Bruna Benites

Not to be confused with Bruna Amarante da Silva.
Bruna

Bruna (4) marking Nilla Fischer (5)
Personal information
Full name Bruna Beatriz Benites Soares[1]
Date of birth (1985-10-16) 16 October 1985
Place of birth Cuiabá, Brazil
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Houston Dash
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2010 Comercial
2011–2012 Foz Cataratas
2013–2016 São José
2016 Avaldsnes
2017– Houston Dash
National team
2012– Brazil

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Bruna Beatriz Benites Soares (born October 16, 1985), commonly known as Bruna Benites, is a Brazilian footballer. She plays as a defender for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League and the Brazil women's national football team.

Personal life

She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2] She is also has a degree in Physiotherapy having studied at Universidade Catolica Dom Bosco in Campo Grande.[3]

Club career

She played for Foz Cataratas and São José in Brazil.

In July 2016, she signed with Avaldsnes for one season.[4]

On November 30, 2015 she signed with Houston Dash [5]

Interational career

Bruna made her debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She received a yellow card against Great Britain and in the Quarter Final defeat to Japan.[6] In May 2015 national team captain Bruna suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which caused her to miss the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

International goals


Goal
Date
Location Opponent # Score Result Competition
1.goal 1 2014-03-10 Chile Santiago  Venezuela 1.1

5250.02005 3–0

5450.04005 5–0

South American Games 2014
2.goal 2 2014-03-12 Chile Santiago  Colombia 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 2–1

South American Games 2014
3.goal 3 2014-03-16 Chile Santiago  Venezuela 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 2–0

South American Games 2014
4.goal 4 2015-03-09 Portugal Parchal  Germany 1.1

5250.02005 1–1

5450.04005 1–3

2015 Algarve Cup

References

External links

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