Lauren (Brazilian footballer)
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Full name | Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 September 2002||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Votorantim, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Centro Olímpico (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | São Paulo | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Madrid CFF | 40 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Kansas City Current | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Brazil U20 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Brazil | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:32, 21 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:32, 13 November 2023 (UTC) |
Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa (born 13 September 2002), simply known as Lauren, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Atlético Madrid in Liga F and the Brazil women's national team.
Club career
[edit]In Brazil, Lauren played for AD Centro Olímpico and debuted as a professional for São Paulo.[2]
She also played for Spanish club Madrid CFF in Liga F, making 40 total appearances and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021–22 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol.[3]
On 24 July 2023, NWSL club Kansas City Current signed Lauren to a contract through 2024 with an option for an additional year. The Current had previously traded $100,000 in NWSL allocation money and a 2024 international slot to fellow NWSL club North Carolina Courage in exchange for the right to sign Lauren.[3][4][5]
On 21 August 2024, Kansas City Current announced that Lauren had been transferred to Atlético Madrid.[6]
International career
[edit]Lauren represented Brazil at the 2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship and the 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship. She made her senior debut on 20 September 2021.[7][8]
On 27 June 2023, Brazil named Lauren to its final 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[9] On 24 July, she made her World Cup debut in Brazil's opening group-stage match against Panama, which Brazil won 4–0.[10]
Lauren was part of the Brazil squad that competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. She started the gold medal match against the United States, a 1–0 defeat that gave Brazil the tournament's silver medal.[11][12] Lauren described the Olympics as a "unique" experience, with heightened emotional significance due to her family's presence at the final.[13]
Lauren scored her first international goal on 1 December 2024, contributing to a 2–1 victory over Australia.[14][15]
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 1 December 2024 | Robina Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia | Australia | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Brazil U20
Brazil
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Categoria Adulta". SPFC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b Lauren at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b Anstine, Jack (24 July 2023). "Kansas City Current signs Brazilian defender Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa". KSHB. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Sperry, Daniel (24 July 2023). "Kansas City Current to add defender currently playing with Brazil in World Cup: sources". The Kansas City Star. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Kansas City Current sign World Cup defender from Brazil" (Press release). Kansas City Current. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Kansas City Current transfers Lauren to Atlético de Madrid". Kansas City Current. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Lauren". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Seixas, Josué (14 July 2023). "Eyeing a spot on the starting 11, Lauren says that she is living a dream with the World Cup". Sambafoot. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Brischetto, Patrick (23 July 2023). "Brazil women's national team squad 2023: Complete roster for FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand". The Sporting News. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Brazil 4-0 Panama". ESPN. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Brazil vs United States of America Results". Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Bumbaca, Nancy Armour and Chris. "USWNT vs. Brazil highlights: USA wins Olympic gold for first time in 12 years". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ https://worldfootballindex.com/2024/10/lauren-leal-brazil-and-atletico-madrids-rock-at-the-back-on-her-journey-from-votorantim-to-the-world-stage/
- ^ Lynch, Joey (1 December 2024). "Australia 1-2 Brazil: international women's football friendly – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Lauren at Soccerway.com
- Lauren at WorldFootball.net
- Lauren at FBref.com
- Liga F player profile
- Kansas City Current profile
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from São Paulo (state)
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Women's association football central defenders
- Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players
- São Paulo FC (women) players
- Madrid CFF players
- Kansas City Current players
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players
- Liga F players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Brazilian LGBTQ footballers
- Brazilian expatriate women's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- People from Votorantim
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Brazil
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Brazilian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in football
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs
- Brazilian football defender stubs
- Atlético Madrid Femenino players