Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vitória Ferreira Silva [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 23 January 2002||
Place of birth | Suzano, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Corinthians | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Centro Olímpico | ||
2017–2019 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2022 | São Paulo | 47 | (4) |
2023 | Santos | 16 | (3) |
2024– | Corinthians | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Brazil U17 | 1 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Brazil U20 | 19 | (2) |
2022– | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:35, 13 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC) |
Vitória Ferreira Silva (born 23 January 2002), known as Vitória Yaya or just Yaya, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Corinthians.
Born in Suzano but raised in Ferraz de Vasconcelos, both in the São Paulo state, Yaya joined Centro Olímpico's youth setup at the age of 13; due to her style of play being similar to Yaya Touré, she earned that nickname. In 2017, she moved to São Paulo, after the club established a partnership with Centro Olímpico. [2] [3]
Promoted to the first team for the 2019 season, [2] Yaya made her senior debut on 27 March 2019, starting and scoring the winner in a 1–0 Série A2 home success over América Mineiro. [4] She was a regular starter during the club's league campaign, as they achieved promotion to the Série A1 as champions.
On 8 January 2023, Yaya was announced at Santos. [5] Despite being a regular starter, she left on 20 December. [6]
On 5 January 2024, it was announced that Yaya signed with Corinthians after her contract ended. [7]
Yaya represented Brazil at under-17 level in 2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 20 August 2019, aged 17, she received her first call-up for the full side, for the year's International Women's Football Tournament; [8] she remained an unused substitute in Brazil's two matches in the competition.
After playing for the under-20 team in the 2020 and 2022 editions of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, Yaya made her full international debut on 10 October 2022, replacing Ary Borges late into a 1–0 friendly win over Italy at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. [9]
No. | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 2 March 2024 | Los Angeles, United States | Argentina | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
Brazil | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2022 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
São Paulo
Brazil U17
Brazil U20