Suzane Pires Cardozo (born Suzane Lira Pires; 17 August 1992), simply known as Suzane,[3] is a Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santos and the Portugal women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Suzane Pires Cardozo[1] | ||
| Birth name | Suzane Lira Pires[2] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1992[3] | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil[3] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventus-SP | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Southern Connecticut Owls | 70 | (25) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Boston Breakers | 12 | (0) |
| 2015 | Portuguesa | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Santos | 17 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Marítimo | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Ferroviária | 44 | (5) |
| 2024– | Santos | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Portugal | 28 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:29, 20 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2023 | |||
Early life edit
Suzane was born and raised in São Paulo,[4] but moved to Stuttgart at young age.[1] After representing Juventus-SP as a youth,[1] she was offered a scholarship at the Southern Connecticut State University, playing for the Southern Connecticut Owls.[4]
Club career edit
Suzane has played for the Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League.[5][6][7] She was waived by the Boston Breakers in October 2015,[8] and returned to her home country with Portuguesa.
In 2016, Suzane joined Santos. She helped the club to win their first-ever Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 in 2017 as a starter, but suffered a knee injury afterwards, and opted to leave the club at the end of the season to follow her husband to Portugal.[1]
On 5 September 2018, after a period without a club, Suzane joined Marítimo.[9] On 9 April 2021, she signed for Ferroviária.[10]
On 9 January 2024, after being a regular starter at AFE Suzane returned to Santos.[11]
International career edit
Besides Brazil, Suzane was also eligible to play for Portugal through her paternal grandfather, who was born in Braga.[12][13] She made her senior debut with the latter on 26 November 2015, in a 6–1 win over Montenegro.
On 6 July 2017, Suzane was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the nation's first ever continental competition.[14] On 5 July 2022, she was included in the 23-women squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, replacing injured Andreia Jacinto.[15]
Personal life edit
Suzane is married to Brazilian male footballer Gauther Martins Cardozo, with whom she has a son, who is also called Gauther.[16]
Career statistics edit
International edit
- As of 13 February 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016[17] | 13 | 0 | |
| 2017[17] | 8 | 0 | |
| 2021[17] | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022[17] | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Santos
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Especial: O que o Santos uniu nem a distância separa" [Special: What Santos has united, not even distance separates]. Diário do Peixe (in Portuguese). 8 April 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Jugador: Suzane Pires" [Player: Suzane Pires]. Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Suzane". Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Suzane Pires - 2013 - Women's Soccer". Southern Connecticut Owls. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Suzane Pires – Midfielder". Boston Breakers. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Hemming, Nick (13 September 2014). "Breakers Sign Brazilian Forward Suzane Pires". The Bent Musket. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Suzane Pires". Southern Connecticut State University. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Breakers waive Bia, Rafinha, and Suzane Pires". Boston Breakers. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015.
- ^ "Futebolista internacional portuguesa Suzane Pires reforça Marítimo" [Portuguese international footballer Suzane Pires bolsters Marítimo] (in Portuguese). Record. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Ferroviária vai ao mercado e contrata meia-atacante da seleção portuguesa" [Ferroviária go to the market and sign attacking midfielder of the Portugal national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Torcedores.com. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Suzane Pires é primeiro reforço das Sereias da Vila para 2024" [Suzane Pires is the first addition of the Sereias da Vila for 2024] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Assim joga Suzane Pires, a brasileira que foi convocada por Portugal" (in Portuguese). 14 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ ""Seria bom demais chegar à final e ter o Ronaldo a assistir"" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "As eleitas para o Europeu". fpf.pt. 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Suzane Pires chamada". FPF (in European Portuguese). 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Suzane Pires garante: "Podem estar certas, dá para ser mãe e voltar a jogar ao mais alto nível"" (in Portuguese). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Suzane Pires at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
External links edit
- Suzane Pires at Global Sports Archive
- Boston Breakers player profile
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