 Poliana playing forPalmeiras in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Poliana Barbosa Medeiros[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-02-06)6 February 1991 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ituiutaba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Palmeiras | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| América/Juventude | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | São José | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Stjarnan | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Houston Dash | 37 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Orlando Pride | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | São José | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Corinthians | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | São José | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Palmeiras | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Brazil U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Brazil | 41 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:35, 25 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:35, 25 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Poliana Barbosa Medeiros (born 6 February 1991), known asPoliana, is a Brazilianfootballdefender who plays forPalmeiras and theBrazil women's national football team.
Poliana signed forSantos in 2009 after a successful trial period.[2]
After moving on toSão José, Poliana won theCopa Libertadores Femenina three times in2011,2013 and2014. She scored two goals in the 2014 final.[3]
In December 2014, Poliana played for São José in the2014 International Women's Club Championship, which they won by thrashing Englishwild-card entrantArsenal Ladies 2–0 in the final.[4]
Later that month, she agreed atransfer to the United States, withNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) teamHouston Dash.[5]
Before Poliana could play for Houston, she was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the2016 Rio Olympics.[6]
Poliana made her league debut againstChicago Red Stars on 17 April 2016.[7] She scored her first league goal againstOrlando Pride on 4 September 2016, scoring in the 48th minute.[8]
In July 2015, Poliana agreed to play for IcelandicÚrvalsdeild clubStjarnan in theirUEFA Women's Champions League qualifiers the following month.[9] She scored on her league debut againstValur on 6 August 2015, scoring in the 59th minute.[10]
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On 6 February 2018, Poliana was traded by the Dash to theOrlando Pride for a second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.[11] She made her league debut againstUtah Royals on 24 March 2018.[12] Poliana was waived at the end of the season having made 10 appearances.
During her second spell at the club, Poliana made her league debut againstMinas Brasilia on 16 March 2019.[13] She scored her first league goal against Corinthians on 14 August 2019, scoring in the 24th minute.[14]
Poliana made her league debut againstAvaí on 13 February 2020.[15]
Poliana was announced at São José on 15 Jan 2022.[16] During her third spell at the club, she scored on her league debut against Avaí on 5 March 2022, scoring in the 2nd minute.[17]
Poliana was announced at Palmeiras on 15 August 2022.[18] She scored on her league debut againstReal Ariquemes on 26 February 2023, scoring in the 71st minute.[19]
During her spell at Palmeiras, she became the first women's player to win 5 Libertadores.[20]
Poliana made her debut againstNorth Korea U20s on 13 July 2010.[21]
After representing Brazil at the2010 edition of theFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Poliana made her senior debut at the2012 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.[22]
Poliana was not included in Brazil's initial squad for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, but received a late call-up whenFabiana withdrew with a thigh injury.[23]
Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 2014-03-10 | Santiago, Chile |  Venezuela | 1.1 | 5250.02005 4–0 | 5450.04005 5–0 | South American Games 2014 |
| 2 | 2014-03-16 | Santiago, Chile | Venezuela | 1.1 | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5450.04005 2–0 | South American Games 2014 |
| 3 | 2015-09-19 | Le Havre, France |  France | 1.1 | 5250.02005 1–2 | 5450.04005 1–2 | Friendly game |
| 4 | 2015-12-01 | Cuiabá, Brazil |  New Zealand | 1.1 | 5250.02005 1–1 | 5450.04005 5–1 | Friendly game |
| 5 | 2015-12-13 | Natal, Brazil |  Mexico | 1.1 | 5250.02005 6–0 | 5450.04005 6–0 | Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 |
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