Alline Calandrini

Alline Miranda Calandrini de Azevedo (born 8 March 1988), commonly known as Calan,[note 1] is a Brazilian sports journalist and former football defender who played for the Brazil women's national team. She was a zagueira (transl. central defender) for Santos, Centro Olímpico and Corinthians.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Calandrini and the second or paternal family name is Azevedo.
Calan
Calan (14) at the 2014 Copa América Femenina
Personal information
Full name Alline Miranda Calandrini de Azevedo[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988
Place of birth Macapá, Brazil[2]
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Juventus
2006–2011 Santos
2012–2014 Centro Olímpico
2015–2017 Santos
2018 Corinthians
National team‡
2013–2014 Brazil 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:10, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:10, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Calan began playing football at six years old. Her first professional club was Juventus, from where she progressed to Santos.[3] Santos won the Copa Libertadores Femenina in 2009 and 2010, but in early 2012 Santos' board of directors scrapped the women's section, to save money after handing their male player Neymar a large new contract. Ten of the displaced players moved to Centro Olímpico, including Calan, who had to give up her house in Santos to move to a shared flat in São Paulo.[4]

When Santos reinstated their women's team in 2015, Calan returned as captain.[5] She sustained a serious injury in 2016 and did not play at all in 2017 as she was taking part in a reality television series. In February 2018 she transferred to Corinthians.[6] In August 2018 she announced her retirement from playing, to focus on her career as a sports journalist.[7]

International career

Calan was part of the Brazil under-20 selection at the 2008 South American U-20 Women's Championship and subsequent 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8]

When Calan's Santos coach Kleiton Lima took the Brazil women's national football team job in March 2009, he named her in his first squad for a friendly against Germany in Frankfurt.[9] She was present on the substitutes' bench,[10] but did not appear in the match.[11]

Calan was called up by the national team again in August 2013.[12] She made a first appearance for Brazil in September 2013, in a 1–0 win over Mexico at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup.[13]

Despite featuring in Brazil's successful 2014 Copa América Femenina campaign, Calan was not selected for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup or the 2015 Pan American Games. When she was ruled out for six months with damaged knee ligaments in August 2016, she recognised that the squad for the 2016 Rio Olympics was already "closed", but hoped to regain her national team place afterwards.[14]

She was pleasantly surprised to be invited to national team training upon her recovery in January 2017,[15] but exceptionally frustrated when she re-injured the same knee shortly afterwards and was unable to attend.[16]

Personal life

While playing football Calan also trained as a broadcast journalist, inspired by Glenda Kozlowski. While playing for Santos she appeared as a presenter on Santos TV.[17] Sometimes described as a "musa" (transl. muse), it was reported that Calan's good looks brought her wider attention and a dedicated social media following.[18][19] As a young player she was annoyed by the "musa" label and wanted respect as an athlete. In later years she did not allow it to unsettle her or detract from her football.[20] During her career she rejected transfer offers from foreign clubs, preferring to remain in Brazil.[21]

Notes
  1. A shortened version of her surname, adopted by Santos coach Kleiton Lima to distinguish her from teammate Aline.

References
  1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 11 November 2008. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. "Elenco" (in Portuguese). Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. "Alline Calandrini: beleza e talento no futebol" (in Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado de Rondônia. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. "Após fim do Santos feminino, atletas vão jogar em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Terra (company). 13 March 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. Mendes, André (16 December 2015). "Calan valoriza primeira temporada após o retorno das Sereias da Vila" (in Portuguese). Santos FC. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. Vieira Ramos, Matheus Henrique (3 February 2018). "Ex-Santos, zagueira Calandrini acerta com o rival Corinthians" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. Munhos, Mayara (4 August 2018). "Ex-Santos, Corinthians e Seleção Brasileira, Alline Calandrini anuncia aposentadoria do futebol" (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 Feminina (Women's U-20 Brazilian National Team) 2002-2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  9. "Kleiton Lima assume a Seleção feminina" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  10. "Brasil empata com Alemanha em amistoso; Prinz sai machucada" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2019. Na reserva, Calan aproveita para guardar recordações do amistoso em Frankfurt
  11. "Com Marta em campo, Brasil empata amistoso contra Alemanha" (in Portuguese). ESPN. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  12. Penha, Gabriel (13 August 2013). "Jogadora amapaense convocada para a Seleção Brasileira Feminina" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  13. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (26 November 2017). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  14. Moreira, Rafael (6 August 2016). "Calan passará por cirurgia após lesão e não jogará mais pelo Santos em 2016" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  15. "Em rede social, Calan admite surpresa com convocação para a seleção" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  16. "Alline Calandrini faz nova cirurgia e fica fora da seleção: "muito frustrada"" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  17. Ramos, Carlos (24 April 2017). "Após drama, Calan foca no jornalismo, mas sonha com título brasileiro e seleção" (in Portuguese). Ogol.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  18. Giufrida, Bruno (19 May 2015). "Musa, líder e futura jornalista: Alline Calandrini está de volta ao Santos" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  19. Junior, Roberto (7 August 2015). "Zagueira do time feminino do Santos faz santistas se apaixonarem na web" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  20. Cavalcante, Janaína (7 October 2016). "Entrevista com Alline Calandrini: zagueira do Santos fala sobre Conmebol, aposentadoria e muito mais" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  21. "Alline Calandrini: Mood of Brazil Women's National Team is cheerful, confident and focused". Women's Soccer United. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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