Lelê
Personal information
Full name Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva
Date of birth (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994[1]
Place of birth Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Corinthians
Number 12
Youth career
América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Vitória das Tabocas
2013 Kindermann 4 (0)
2014 São José (0)
2015 Centro Olímpico 6 (0)
2016–2021 Corinthians 84 (0)
2021–2022 Benfica 20 (0)
2022– Corinthians 20 (0)
International career‡
2015– Brazil 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023

Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva (born 13 August 1994), commonly known as Letícia or Lelê, is a Brazilian professional football goalkeeper for Brazilian club Corinthians and the Brazilian national team. She was part of the Brazil squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

A draft in February 2016 assigned Brazil women's national football team players Letícia and Rafinha[4] to a combined Corinthians Audax team, who went on to win the 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.[5]

In October 2017 Corinthians Audax won the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Letícia made two saves in a penalty shootout win over Colo-Colo following a 0–0 draw in the final at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción.[6]

International career

Letícia represented Brazil's youth team at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.[7] After graduating to the under-20 team, she attended the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2012 and 2014.[8]

In December 2015, she won a cap for the senior Brazil women's national football team at the 2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal,[9] appearing as a substitute for Bárbara in an 11–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago.

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Caruso, Luisa (3 August 2014). "O tapete verde agora delas" (in Portuguese). O Dia. Retrieved 30 December 2018. Criada em Oswaldo Cruz
  3. ↑ "Nómina de jugadoras" (PDF). CONMEBOL (in Spanish). p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Confira como foram as escolhas dos clubes" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Corinthians/Audax vence São José e é campeão da Copa do Brasil Feminina" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "0-0: Corinthians, campeón de la Libertadores" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. ↑ do Nascimento Pereira, André; Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (30 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira sub-17 feminina (womens' u-17 Brazilian national team) 2008-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2014-2015". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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