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Maurine Dornelles Gonçalves

Maurine
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Personal information
Full name Maurine Dorneles Gonçalves
Date of birth (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 31)
Place of birth Porto Alegre,
Rio Grande, Brazil
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Flamengo
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Grêmio
2006–2007 CEPE-Caxias
2008–2010 Santos
2011 Western New York Flash 1 (0)
2011 Santos
2012–2013 Centro Olímpico
2014–2015 Ferroviária
2016– Flamengo
National team
2002 Brazil U-20
2007– Brazil 57 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:32, 23 December 2014 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:28, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Maurine Dorneles Gonçalves (born 14 January 1986), commonly known as Maurine, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Ferroviária and the Brazilian women's national team. Due to her versatility, she has operated in a number of different positions throughout her career, but is most often used as a full-back or defensive midfielder. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning squad at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 and 2015 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as the 2012 London Olympics.

At club level Maurine enjoyed two successful spells with Santos and was hurt when the male parent club disbanded the female section in 2012. She also spent part of the 2011 season with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) franchise Western New York Flash. After the demise of Santos, Maurine and nine other former Santos players agreed to join Centro Olímpico.

By the age of 15 Maurine was playing for her local club Grêmio. In 2006 and 2007 she played for CEPE-Caxias of Rio de Janeiro, then joined Santos for the 2008 season. On 22 September 2009, the Atlanta Beat, an expansion team of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), selected Maurine in the 2009 WPS International Draft, acquiring exclusive rights (within WPS) to negotiate with her. Maurine did not join the American team, instead finding success in the Copa Libertadores Femenina with Santos in 2009 and 2010.


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