Jana
Personal information
Full name Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Famalicão
Youth career
Nacional Gás/Unifor (futsal)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Messejana
2008–2011 Santos
2012 Centro Olímpico
2012 Zorky Krasnogorsk 5 (1)
2013 São José 1 (0)
2014 Caucaia 6 (1)
2015 Santos 3 (0)
2016–2017 Corinthians/Audax 9 (2)
2017–2020 S.C. Braga
2020 Palmeiras 11 (0)
2021 Grêmio 5 (1)
2021– Famalicão
International career‡
2009–2013 Brazil 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:15, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante (born 2 April 1988), commonly known as Jana, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino club Famalicão and the Brazil women's national team. She is a zagueira (transl. central defender), whose strongest attributes are marking and heading.[2]

Club career

Jana began playing futsal and progressed to playing football for her local team União Messejana, where she won the Ceará state league in 2005. In 2008 she attended a trial for Santos alongside 400 hopefuls and was one of two players to be signed up.[2]

Jana signed with S.C. Braga for the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino season and quickly became an important player for the club.[3]

After short stints in her homeland with Palmeiras and Grêmio, Jana returned to Portuguese football in August 2021, agreeing to join Famalicão.[4]

International career

Jana was part of the Brazil under-20 selection at the 2008 South American U-20 Women's Championship and subsequent 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5] In December 2009, she won four caps for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2009 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo,[6] including a debut against Chile.[7]

She made a further appearance for Brazil in September 2013, in a 1–0 win over New Zealand at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 11 November 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 Dorini, Guilherme (8 September 2016). "F4L Entrevista: Janaina Queiroz, Zagueira do Corinthians/Audax" (in Portuguese). Futebol nas 4 Linhas. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Feliz em Portugal, Janaína Queiroz comenta sobre o bom momento" (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Duarte, Mário (4 August 2021). "Jana Queiroz reforça Famalicão" (in Portuguese). Lado F. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ↑ 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 29 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (28 November 2015). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2008-2010". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Janaína entra para a história" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (26 November 2017). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.


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