Nalvinha

{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1965)}}

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{{Portuguese name|Torres|de Almeida}}

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|fullname = Lunalva Torres de Almeida{{Soccerway|lunalva-torres-de-almeida/291523}}

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|position = Midfield

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|years1 = 1990–1996

|clubs1 = Saad

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|clubs2 = Grêmio

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|nationalyears1 = 1991–1996

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Lunalva Torres de Almeida (born 14 July 1965), commonly known as Nalvinha, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/sweden1995/teams/team=1882881/players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702174851/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/sweden1995/teams/team=1882881/players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 2, 2015|title=FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 - Teams|accessdate=2007-09-28|publisher=FIFA|year=1995|work=FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995}}

At club level she spent much of her career with Saad Esporte Clube, a successful Brazilian women's club of the era.{{cite web |title=Nalvinha |url=https://museudofutebol.org.br/crfb/personalidades/615643/ |website=Museo do Futebol |publisher=São Paulo (state) |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}} She also represented Grêmio.{{cite web |last1=Bortolanza |first1=Marcos |title=Lunalva Torres de Almeida |url=https://www.gremiopedia.com/wiki/Lunalva_Torres_de_Almeida |publisher=Grêmiopédia |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=Brazilian Portuguese |date=11 October 2020}}