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Luciana

Luciana at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name	Luciana Maria Dionizio
Date of birth	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Ferroviária
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Corinthians
	Atlético Mineiro
2007–2012	Francana
2013–	Ferroviária	82	(0)
International career
2013–	Brazil	37	(0)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2024 Paris Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:27, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Luciana Maria Dionizio (born 24 July 1987), commonly known as Luciana, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ferroviária and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Early life

Luciana was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She began playing football as a child with her brothers, but became a goalkeeper because she did not enjoy running. She admired the calmness and serenity displayed by her football role model, male Brazilian goalkeeper Dida.

Club career

In the early part of her career Luciana had spells with Corinthians and Atlético Mineiro. She played for Francana from 2007 until 2012, then joined local rivals Ferroviária ahead of the 2013 season. In April 2014, Luciana saved three penalties in Ferroviária's shootout win over São José in the 2014 Copa do Brasil final.

International career

At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Atlético Mineiro player Luciana was part of the Brazilian squad which finished third. After appearing in the senior Brazil squad in 2009, Luciana was not selected again until May 2013 when good form with her club led to a recall for a friendly in Sweden.

She made her senior international debut in December 2013, starting Brazil's 2–0 win over Chile at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino. After getting a second chance in the national team, Luciana was keen to become the number one goalkeeper ahead of experienced rivals Bárbara and Andréia Suntaque.

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Luciana kept clean sheets in all three matches as Brazil qualified from their group without conceding a goal. In the second round match against Australia, Luciana took responsibility for Brazil's defeat when she spilled a shot to Kyah Simon, who scored Australia's winning goal.

Luciana remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Honours

Brazil

• Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024

References

1. ^ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line - CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
3. "Futebol" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
4. Barlem, Cíntia (11 June 2015). "#Lucianarules: inspiração em Dida e opção peculiar pela posição de goleira" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
5. "Ferroviária/Fundesport tem mais duas goleiras para a temporada 2013" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
6. "Novas afeanas, ex-Francanas, enfrentarão o antigo time pela primeira vez neste domingo" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
7. "Heroína do título da AFE, goleira Luciana desabafa: "Título para todos"" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 FEMININA (WOMENS' U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 2002-2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
9. "Ferroviária/Fundesport tem mais três atletas convocadas para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
10. "Goleira brasileira exalta chance para se afirmar na Seleção" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
11. Barlem, Cíntia (22 June 2015). "Luciana assume responsabilidade por gol: "Foi triste de ver aquela cena"" (in Portuguese). Moncton: Rede Globo. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
12. Jurejko, Jonathan (10 August 2024). "Brazil 0-1 United States: Emma Hayes leads USA to Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• Luciana – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Luciana – FIFA World Cup profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-06-09)
• Luciana – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Luciana at Olympedia (archive)
• Luciana Dionizio at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)

Brazil squads

v t e Brazil squad – 2014 Copa América Femenina winners (6th title) 1 Luciana 2 Fabiana 3 Bruna (c) 4 Tayla 5 Formiga 6 Rilany 7 Maurine 8 Thaisa 9 Chú 10 Andressa Alves 11 Cristiane 12 Thaís 13 Poliana 14 Calan 15 Mônica 16 Tamires 17 Bia 18 Andressinha 19 Darlene 20 Giovânia 21 Raquel 22 Andréia Coach: Vadão v t e Brazil squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Luciana 2 Fabiana 3 Mônica 4 Rafinha 5 Andressinha 6 Tamires 7 Beatriz 8 Thaisa 9 Andressa Alves 10 Marta (c) 11 Cristiane 12 Bárbara 13 Poliana 14 Géssica 15 Tayla 16 Rafaelle 17 Rosana 18 Raquel 19 Maurine 20 Formiga 21 Gabi Zanotti 22 Darlene 23 Letícia Izidoro Coach: Vadão v t e Brazil squad – 2022 Copa América Femenina winners (8th title) 1 Lorena 2 Letícia Santos 3 Kathellen 4 Rafaelle 5 Duda Santos 6 Tamires 7 Gabi Portilho 8 Angelina 9 Debinha 10 Duda Francelino 11 Adriana 12 Natascha 13 Antônia 14 Duda Sampaio 15 Tainara 16 Beatriz 17 Ary 18 Geyse 19 Giovana 20 Fe Palermo 21 Kerolin 22 Luciana 23 Luana Coach: Sundhage v t e Brazil squad – 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup runners-up 1 Luciana 2 Antônia 3 Tarciane 4 Rafaelle 5 Thaís 6 Yasmim 7 Debinha 8 Ary 9 Gabi Nunes 10 Beatriz 11 Adriana 12 Barbieri 13 Bia Menezes 14 Lauren 15 Julia 16 Yaya 17 Aline Milene 18 Gabi Portilho 19 Geyse 20 Duda Sampaio 21 Duda Santos 22 Amanda Coimbra 23 Aline Gomes Coach: Arthur Elias v t e Brazil women's football squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists 1 Lorena 2 Antônia 3 Tarciane 4 Rafaelle 5 Duda Sampaio 6 Tamires 7 Kerolin 8 Yaya 9 Adriana 10 Marta (c) 11 Jheniffer 12 Tainá 13 Yasmim 14 Ludmila 15 Thaís 16 Gabi Nunes 17 Ana Vitória 18 Gabi Portilho 19 Priscila 20 Angelina 21 Lauren 22 Luciana Coach: Arthur Elias

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