Giovana Queiroz

Giovana Queiroz Costa (born 21 June 2003), known as Gio Queiroz or simply Gio , is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Primera División club Levante on loan from Barcelona and the Brazil women's national team. Gio was born in Brazil and grew up in the United States and Spain.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Queiroz and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Giovana Queiroz
Personal information
Full name Giovana Queiroz Costa
Date of birth (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003
Place of birth São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Levante
Number 5
Youth career
2014–2017 Atlético Madrid
2017–2018 Madrid CFF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Madrid CFF 14 (1)
2018–2020 Madrid CFF B 11 (6)
2020– Barcelona 0 (0)
2020–2021 Barcelona B 13 (7)
2021– → Levante (loan) 22 (6)
National team
2019 United States U17 3 (0)
2019 Spain U17 3 (7)
2020– Brazil U17 2 (1)
2020– Brazil 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:20, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Gio was born in 2003 in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2007, her family moved to Weston, Florida where they settled until 2014 when they moved to Madrid, Spain.[2][3][4] She was part of the Atlético Madrid academy until 2017.[5]

Club career

Gio played in the youth teams of Atlético Madrid. She started her senior career in 2018 at Primera División club Madrid CFF.[6] On 9 December 2018, she made her professional debut as a 15–year old in a 0–7 defeat against Barcelona.[7] Gio played 14 matches and scored one goal with Madrid until February 2020.

On 17 July 2020, Barcelona announced the signing of Gio for an undisclosed fee on a three year deal.[8][9] On 12 August 2021, Levante signed Gio on a one–year loan deal until the end of the 2021–22 season.[10][11] She made her official debut for Levante in qualification for the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League, entering the match against Celtic as a substitute.[12] She scored her first goals for the club in the final of qualifying Round 1 against Rosenborg. She entered the match as a substitute and scored twice in extra time, including the match-winning goal that helped Levante advance to Round 2 of qualifying.[13]

In 2022, it was announced that Gio won the Samba Gold Feminino 2021 after defeating 29 opponents. The medal, which honors the best Brazilian player working abroad, was given to the women’s category for the first time.[14]

International career

Gio was called twice to represent the United States U17 national team in May and June, 2019, playing at the UEFA Development Tournament held in May, 2019 in Czech Republic.[15] She started all three matches the team played at the tournament, which concluded with three wins for the United States U17 and the tournament title.[16][17][18] In June, Gio was called again to a training camp held at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, California.[19]

In August 2019, Gio was called to represent the Spain U17 national team in a friendly tournament to be held in Sweden in September of the same year.[20] There, she played against the United States, whom she had played for months earlier, scoring a hat-trick and leading Spain to a 4–3 win.[21]

In February 2020, Gio was named to Brazil's under-17 squad.[22] She played against Austria and Portugal, scoring a goal in a 2–0 win against the former.[23]

On 8 October 2020, Gio was called by Brazil women's national football team's coach Pia Sundhage to a training camp in Portimão, Portugal on 18–28 October 2020.[24] On 9 November, Gio was called to represent Brazil in two friendly matches against Argentina.[25] Later, Argentina quit the matches with Ecuador taking its place.[26] On 1 December, she debuted for Brazil coming in the half time of the 8–0 win over Ecuador.[27][28]

In June 2021, Gio was named for Brazil's squad for the 2020 Summer Olympic.[29]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 November 2021Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil India2–16–12021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
2.1 December 2021 Chile2–02–0

Personal life

Her brother, André Luiz Queiroz Costa, is also a footballer.[4] He played for Real Madrid youth teams[30] and represented the United States men's national under-17 soccer team at the 2018 Nike International Friendlies.[31][32][33][34]

Honours

Club
Barcelona

Individual

References
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  2. "Giovana Queiroz é o novo reforço para o ataque do Barcelona". Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. Kannan, Rajesh. "Barça Femení A lowdown into Giovana Queiroz, the new signing of Barça Femení". Barça Universal. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. "The 2020 U-17 USWNT Cycle: Notes On Individual Players (September 2019)". Women's Soccer Express. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  8. "Acord amb el Madrid CFF per a la contractació de Giovana Queiroz". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. "Barcelona confirma contratação de jogadora brasileira". IG Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. "El Levante UD Femenino incorpora a Gio Queiroz como cedida del FC Barcelona". Levante UD (in Spanish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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  12. "Fútbol, Champions League (femenina) I El Levante se mete en la final y se medirá al Rosenborg (2-1)". eurosport.com. Eurosport. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  13. "Un Levante UD dominador y de raza supera al Rosenborg y avanza en la Champions". levanteud.com. Levante UD. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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  15. "U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team Heads To Czech Republic For Three Matches". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  17. "U.S. U-17 WNT Dominates Ireland 4-0 To Win Second Game At UEFA Development Tournament In Czech Republic". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  18. "Hat Trick From Karlie Lema Leads U.S. U-17 WNT To 3-1 Win Against Belgium And Title of UEFA Development Tournament In Czech Republic". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  20. "Convocatoria de la Selección Sub-17 femenina para los entrenamientos de septiembre". Se Futbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  21. "U-17 USWNT Falls 4-3 To Spain At Friendly Tournament In Sweden". US Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  23. "Seleção Feminina Sub-17 encerra participação no torneio preparatório em Portugal" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  24. "Pia Sundhage convoca Seleção Feminina para período de preparação em Portugal" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  25. "Seleção Feminina convocada para jogos preparatórios diante da Argentina". CBF.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  26. "Seleção Feminina enfrentará o Equador na Data FIFA de novembro". CBF.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  27. "Brazil vs. Ecuador 8 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  28. "Diante do Equador, Pia promove as estreias de Júlia Bianchi, Ana Vitória e Giovana na Seleção Principal". CBF.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  29. "Brazil's Formiga, 43, to Play in Seventh Olympics". Associated Press. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  30. "André". Real Madrid (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  31. "U.S. roster named for U17 Nike Friendlies". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  32. Alves, Marcus. "Novo Diego Costa? Promessa brilha no Real e pode trocar Brasil por EUA". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  33. Venancio, Pedro. "Brasileiro da base do Real Madrid é convidado para defender seleção dos EUA". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  34. Alves, Marcus. "EUA se adiantam em disputa com CBF e chamam garoto que passou pelo Real". BOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  35. Kolade, Daniel (2 February 2022). "Giovana Queiroz is the big winner of the Samba Gold Women's Trophy 2021". Sambafoot. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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