Kelly (footballer, born 1985)

Kelly
Personal information
Full name	Kelly Cristina Pereira da Silva
Date of birth	15 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Fluminense
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2001	Vasco da Gama
2003–2014	CEPE-Caxias
2016	Flamengo
2017	America-RJ
2019–	Fluminense
International career‡
2003–2004	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2003

Kelly Cristina Pereira da Silva (born 15 May 1985), commonly known as Kelly, is a Brazilian women's international footballer who plays as a forward. She was a member of the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[1]

Club career

Kelly played for CR Vasco da Gama, but was left without a club when they folded in 2001. She trained on her own for a period before joining Petrobras in mid-2003.^[2]

International career

Youth

Kelly played for Brazil women's national under-20 football team at the 2002 and 2004 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[3]^[4]

Senior

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Kelly was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning squad. She appeared briefly as a substitute for Rosana in the 2–0 Group G defeat by the United States, but had to be substituted herself 12 minutes later after breaking her collarbone.^[5]