Darlene de Souza Reguera (born 11 January 1990), simply known as Darlene, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Darlene
Personal information
Full name Darlene de Souza Reguera
Date of birth (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Flamengo
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rio Preto
2012 SV Neulengbach
2012–2013 Spratzern
2013 Rio Preto 11 (11)
2014 Centro Olímpico 9 (8)
2015 Rio Preto 10 (5)
2016 Changchun Zhuoyue
2017 Rio Preto 17 (12)
2017–2018 Zaragoza CFF 7 (1)
2018–2021 Benfica 36 (97)
2022– Flamengo 1 (0)
International career
2013– Brazil[2] 33 (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015

Club career edit

From 2012 to 2013, Darlene played club football in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga, first for SV Neulengbach, then for Spratzern. She scored two goals in Spratzern's 2013 Austrian Cup final win over Neulengbach.[3]

Darlene joined compatriots Raquel Fernandes and Rafaelle Souza in transferring to Chinese Women's Super League club Changchun Zhuoyue in January 2016.[4]

In April 2018, Darlene left relegated Zaragoza CFF to sign for newly formed Benfica, who were entering the Portuguese second division.[5]

International career edit

Darlene made her senior debut in December 2013, as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Chile at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília.[6] In February 2015 Darlene was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[7]

International goals edit


Goal
Date Location Opponent # Score Result Competition
goal 1 2013-12-22 Brasilia, Brazil   Chile 1.1 5250.02005

3–0

5450.04005

5–0

Torneio Internacional 2013
goal 2 2014-03-10 Santiago, Chile   Venezuela 1.1 5250.02005

2–0

5450.04005

5–0

South American Games 2014
goal 3 2014-09-12 Loja, Ecuador   Bolivia 1.1 5250.02005

3–0

5450.04005

6–0

Copa América 2014
goal 4 2014-12-18 Brasilia, Brazil   China 1.1 5250.02005

1–0

5450.04005

4–1

Torneio Internacional 2014
goal 5 2016-07-23 Fortaleza, Brazil   Australia 1.1 5250.02005

3–0

5450.04005

3–1

Friendly game
goal 6 2017-06-10 Fuenlabrada, Spain   Spain 1.1 5250.02005

1–1

5450.04005

1–2

Friendly game

Honours edit

Benfica

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ "ASV Spratzern siegt im ÖFB Ladies Cup Finale" (in German). Austrian Football Association. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ^ Barlem, Cíntia (28 January 2016). "Dinheiro também encanta no feminino, e brasileiras se rendem à China" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Darlene de Souza is Benfica's seventh new signing". S.L. Benfica. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  6. ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. ^ Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Benfica conquista troféu" [Benfica conquer trophy]. FPF (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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