Thais Reiss

Thais Reiss de Araújo (born 9 December 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and has been capped internationally for Brazil at youth level.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Reiss and the second or paternal family name is de Araújo.
Thais Reiss
Personal information
Full name Thais Reiss de Araújo[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Number 30
Youth career
Coritiba
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 North Florida Ospreys 77 (42)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Orlando Pride 5 (0)
International career‡
2016 Brazil U17 1 (0)
2017–2018 Brazil U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 August 2018

Early life

Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Reiss attended Marista Santa Maria high school and captained the school's football team for four years. She played club football with Coritiba, winning five youth championships.[2]

North Florida Ospreys

In 2017, Reiss emigrated to the United States to study for a degree in sport management at the University of North Florida. She played five seasons of college soccer for the North Florida Ospreys, scoring 42 goals and 18 assists in 77 career appearances. Reiss was named ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year in 2017,[3] ASUN Player of the Year in 2020,[4] and earned ASUN All-Conference first-team honours four times.[2] At the time of her departure she ranked second all-time in school history and 10th in ASUN Conference history for goals.[5]

Club career

Orlando Pride

Having gone undrafted in the 2022 NWSL Draft, Reiss trialled with Orlando Pride for preseason ahead of the 2022 season.[5] She continued to train with the team and eventually signed a contract for the remainder of the season on 11 July 2022.[6] She made her professional debut the following day as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat away at Chicago Red Stars in the first game under interim head coach Seb Hines.[7] She was released upon the expiry of her contract in November 2022 having made five appearances for the club.[8]

Having returned to Orlando as a trialist during preseason including scoring during a 2–0 friendly win over UCF Knights,[9] Reiss re-signed with the club on a one-year contract on 7 April 2023.[10]

International career

In 2016, Reiss was a member of the Brazil under-17 squad at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, playing the full 90 minutes of a group stage win over Nigeria. In 2018, she was called up to the Brazil under-20 squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and played in all three group games.[6] Brazil failed to progress from the group stage in both tournaments.

Career statistics

College
School Season Division Apps Goals
North Florida Ospreys 2017 Div. I 146
2018 166
2019 1912
2020–21 129
2021 169
Career total 7742

Club
As of 15 October 2023.
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Orlando Pride 2022 NWSL 5000—50
2023 0030—30
Career total 50300080

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 Women's WC France 2018 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 August 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. "Thais Reiss profile". University of North Florida Athletics.
  3. "Reiss Named ASUN Freshman of the Year". University of North Florida Athletics.
  4. "Women's ASUN All-Conference Announced; UNF's Reiss Voted Player of the Year". ASUN. 23 April 2021.
  5. Smits, Garry. "ASUN Notebook: North Florida soccer standout Thais Reiss named to Orlando Pride preseason roster". The Florida Times-Union.
  6. "Orlando Pride Signs Midfielder Thais Reiss". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  7. "Orlando Pride Fall to the Red Stars in Chicago". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  8. "Orlando Pride announces 2022 end-of-season contract statuses". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  9. "Orlando Pride continue strong start to preseason, blank University of Central Florida". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  10. "Orlando Pride signs midfielder Thais Reiss". www.orlandocitysc.com.

a Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA postponed the 2020 season to spring of 2021.

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