Aline (footballer, born 1989)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Villares and the second or paternal family name is Reis.
Aline Reis
Aline with Brazil
Personal information
Full name Aline Villares Reis
Date of birth (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Aguaí, Brazil[1]
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Al Hilai
Number 13
Youth career
2000–2007 Guarani FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 UCF Knights 85 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Seinäjoen Mimmiliiga [fi]
2016 Ferroviária 8 (0)
2016–2017 Santa Clarita Blue Heat
2017 Győri ETO FC
2018–2024 Granadilla Tenerife 132 (0)
2024- Al Hilai
International career
2016–2021 Brazil 15 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2016 UCLA Bruins (goalkeepers)
2022–2023 Orlando Pride (goalkeepers)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aline Villares Reis (born 15 April 1989), known as Aline, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al Hilal. Between 2016 and 2021 she made 15 appearances for the Brazil national team. She is also a former women's football coach who most recently served as the goalkeeping coach for Orlando Pride in the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Early life

Aline was born in Aguaí, Brazil.[3] She was inspired to play football as a goalkeeper by Cláudio Taffarel after watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup final's penalty shoot-out between Brazil and Italy.[4] At the age of 18, she moved to Orlando, Florida, in the United States to play college soccer.[3]

College career

Aline was a four-year starter for the University of Central Florida Knights women's soccer team from 2007 to 2011, and earned NSCAA All-Central Region and All-Conference-USA honours in all four of her playing seasons. She started all but two matches for the UCF Knights and totalled 2,278 minutes during her college career. After sitting out 2007 with an injury, the NSCAA named her a second-team All-American in her redshirt freshman season of 2008, making her the first UCF Knight to be named an All-American since 1995. She finished her collegiate career ranked second in program history in saves (347), fourth in shutouts (28), and sixth in goals-against average (1.04), and was named UCF's top player in the Conference-USA era.[5][6]

Club career

Before her collegiate career, Aline played for Guarani FC for over six years.[citation needed]

In 2012, following her collegiate playing career, Aline played professionally in Finland with first-division side Seinäjoen Mimmiliiga [fi]. Her visa expired before the end of her only season with the club.[7][8]

She then worked as the director of soccer operations for her alma mater, UCF,[citation needed] while pursuing a master's degree in sport and exercise science. In late 2013, Aline joined the UCLA Bruins women's soccer coaching staff as a volunteer goalkeeping coach.[9]

In December 2015, she temporarily left UCLA to play for Ferroviária in Brazil.[10] Following the 2016 Summer Olympics, she returned to the United States and UCLA, and also played for Santa Clarita Blue Heat of the pro-am United Women's Soccer league.[11][12]

In 2017, Aline left UCLA to play in the Hungarian top women's league for ETO FC,[9] but left the club along with the other international players due to not being paid their salaries.[citation needed]

In 2018, Aline signed to play in the Spanish Primera Iberdrola with UDG Tenerife, where she played for four seasons.[13][14]

Aline announced her retirement from professional football on 30 January 2022,[13] but after her suspension as a coach from the Orlando Pride in 2022, she resumed her playing career and re-signed with Tenerife in January 2023,[15][16] She started 11 matches and recorded 32 saves and two clean sheets during the remainder of the 2022–23 Liga F season.[2] One of her two shutouts on the season was against Real Madrid, in a 1–0 victory on 18 March 2023 that ended Madrid's 14-match unbeaten streak.[17]

International career

Aline was first called to the Brazil camp in July 2009 during her college career.[18] She attended several training camps and friendly matches with Brazil without making an appearance. In 2016, following her season with Ferroviária, Brazil named Aline to the national team roster and signed her to a residency contract with the Brazil national team (Seleção Permanente) to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Brazil named Aline as one of two goalkeepers on the final 18-player Olympic roster[19] and debuted for the national team during the games, playing the full match of a 0–0 draw against South Africa in front of 42,000 people at the Arena da Amazônia.[20]

Brazil also named Aline to the national team squad for the 2018 Copa América,[3][21] which Brazil won, and for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup[22] and as an alternate for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[23]

Coaching career

From 2013 to 2016, Aline spent four seasons as a volunteer goalkeeping coach for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer program under head coach Amanda Cromwell, who had been Aline's coach at UCF. Aline helped develop Katelyn Rowland, who set NCAA career and single-season shutout records during her UCLA career. The Bruins won a national championship and led the nation in goals against average in 2013.[9]

See also: 2021 NWSL abuse scandal and Yates Report

On 31 January 2022, professional club Orlando Pride of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) hired Aline as its goalkeeping coach, reuniting her with Cromwell.[24] On 10 October 2022, following the publication of a joint league and NWSL Players Association investigative report into the 2021 NWSL abuse scandal, the NWSL placed Aline on unpaid administrative leave, and fired Cromwell and Pride assistant coach Sam Greene. The report alleged that Aline had not cooperated with the joint investigation and also pressured players to provide positive feedback to investigators.[25][26]

