Tayla (footballer)

Tayla Carolina Pereira dos Santos (born 9 May 1992), known as Tayla or sometimes as Diva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Santos and the Brazil national team.[4] She was included in Brazil's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
Tayla
Personal information
Full name Tayla Carolina Pereira dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992
Place of birth Mongaguá, Brazil[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Santos
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Santos
2010–2012 Foz Cataratas
2013–2014 Ferroviária 6 (1)
2015 Centro Olímpico 8 (0)
2016 Iranduba 5 (0)
2017–2018 Santos 16 (1)
2019 Benfica 4 (1)
2020– Santos 12 (1)
International career‡
2014– Brazil[3] 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:30, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:30, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Tayla joined Santos in 2008, after a successful trial. She then spent three seasons with Foz Cataratas in 2010, 2011 and 2012.[5] Ahead of the 2013 season, Ferroviária signed Tayla, Beatriz, Rilany and Thaisa, all from Foz Cataratas in a quadruple transfer deal.[6]

Tayla returned to Santos in 2017, after representing Iranduba and Centro Olímpico. On 14 January 2019 she moved abroad, joining Benfica.[7]

Tayla left Benfica in November 2019, after helping in their top tier promotion and winning the Taça de Portugal Feminina.[8] She returned to Santos for a third spell in January 2020.[9]

International career

At the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Tayla was part of the Brazilian team.[10] Tayla was called into the senior national team squad for the first time in November 2013, for a friendly against the United States at the Florida Citrus Bowl.[11] She made her senior Brazil women's national football team debut on 11 June 2014, a 0–0 friendly draw with France staged in Guyana.

At the 2014 Copa América Femenina, Tayla scored the fourth goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of Argentina. In February 2015 she 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prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[12] Tayla was withdrawn from Brazil's squad for the 2015 Pan American Games due to injury and was sent back to train with her club.[13]

Career statistics

International
As of 17 April 2021
Brazil
YearAppsGoals
YearAppsGoals
2014[14]121
2015[14]30
2018[15]20
2019[15]30
2020[16]20
Total221

International goals
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 September 2014Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí, Ecuador Argentina4–06–02014 Copa América Femenina[14]

Honours

Santos

Ferroviária

Benfica[17]

References
  1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. "Tayla Carolina". Futebol Feminino. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. Nascimento, Diogo (14 January 2019). "Tayla contratada" [Tayla has been signed]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  5. Ventura, André (8 January 2013). "Reportagem Especial: Tayla Carolina". Eu Curto Futebol Feminino (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. "Ferroviária/Fundesport contrata quatro do Foz Cataratas" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. "Tayla contratada" [Tayla signed up] (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. "Obrigado, Tayla!" [Thank you, Thayla!] (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  9. "Após passagem pelo Benfica, Tayla comemora volta para o Santos" [After stint at Benfica, Tayla celebrates return to Santos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. 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.
  11. "Tayla, Laylla e Raquel vieram da base e estão pela 1ª vez na Principal" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  12. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  13. "Fora do Pan por lesão, Rilany e Tayla se recuperam na Ferroviária" (in Portuguese). Globo TV. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  14. "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2014-2015". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  15. "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2018-2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  16. "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2020-2021". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  17. "Obrigado, Tayla!".
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