Kelly_(footballer,_born_1985)

Kelly (footballer, born 1985)

Kelly (footballer, born 1985)

Brazilian footballer

Kelly Cristina Pereira da Silva (born 15 May 1985), commonly known as Kelly, is a Brazilian women's international footballer who plays as a forward. She was a member of the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.
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Club career

Kelly played for CR Vasco da Gama, but was left without a club when they folded in 2001. She trained on her own for a period before joining Petrobras in mid-2003.[2]

International career

Youth

Kelly played for Brazil women's national under-20 football team at the 2002 and 2004 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3][4]

Senior

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Kelly was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning squad. She appeared briefly as a substitute for Rosana in the 2–0 Group G defeat by the United States, but had to be substituted herself 12 minutes later after breaking her collarbone.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup United States 2003. FIFA. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Kelly" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    Kelly – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    "Kelly Cristina" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2023.


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