Leah Fortune
Personal information
Full name Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune[1]
Date of birth (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–2005 Brasilia LFC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Texas Longhorns
2011–2013 Lee Flames
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Brasilia LFC 248 (9)
2009 Team Chicago LFC 35 (6)
2012–2015 Charlotte Lady Eagles
2016 Orlando Pride 3 (0)
International career
2006–2009 Brazil U18 37 (5)
2009–2010 Brazil U20 19 (8)
2010–2014 Brazil 6 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 USC Upstate (assistant)
2017– Lipscomb (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune (born 13 December 1990) is a Brazilian football manager and former player. She has been a member of the Brazil women's national team. She has also played for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Orlando Pride.[2]

Biography

She was born in São Paulo to American missionary parents and grew up in Illinois.[3][4] She attended Wheaton Academy, graduating high school in 2009.[5]

FIFA.com describes her as "one of the more unusual players" in the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, and describes her style of taking throw-ins as "a remarkable long throw, the prelude of which is a spectacular forward flip to help her launch the ball a long way into the area".[6] In November 2010, Leah was called up to the Brazil women's national football team. However, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament, leaving her out of football for months in recovery.[7]

By virtue of her dual nationality, she could have had the opportunity to play at the senior international level for either Brazil or the United States.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 27 April 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Orlando Pride Completes Roster with Signing of Brazilian-American Leah Fortune". Orlando City SC. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Player Bio: Leah Fortune". Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Fortune stars for Brazil U-20s". Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Wheaton Academy. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Leah and Brazil hoping to make amends". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Marta talks Tyresö and WPS, while Leah Fortune makes a comeback". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.


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