Darlene de Souza

Darlene
	With selfie stick at the 2014 Copa América Femenina
Personal information
Full name	Darlene de Souza Reguera
Date of birth	11 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Flamengo
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012	SV Neulengbach
2012–2013	Spratzern
2013–2014	Rio Preto
2014	Centro Olímpico
2015	Rio Preto
2016	Changchun Zhuoyue
2017	Rio Preto
2017–2018	Zaragoza CFF
2018–2021	Benfica
2021–	Flamengo
International career‡
2013–	Brazil
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Brazil
Copa América Femenina
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2024

Darlene de Souza Reguera (born 11 January 1990), simply known as Darlene, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Flamengo and the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

From 2012 to 2013, Darlene played club football in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga, first for SV Neulengbach, then for Spratzern. She scored two goals in Spratzern's 2013 Austrian Cup final win over Neulengbach.^[3]

In April 2018, Darlene left relegated Zaragoza CFF to sign for newly formed Benfica, who were entering the Portuguese second division.^[5]

Darlene made her senior debut in December 2013, as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Chile at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília.^[6] In February 2015 Darlene 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.^[7]

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
goal 1	2013-12-22	Brasilia, Brazil	Chile	1.1	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 5–0	Torneio Internacional 2013
goal 2	2014-03-10	Santiago, Chile	Venezuela	1.1	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 5–0	South American Games 2014
goal 3	2014-09-12	Loja, Ecuador	Bolivia	1.1	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 6–0	Copa América 2014
goal 4	2014-12-18	Brasilia, Brazil	China	1.1	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 4–1	Torneio Internacional 2014
goal 5	2016-07-23	Fortaleza, Brazil	Australia	1.1	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 3–1	Friendly game
goal 6	2017-06-10	Fuenlabrada, Spain	Spain	1.1	5250.02005 1–1	5450.04005 1–2	Friendly game
goal 7	2018-11-10	Nice, Spain	France	1.1	5250.02005 3–1	5450.04005 3–1	Friendly game

Benfica

Rio Preto

SV Neulengbach

Brazil

^ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^ "ASV Spratzern siegt im ÖFB Ladies Cup Finale" (in German). Austrian Football Association. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ Barlem, Cíntia (28 January 2016). "Dinheiro também encanta no feminino, e brasileiras se rendem à China" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "Darlene de Souza is Benfica's seventh new signing". S.L. Benfica. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ "Benfica conquista troféu" [Benfica conquer trophy]. FPF (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.