Daniela (footballer)

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| name = Daniela

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| fullname = Daniela Alves Lima{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Brazil |publisher=FIFA |page=3 |date=15 September 2007 |access-date=10 April 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923143137/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|01|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| height = 1.67 m

| position = Midfielder

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| clubs1 = Portuguesa

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| clubs2 = San Diego Spirit

| years2 = 2003

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 0

| clubs3 = Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

| years3 = 2004

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 1

| clubs4 = Hampton Roads Piranhas

| years4 = 2005

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 0

| clubs5 = Bay State Select

| years5 = 2005–2006

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| clubs6 = Saad Esporte Clube

| years6 = 2007

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| clubs7 = Linköpings FC

| years7 = 2008

| caps7 = 22

| goals7 = 6

| clubs8 = Saint Louis Athletica

| years8 = 2009

| caps8 = 4

| goals8 = 2

| clubs9 = Hampton Roads Piranhas

| years9 = 2010

| caps9 = 1

| goals9 = 0

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|nationalyears1 = 2002 |nationalteam1 = Brazil U-19 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =

| nationalteam2 = Brazil

| nationalyears2 = 1999–2008

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}

| club-update = 22:11, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 22:11, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

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Daniela Alves Lima (born 12 January 1984), commonly known as Daniela, is a former Brazilian football midfielder who played for professional clubs in Brazil, Sweden and the United States. As a member of the Brazil women's national football team she participated in two FIFA Women's World Cups and three Olympic Games. Daniela was a box-to-box central midfielder who was renowned for her powerful long range shots.

Club career

Daniela had already played for four seasons at the women's section of São Paulo club Portuguesa,Portuguesa's female section were sometimes known as Lusa Sant'Anna due to an agreement with a local college of that name. when she was signed by San Diego Spirit of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). Having turned 19 the month before her February 2003 transfer, Daniela became WUSA's youngest player.{{cite web|title=San Diego samba|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/02/26/spirit_daniela/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140118231736/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/02/26/spirit_daniela/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2014|publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|access-date=18 January 2014|date=23 February 2003}} She started 14 of her 17 regular season appearances in 2003 and posted three assists. When WUSA collapsed at the end of that season, Daniela moved to Europe and signed for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She made three league appearances and scored one goal in a 2004 season beset by injury.{{cite web|title=15. Daniela Alves Lima Spelarfakta |url=http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/kgfc.nsf/0/7D143BB8DB542BC3C1256F0B002C3BFF |publisher=Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC |access-date=18 January 2014 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170735/http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/kgfc.nsf/0/7D143BB8DB542BC3C1256F0B002C3BFF |archive-date=1 February 2014}}

For 2005 Daniela moved back to the United States and played four games for Hampton Roads Piranhas in the pro–am W-League.{{cite web|title=Virginia Beach Piranhas |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/roster/22329.html |publisher=United Soccer Leagues |access-date=18 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203025305/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/roster/22329.html |archive-date=3 February 2014}} She finished the 2005 season playing in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) with Bay State Select, scoring seven goals in 10 appearances. She remained with Bay State for 2006 and was named to the all-league team in both 2005 and 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.wpsl.info/news/index.php/?cat=1&id=582|title=WPSL "internationals" drafted by WPS|publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League|access-date=22 January 2014|date=25 September 2008}} before returning to Brazil with Saad Esporte Clube. At the inaugural 2007 edition of the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Daniela was named player of the tournament and was top goalscorer with 14 goals as Saad won the trophy.{{cite web|title=First step to a brighter future|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=673387/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145635/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=673387/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2014|publisher=FIFA|access-date=18 January 2014|date=16 January 2008}}

Sweden's Linköpings FC contracted Daniela and her Brazil teammate Cristiane for the 2008 Damallsvenskan season. After signing, Daniela stressed that she had improved as a player since her unhappy experience at Göteborg in 2004.{{cite web|title=Utmanarna i Linköping|url=http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/sport/article1009554/Utmanarna-i-Linkoumlping.html|publisher=Kristianstadsbladet|access-date=18 January 2014|date=3 April 2008|language=sv}} She played in all 22 of Linköpings' league matches, scoring six goals, as the team finished runners-up behind Umeå IK.{{cite web|title=Daniela|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=5466&db=2008&flid=26608|publisher=Swedish Football Association|access-date=18 January 2014|language=sv}}

Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), a new professional league formed in the United States, entered Daniela into its inaugural International Draft. She was selected as the Saint Louis Athletica's first pick and joined the team for its 2009 season.{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=In W.P.S., It's the Girls From Brazil|first=Jack|last=Bell|url=http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/in-wps-its-the-girls-from-brazil/|access-date=18 January 2014|date=24 September 2008}}

