Letícia Santos

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.

Letícia Santos^[note 1]

Playing for SC Sand in October 2017
Personal information
Full name	Letícia Santos de Oliveira
Date of birth	(1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 30)[1][2]
Place of birth	Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	XV de Piracicaba
2014	São José
2015–2016	Avaldsnes IL	44	(2)
2017–2019	SC Sand	47	(2)
2019–2023	Eintracht Frankfurt[a]	28	(0)
2024–	Corinthians	0	(0)
International career^‡
2017–	Brazil	38	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:45, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Letícia Santos de Oliveira (born 2 December 1994), commonly known as Letícia Santos, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Corinthians and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

In January 2015 Letícia transferred from São José to Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegian Toppserien.^[4] After two seasons in Norway she signed for the German club SC Sand. She extended her contract a year later after her performances impressed the team's coach.^[5] In June 2019, Letícia was transferred from SC Sand to 1. FFC Frankfurt.^[6]

International career

With the Brazil women's national under-20 football team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2014.^[7]

She was selected by the senior Brazil women's national football team for the first time in March 2017 for a friendly against Bolivia in Manaus.^[8] She started the match and assisted Marta for Brazil's third goal in their 6–0 win.^[9] In October 2017, Letícia was recalled to the senior national team for the 2017 Yongchuan International Tournament as a replacement for regular right-back Fabiana who withdrew with a knee sprain.^[10]

Notes

1. The "Santos" distinguishes her from her Brazilian international teammate Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva, who is typically known simply as Letícia.

1. Known during the 2019-20 season as 1. FFC Frankfurt.

References

1. "LETICIA SANTOS". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. "Letícia Santos". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
3. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
4. Kristiansen, Geir-Å. (4 January 2015). "Fra Brasil til Avaldsnes" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
5. Nunes Loreto, Bruno (12 February 2018). "Lateral-direita brasileira renova contrato com time da Alemanha" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
6. "Brasilianerin kommt nach WM zum FFC" (in German). 1. FFC Frankfurt. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
7. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
8. Seixas, Rodrigo (13 March 2017). "Letícia Santos: é de Atibaia, é do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Correio de Atibaia. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
9. "Sands Brasilianerin Leticia: "Ein Traum ist in Erfüllung gegangen"" (in German). German Football Association. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
10. "Letícia está convocada para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

External links

• Letícia Santos at Soccerway