Formiga (footballer)
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| Full name | Miraildes Maciel Mota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | São José Esporte Clube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Portuguesa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Santa Isabel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Santos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Independente | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Malmö FF Dam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | New Jersey Wildcats | 12 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Jersey Sky Blue | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Saad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Botucatu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | FC Gold Pride | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012-present | São José | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995-present | Brazil | 98 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miraildes Maciel Mota (born 3 March 1978, in Salvador, Bahia), commonly known as Formiga (Portuguese for ant), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder, currently for São José Esporte Clube. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil women's national football team, being the only player present in all Olympic Games tournaments of women's football since the first edition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and sharing with Birgit Prinz a record five appearances at the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Career
Born in Salvador, Formiga begun playing football at the age of 12. She cites Dunga, captain of the Brazilian team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup as the biggest influence on her playing style.[1]
Formiga played in the Swedish women's first division as a member of Malmö FF Dam, and for both Santa Isabel and Saad in her homeland of Brazil.[2] Formiga was the first overall pick for the newly inaugurated Women's Professional Soccer league in the United States in the 2008 WPS International Draft, she was chosen by FC Gold Pride of Santa Clara, California.[3] Formiga started in 15 games for Gold Pride in their inaugural season in 2009. The following season, Formiga played for Chicago Red Stars, joining compatriot Cristiane.[4] In 2011, Formiga returned to her country to play for São José.
International
Formiga first played for Brazilian women's national team at the age of 17, as part of the squad for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing mostly as a substitute. The following year, during the inaugural tournament for women's football at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she became a regular starter in the Brazilian team. Formiga and Pretinha were the only two Brazilian players who participated in the first four Olympic Games tournaments of women's football, winning the silver medal in both 2004 and 2008 - both finals lost to the United States.[5] She also returned in the 2012 tournament, being the only player present in all five editions of the Olympics tournament.[6]
In the World Cup, Formiga has appered in five consecutive tournaments from 1995 to 2011,[7] an achievement matched only by retired footballers Birgit Prinz and Kristine Lilly. Along the way, Formiga's Brazil reached third place in 1999 and were runners-up to Prinz's Germany in 2007.[5]
Formiga also won the gold medal in two editions of the Pan American Games, 2003 and 2007,[5] while winning the silver in 2011 after losing to Canada.[8]
International goals
| Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting) | |
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| Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
| # | NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match) |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
| Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
| Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
| Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
| Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
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NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player | |
Goal |
Location | Opponent | # | Score | Result | Competition | |
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| 1.goal 1 | 1998-03-15 |  Mar del Plata |
Argentina |
1.1 |
4–0 |
7–1 |
Copa America 1998 |
| 2.goal 2 | 2000-06-20 |  Hershey |
 Costa Rica |
2.1 |
2–0 |
8–0 |
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 |
| 3.goal 3 | 2.2 |
3–0 | |||||
| 4.goal 4 | 2003-04-25 |  Lima |
Peru |
1.1 |
1–0 |
3–0 |
Copa America 2003 |
| 5.goal 5 | 2003-04-27 | Lima |
 Colombia |
1.1 |
3–0 |
12–0 |
Copa America 2003 |
| 6.goal 6 | 2003-08-2 |  San Cristóbal |
 Haiti |
1.1 |
3–0 |
5–0 |
2003 Pan American Games |
| 7.goal 7 | 2003-08-8 | San Cristóbal |
 Canada |
1.1 |
2–0 |
5–0 |
2003 Pan American Games |
| 8.goal 8 | 2003-08-14 | San Cristóbal |
Canada |
1.1 |
1–0 |
2–1 |
2003 Pan American Games |
| 9.goal 9 | 2004-08-20 |  Heraklio |
 Mexico |
2.1 |
2–0 |
5–0 |
Olympics 2004 |
| 10.goal 10 | 2.2 |
4–0 | |||||
| 11.goal 11 | 2007-09-03 |  Tianjin |
 Australia |
1.1 |
1–0 |
3–2 |
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 12.goal 12 | 2008-08-18 | Shanghai |
 Germany |
1.1 |
1–1 |
4–1 |
Olympics 2008 |
| 13.goal 13 | 2012-07-14 |  Chatel-St-Denis |
Colombia |
1.1 |
2–1 |
2–1 |
2012 Matchworld Women's Cup |
| 14.goal 14 | 2012-07-17 | Chatel-St-Denis |
Canada |
1.1 |
1–0 |
2–1 |
2012 Matchworld Women's Cup |
| 15.goal 15 | 2013-12-22 |  Brasilia |
 Chile |
1.1 |
1–0 |
5–0 |
Torneio Internacional 2013 |
| 16.goal 16 | 2014-09-12 |  Loja |
 Bolivia |
2.1 |
1–0 |
6–0 |
Copa América 2014 |
| 17.goal 17 | 2.2 |
4–0 | |||||
| 18.goal 18 | 2014-12-10 | Brasilia |
Argentina |
2.1 |
2–0 |
4–0 |
Torneio Internacional 2014 |
| 19.goal 19 | 2.2 |
4–0 |
References
- ↑ Olimpíadas 2004 - Formiga, UOL (Portuguese)
- ↑ (Portuguese) Formiga profile at UOL Esporte – Pan 2007
- ↑ Elliot, Almond (3 February 2009). "FC Gold Pride signs No. 1 pick Formiga". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ↑ Brazilian midfielder Formiga joins Cristiane on Red Stars
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
- ↑ Record-breaking Brazil set bar high
- ↑ Five facts of the day
- ↑
External links
- Formiga – FIFA competition record
- FC Gold Pride player profile
- New Jersey Wildcats player profile
- Saad player profile (Portuguese)
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