Ágata Filipa

Ágata Filipa Pinto Coelho Pimenta (born 17 May 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Servette and the Portugal women's national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto Coelho and the second or paternal family name is Pimenta.
Ágata Filipa
Personal information
Full name Ágata Filipa Pinto Coelho Pimenta
Date of birth (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Servette
Number 13
Youth career
Casa Povo Martim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Valadares Gaia
2017–2021 Braga 63 (2)
2021–2022 Glasgow City 14 (1)
2022– Servette 10 (2)
International career‡
2012–2013 Portugal U19 5 (0)
2019– Portugal 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023

Club career

In June 2021 Pimenta transferred from Braga to Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) champions Glasgow City.[1] She became the first female player from Portugal to play in Scotland, and shortly afterwards became the first Portuguese female player to score a goal in Scottish football, when she netted in a 6–0 win over Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup.[2]

Pimenta transferred to Swiss Women's Super League club Servette in June 2022, having come to their notice when they played against Glasgow City in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[3]

International career

Coach Francisco Neto gave Pimenta her first senior Portugal national team cap in a 3–0 friendly win over Ukraine on 20 January 2019 in Torres Novas. She was an 83rd-minute substitute for Jéssica Silva.

Honours

Braga

References
  1. "Agata Filipa: Scottish champions Glasgow City sign defender". BBC Sport. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. "Ágata Filipa já brilha na Escócia: a arrancada da portuguesa que terminou em golo" (in Portuguese). Record. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. "Ágata Filipa rejoint les Grenat en provenance du Glasgow City" (in French). Servette FC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.


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