Mayara Gonçalves

Mayara Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name Mayara Gonçalves Santana[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998[1]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
Position Goalkeeper[1]
Team information
Current team
Al-Taraji
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Duque de Caxias 3 (0)
2016 Vasco 20 (0)
2017 Vitória das Tabocas 0 (0)
2017 Penarol 6 (0)
2018 São Francisco-BA 5 (0)
2019 AD Lusaca 2 (0)
2019–2020 Ceará 19 (0)
2021 Botafogo 2 (0)
2022 Al Ain 8
2022–2023 Al Hilal 6 (0)
2023– Al-Taraji 29 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mayara Gonçalves Santana (born 24 June 1998), simply known as Mayara, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Taraji in the Saudi Women's Premier League.

Cub career

In 2017, Gonçalves played for Penarol.[2]

In February 2021, Botafogo announced the signing of Mayara ahead of the 2021 Brasileirão Feminino A1.[3] She made her debut as a starter for the team on 6 February 2021 in an 11–1 win against Angra Dos Reis in the Campeonato Carioca de Futebol.

In December 2022, Saudi Women's Premier League side Al Hilal announced the signing of Mayara from Emirati club Al Ain.[4] On 30 December 2022, She debuted for the club in a 6–3 win over Al Nassr.[5]

Ahead of the second edition of the Saudi Women's First Division League, she joined Al-Taraji, making her debut on 9 November 2023 in a 23–0 victory over Ras Tanuara.[6] Her performance was crucial in guiding the team to the league final, securing their promotion to the Premier League for the 2024–25 season.[7] In June 2024, Her contract was renewed for another season.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Mayara Gonçalves at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Dia muito ruim: goleira Mayara sofre dois frangos, é substituída e expulsa no banco" [Very poor day: goalkeeper Mayara concedes two blunders, is substituted, and sent off from the bench]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). 28 October 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Mayara, Mylena e Kamilla: perfis dos reforços para o Brasileirão 2021 Feminino A1" [Mayara, Mylena and Kamilla: profiles of the reinforcements for the 2021 Brasileirão Feminino A1]. mundobotafogo.blogspot.com (in Portuguese). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ ""مايارا" ثاني صفقات الهلال البرازيلية" ["Mayara" is Al Hilal's second Brazilian signing.]. alyaum.com (in Arabic). 28 December 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  5. ^ "مايارا تكمل سلسلة الحارسات الأجنبيات بالدوري السعودي" [Mayara completes the series of foreign goalkeepers in the Saudi League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Al-Taraji starting XI against Ras Tanura" (in Arabic). Al-Taraji. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Instagram.
  7. ^ "موسم منتظر لبروز المزيد من حارسات المرمى السعوديات" [An anticipated season for the emergence of more Saudi goalkeepers.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 15 June 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024. The three clubs that qualified for the Premier League relied on foreign goalkeepers, with Al-Taraji depending on the Brazilian Mayara Gonçalves.
  8. ^ "إسباني يقترب من تدريب "سيدات الترجي"". aawsat.com (in Arabic). 24 June 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024. On another note, Al-Taraji's management renewed the contract with Brazilian goalkeeper Mayara.