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Dida (footballer, born 1991)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nascimento and the second or paternal family name is Santos.

Ana Lúcia Nascimento dos Santos (born 22 July 1991), commonly known as Dida, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Série A1 club Bahia. She was a member of the Brazil women's national team.

International career

Dida represented Brazil on the under-19 and under-20 national teams and was also called up at senior level.[1][2][3]

Controversy

From 2015 to 2016, Dida made appearances for the Equatorial Guinea national team despite having no connection with the African nation. She played the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations Qualifying.[4] On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[5]

Career statistics

International

As of 19 April 2021
Equatorial Guinea
Year Apps Goals
2015 1 0
2016 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours

Grótta

Benfica

References

  1. ^ "Goleira do Caucaia na Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Jogadora do Caucaia é convocada pela Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2016. In 2009, the goalkeeper Dida also integrated the under-20 team
  3. ^ "Futebol Feminino: De Caucaia a São Paulo" (in Portuguese). 15 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Nzalang Nacional Femenino preparado para el partido contra Mali". Equatoguinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Benfica conquista troféu" [Benfica conquer trophy]. FPF (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.