In Athletica's fourth game against the Washington Freedom, Daniela scored the club's first two goals of the season in a fractious and controversial 3–3 draw. During the match, a challenge by Abby Wambach, described as "vicious"{{cite news|publisher=Soccer America|title=Brazilian star Daniela downed by Wambach [VIDEO]|url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/32194/brazilian-star-daniela-downed-by-wambach-video.html|access-date=18 January 2014|date=5 May 2009|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114425/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/32194/brazilian-star-daniela-downed-by-wambach-video.html|url-status=dead}} and "reckless",{{cite news|publisher=ESPN FC|title=Wambach tackle on Daniela the week's talking point|url=http://espnfc.com/columns/story?id=643837&cc=5739|access-date=18 January 2014|date=6 May 2009|first=Jacqueline |last=Purdy}} left Daniela with a broken tibia and torn knee ligaments. Wambach received a yellow card for the tackle but was later given a one-match suspension by the league's disciplinary panel.{{cite news|publisher=Sports Illustrated|title=Wambach suspended for foul on Daniela|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/05/08/abby-wambach/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140118231737/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/05/08/abby-wambach/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2014|access-date=18 January 2014|date=8 May 2009|first=Paul|last=Kennedy}} Saint Louis Athletica's doctor said that the injury would rule Daniela out "indefinitely".{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Daniela: Ligaments, Tibia Damage|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/05/daniela_ligaments_tibia_damage.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140118231744/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/05/daniela_ligaments_tibia_damage.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2014|access-date=18 January 2014|date=5 May 2009|first=Steven|last=Goff}}

She made a comeback with Hampton Road Piranhas in the 2010 W-League,{{cite web|title=Brazilian Daniela Joins Piranhas |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/436683.html |publisher=United Soccer Leagues |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203025755/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/436683.html |archive-date=3 February 2014}} but featured for 18 minutes of one match.{{cite web|title=2010 Statistics |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/22329.html#STATS |publisher=United Soccer Leagues |access-date=18 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203024422/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/22329.html |archive-date=3 February 2014}} The injury brought about Daniela's early retirement from football. She returned to São Paulo and became the proprietor of a butcher shop.{{cite news|publisher=Globo TV|title=Ex-jogadora da seleção feminina manda a real sobre CBF|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/gramanacalcinha/posts/2011/07/01/ex-jogadora-da-selecao-feminina-manda-real-sobre-cbf-389675.asp|access-date=18 January 2014|date=1 July 2011|language=pt|first1=Ana Paula|last1=Cardoso|first2=Laura|last2=Rodrigues}}

International career

Brazil wanted to include Daniela in their squad for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup but at the age of 15 years she was not eligible to participate.{{cite web|url=http://www.wpsl.info/news/05_0615.html|title=Game Notes: New England v. Bay State|publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League|access-date=22 January 2014|date=15 June 2005|archive-date=5 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005054526/http://www.wpsl.info/news/05_0615.html|url-status=dead}} Instead she made her debut in the next game, a friendly defeat to the United States. An inexperienced Brazil lost 6–0 to the world champions at Mile High Stadium in Denver on 26 September 1999.{{cite web|title=Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil199901w.htm|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=22 January 2014|date=9 December 2012|first=Marcelo|last=Leme de Arruda}}

At 16 years old Daniela was a member of the Brazil team that participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and finished in fourth place.{{cite web |title=A esperança de gols |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/olimpiada2000/brasileiros/futebol_feminino.shtml |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=7 January 2023 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}} At the pre-tournament training camp Daniela fought with teammate Mônica. The confrontation was attributed to premenstrual syndrome.{{cite news |last1=Rangel |first1=Sérgio |title=Seleção faz tratamento para driblar TPM |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk1807200430.htm |access-date=7 January 2023 |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |date=18 July 2004 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}

Daniela captained Brazil's under-19 team at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, scoring three goals as the team reached the semi-final.{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/feature?id=276069&cc=5739|title=Daniela Bio|publisher=ESPN FC|access-date=22 January 2014|date=3 September 2003}} Ahead of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, she was named in Brazil's squad and praised by the coach: "She is very good. Everyone is interested in her."{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|title=Brazil head in a new direction|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/usa2003/news/newsid=26146/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063505/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/usa2003/news/newsid=26146/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2014|access-date=22 January 2014|date=11 September 2003}} At the tournament she performed well and struck a celebrated goal as Brazil upset Olympic champions Norway 4–1.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|title=Bud Light Player of the Match: Daniela (BRA)|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/usa2003/news/newsid=34294/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140122223959/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/usa2003/news/newsid=34294/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2014|access-date=22 January 2014|date=24 September 2003}} Sweden defeated Brazil 2–1 in the quarter-final.

Daniela and Brazil collected silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 editions of the Olympic Games. At the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, Brazil produced a striking 4–0 semi-final win over the United States but were beaten 2–0 by Germany in the final. Daniela and teammates Marta, Cristiane and Rosana were nicknamed "the fantastic four".{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|title=Brazilian talent runs deep|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/news/newsid=591123/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317194440/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/news/newsid=591123/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2014|access-date=22 January 2014|date=11 September 2007}}

Notes

References

External links

{{FIFA player|178665|Daniela}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100514042335/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/stlouis/players/bios/daniela Profile] at Women's Professional Soccer
[https://web.archive.org/web/20031127041205/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/daniela/ Profile] at Women's United Soccer Association

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