Rosa Lima

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is de Lima.
Rosa Lima
Personal information
Full name Rosa Maria Gomes de Lima
Date of birth (1964-05-02) 2 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Contagem, Brazil
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Eldorado
Benfica
Cruzeiro
Radar
Vasco da Gama
International career‡
Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:52, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Rosa Maria Gomes de Lima (born 2 May 1964), commonly known as Rosa, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defender for the Brazil women's national football team.

She represented Brazil at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991.

Career

An attacking right–back, de Lima joined EC Radar in 1983 after playing for Eldorado in her native Contagem, then Benfica and Cruzeiro.[1] Later that year she had her jaw broken in a notorious grudge match against Bangu.[2]

In the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, de Lima played in all three group games as Brazil were eliminated in the first round. Having moved on to Vasco da Gama, she was one of just two players in the squad who were not contracted to Radar. The 16–year–old Pretinha was the other.[3]

Rosa remained in the national squad for the next campaign at the 1995 South American Women's Football Championship.[4] She was not included in the squad for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

References

  1. ^ "As Invenciveis". Placar (in Portuguese) (767): 26. 1 February 1985. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Confusão no futebol feminino". Bangu.net (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China '91 - Technical Report & Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  4. ^ Garin, Erik; Pierrend, José Luis (28 January 2001). "South-American Women's Championship 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 April 2013.


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