Daniela Alves Lima

This article is about the football player. For the female name, see Danielle.

Daniela

Personal information
Full name	Daniela Alves Lima
Date of birth	12 January 1984 (1984-01-12) (age 27)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Youth career
	Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
–2008	Saad Esporte Clube
2008	Linköpings FC
2009	Saint Louis Athletica	4	(2)
National team‡
	Brazil
Honours Competitor for  Brazil Olympic Games – Women's Football Silver 2004 Athens Team Competition Silver 2008 Beijing Team Competition Pan American Games – Women's Football Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team Competition Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:11, 30 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:11, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Daniela Alves Lima^[1] (born on 12 January 1984, in São Paulo), commonly known as Daniela, is a Brazilian footballer who played midfielder who last played for Saint Louis Athletica of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the Brazil women's national football team.

Career

Daniela begun her career at the age of 13, at Portuguesa de Desportos. She also played for Göteborg and Saad EC, for which she won the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2007 (and was the top scorer with 14 goals). Then she went to play as a volante (defensive midfielder) for Swedish Linköpings FC after leaving Saad EC in February 2008. She now plays for The Saint Louis Athletica of the Women's Professional Soccer League in the United States. In Athletica's fourth game against the Washington Freedom, Daniela scored the club's first two goals of the season, before suffering a season-ending injury resulting from an unfortunate tackle by Abby Wambach.

International

She was a member of the Brazilian National Team that participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

References

1. ^ Daniela Alves Lima profile at soccerway.com

External links

• Daniela Alves Lima – FIFA competition record
• Saint Louis Athletica player profile

Persondata
Name	Lima, Daniela Alves
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 January 1984
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death
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