Aline was invited to be the pioneering athlete to create her own "masterclass" in Brazil for "Classe das Campeãs", featuring Olympic athletes. In a series of eight episodes, Aline shared experiences as a coach and an athlete, goalkeeping skills, and techniques to develop emotional intelligence and a strong mental game. ESPN Brasil aired the series "Jornada Aline Reis" on 9 March 2022.[27]

Honors

UCF Knights (player)
  • Conference-USA regular season: 2007, 2009, 2010
Brazil (player)
UCLA Bruins (goalkeeping coach)
  • NCAA Division I national championship: 2013
  • Pac-12 conference championship: 2013, 2014

Individual

  • UCF Athletics Hall of Fame: Inducted 2019[28]
  • Premio Marca (top Iberoamerican player in Spain's top division): 2021[29]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ficha técnica: Aline, goleira, Seleção Permanente". CBF (Press release). 8 February 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Aline Villares Reis Finetwork Liga F". La Liga. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Bufon, Marina (7 March 2018). "Igualdade no futebol: sonho ainda distante" [Equality in football: still a distant dream]. Gazeta Sportiva (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  4. ^ Reis, Aline (18 April 2020). "Aline Reis, una portera que lleva a Taffarel y el fútbol callejero en la mochila" [Aline Reis, a goalkeeper who carries Taffarel and street football in her backpack]. Marca (Interview). Interviewed by RegateFemenino. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Aline Reis". University of Central Florida. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Aline Reis". NSCAA Senior Class Award. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  7. ^ Vuorio, Jukka (17 June 2019). "Aline Reis pelasi seitsemän vuotta sitten jalkapalloa Seinäjoella – soitto Brasilian valmentajille avasi ovet MM-kisoihin ja olympialaisiin" [Seven years ago, Aline Reis played soccer in Seinäjoki - a call to Brazil's coaches opened the doors to the World Cup and the Olympics]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  8. ^ Vainikka, Jussi (13 June 2019). "Brasilian maalivahti torjui Seinäjoella ja ripusti sitten nappulakengät naulaan: palasi pelikentille satumaisella tavalla ja elää nyt unelmaansa MM-kisoissa" [The Brazilian goalkeeper made a save in Seinäjoki and then hung up his cleats: returned to the playing fields in a fairytale way and is now living his dream at the World Cup]. Yle (Interview) (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "Women's Soccer Announces Coaching Staff Changes" (Press release). UCLA Bruins. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Ferroviária estreia reforços internacionais" [Ferroviária launches international reinforcements]. CBF (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Goleira da Seleção Feminina elogia escola de goleiros de Araraquara" [Goalkeeper of the Women's National Team praises the school of goalkeepers in Araraquara]. Futebol Interior (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 October 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  12. ^ "UWS Week III Roundup: West Conference" (Press release). United Women's Soccer. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Ex-goleira da Ferroviária, Aline Reis anuncia aposentadoria como jogadora de futebol" (in Spanish). RCIA. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  14. ^ Jiménez, Mayca (10 May 2020). "El Granadilla renueva a la portera Aline Reis hasta 2021" [El Granadilla renews goalkeeper Aline Reis until 2021]. AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  15. ^ Viana, Amanada; Maia, Christian (25 January 2023). "Após se envolver em polêmicas nos EUA, Aline Reis anuncia retorno ao Tenerife" [After being involved in controversy in the USA, Aline announces return to Tenerife]. OneFootball (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  16. ^ Gil, Aimara G. (23 January 2023). "Aline Reis 'descuelga' los guantes para volver al Granadilla" [Aline Reis 'takes down' the gloves to return to Granadilla]. Diario AS. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  17. ^ "El Real Madrid cae ante el UDG Tenerife antes del 'clásico'" [Real Madrid lose to UDG Tenerife before the 'clásico']. Sport (in Spanish). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  18. ^ "UCF's Reis Selected to the Brazilian National Women's Soccer Team Camp" (Press release). UCF Knights. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  19. ^ "UCF Alumna Headed to Rio Olympics". UCF Today (Press release). University of Central Florida. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Brazil draws with South Africa in final group stage match". NBC. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  21. ^ "Brazil squad announced for Copa América Femenina 2018". Women's Soccer United. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Aline Reis and the relentless pursuit of a dream". FIFA. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Marta and Formiga will lead Brazil in Olympic women's soccer". Associated Press. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  24. ^ "Brazilian National Team Member Aline Villares Reis Named Orlando Pride Goalkeeper Coach" (Press release). Orlando City SC. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  25. ^ "NWSL terminates contracts of Orlando Pride's Cromwell, Greene". Spectrum News 13. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  26. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces Results of Orlando Pride Investigation" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  27. ^ "Aline Reis lança o 'Classe das Campeãs'" [Aline Reis launches the 'Champions Class']. Futebol Interior (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  28. ^ "O'Leary, Marshall, highlight new UCF Athletics Hall of Fame class". fox35orlando.com. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  29. ^ Hernandez, Jonathan (3 November 2021). "Aline Reis, mejor futbolista Iberoamericana en los premios Marca" [Aline Reis, best Ibero-American soccer player at the Marca Awards]. Stadium Tenerife (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2023.