Renata Diniz

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|fullname = Renata Fernandes dos Santos Diniz

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Taboão da Serra, Brazil

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|height = 180cm

|position = Defender

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|years1 = 2002

|clubs1 = Juventus

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|years2 = 2003

|clubs2 = São Bernardo

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|years3 = 2004–2005

|clubs3 = Santos

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|years4 = 2005

|clubs4 = Hampton Roads Piranhas

|caps4 = 12

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|years5 = 2006–2011

|clubs5 = Duque de Caxias

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|years6 = 2012–2015

|clubs6 = São José

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|years7 = 2016

|clubs7 = Tiradentes

|caps7 = 4

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|years8 = 2017–2022

|clubs8 = Flamengo

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|club-update = 29 May 2022

|nationalteam-update =20 September 2003 (before the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup)

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Renata Fernandes dos Santos Diniz (born 1 November 1985) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defender. She was a member of the Brazil women's national football team, and a non-playing squad member at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/50/08/02/fwwcusa2003-technicalreport_neu_081010.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226232356/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/50/08/02/fwwcusa2003-technicalreport%5fneu%5f081010.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2011|title=FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Technical Report|access-date=2007-09-28|publisher=FIFA|year=2003|work=FIFA Women's World Cup United States 2003}} She was also included in the national teams for the 2003 and 2011 editions of the Pan American Games.

Club career

In 2005 Diniz moved to the United States and played 12 games for Hampton Roads Piranhas of 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}}

International career

=Youth=

Diniz played for the Brazil women's national under-20 football team at the 2002 and 2004 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{cite web|last1=Leme de Arruda|first1=Marcelo|last2=do Nascimento Pereira|first2=André|title=SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 FEMININA (WOMENS' U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 2002–2014|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200214u20w.htm|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=14 June 2015|date=28 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710094831/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200214u20w.htm|archivedate=10 July 2015}}

=Senior=

As a 17-year-old Santos player Diniz was part of the gold medal-winning Brazil team at the 2003 Pan American Games.{{cite news |title=Medalhista de ouro do Pan-americano vira celebridade em Taboão da Serra |url=https://www.otaboanense.com.br/medalhista-de-ouro-do-pan-americano-vira-celebridade-em-taboao-da-serra/ |access-date=8 January 2023 |publisher=O Taboanense |date=20 August 2017 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}} At the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, she was named in a revamped Brazil squad and praised by coach Paulo Gonçalves: "Renata Diniz is a young player but she is very good and will help us a lot."{{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}} She returned to the national team for the 2011 Pan American Games.{{cite web |title=Renata Diniz |url=https://pan.uol.com.br/2011/atletas-brasileiros/renata-diniz/ |publisher=Universo Online |access-date=8 January 2023 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}

References

External links

{{Soccerway|renata-fernandes-dos-santos-diniz/214169}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170223025239/http://n3sports.com/renata-diniz-english/ Agent profile] {{in lang|pt}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Brazilian women's footballers

Category:Brazil women's international footballers

Category:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players

Category:Women's association football defenders

Category:Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) players

Category:São José Esporte Clube (women) players

Category:Hampton Roads Piranhas players

Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States

Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil

Category:Pan American Games medalists in football

Category:Santos FC (women) players

Category:Brazilian expatriate women's footballers

Category:Footballers from Taboão da Serra

Category:21st-century Brazilian sportswomen