-MG is the Brazilian Champion of 2001". Women's Soccer World. Archived from the original on 16 March 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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  22. ^ Jönsson, Kent Leijon (19 December 2005). "Rachel Unitt kan ersätta Formiga" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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  24. ^ "Jersey Sky Blue". United Soccer League. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  25. ^ Elliot, Almond (3 February 2009). "FC Gold Pride signs No. 1 pick Formiga". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  26. ^ "Brazilian midfielder Formiga joins Cristiane on Red Stars". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights). 2 March 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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