Beatriz Zaneratto João

Beatriz Zaneratto João (born 17 December 1993), commonly known as Beatriz or Bia, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays in the Série A1 club Palmeiras and the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Beatriz

Beatriz at the 2019 SheBelieves Cup
Personal information
Full name	Beatriz Zaneratto João[1]
Date of birth	17 December 1993
Place of birth	Araraquara, Brazil[2]
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Palmeiras
Number	9
Youth career
	Espaço Criança[3]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Ferroviária
2010	Santos
2011	Bangu
2012	Vitória das Tabocas
2013–2019	Hyundai Steel Red Angels	19	(33)
2020–	Palmeiras	2	(2)
National team^‡
2010	Brazil U17	4	(0)
2012	Brazil U20	3	(0)
2011–	Brazil	82	(28)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020

Club career

Beatriz joined her local team Ferroviária at the age of 13. In 2010, she moved to play for reigning Copa Libertadores Femenina champions Santos.[4] In February 2013 Beatriz and her Vitória das Tabocas teammate Thaísinha announced that they had accepted a transfer to South Korean club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.[5] With the team, Beatriz has won seven consecutive WK League championships between 2013 and 2019. In the 2015 championship, she scored an equalizing goal in the 123rd minute to force the game to penalty shoot-out, where her team prevailed.[6]

International career

Ahead of the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, a 14-year-old Beatriz was the youngest player in Brazil's squad and was highlighted as a "player to watch" by The New Zealand Herald newspaper.[7]

In May 2011, she made her debut for the senior national team in a 3–0 friendly win over Chile at Estádio Rei Pelé in Maceió.[8] Beatriz was named in Brazil's squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and participated in the 3–0 group stage win over Equatorial Guinea.

In February 2015, Beatriz's club commitments in South Korea meant she was left out of Brazil's 18-month residency programme intended to prepare the national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[9] At the World Cup in Canada, Beatriz made substitute appearances in the final group game, a 1–0 win over Costa Rica, and the 1–0 second round defeat by Australia.

Beatriz was named to the Brazil squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, her first Olympic Games. She plundered three goals, including one in the Bronze Medal match which Brazil lost 2–1 to Canada, as hosts Brazil finished in fourth place. It was reported that her performances "lit up" the Games and made her a target for clubs in the American National Women's Soccer League, albeit her relatively high salary in South Korea made a transfer less likely.[10]

At the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, Beatriz suffered a fractured fibula during Brazil's 1–0 defeat by hosts the United States in Tampa, Florida.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.[12][13][14][15]

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2015-03-11	Albufeira, Portugal	Switzerland	2–0	4–1	2015 Algarve Cup
2	2015-12-10	Natal, Brazil	Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	11–0	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
3				7–0
4				9–0
5	2016-03-07	Lagos, Portugal	Russia	2–0	3–0	Algarve Cup 2016
6	2016-08-06	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Sweden	1–0	5–1	Olympics 2016
7				5–0
8	2016-08-19	São Paulo, Brazil	Canada	1–2	1–2	Olympics 2016
9	2016-12-07	Manaus, Brazil	Costa Rica	5–0	6–0	Torneio Internacional 2016
10				6–0
11	2016-12-11	Manaus, Brazil	Russia	1–0	4–0	Torneio Internacional 2016
12				3–0
13	2016-12-14	Manaus, Brazil	Italy	1–0	5–3	Torneio Internacional 2016
14	2017-10-19	Chongqing, China	Mexico	3–0	3–0	2017 Yongchuan International Tournament
15	2017-11-26	Ovalle, Chile	Chile	3–0	4–0	Friendly match
16	2017-11-29	La Serena, Chile	Chile	1–0	3–0	Friendly match
17	2018-04-05	Coquimbo, Chile	Argentina	1–0	3–0	Copa América 2018
18	2018-04-07	Coquimbo, Chile	Ecuador	2–0	8–0	Copa América 2018
19				6–0
20	2018-04-11	Coquimbo, Chile	Venezuela	2–0	4–0	Copa América 2018
21				3–0
22	2018-04-16	La Serena, Chile	Chile	2–0	3–1	Copa América 2018
23	2018-07-29	East Hartford, United States	Japan	2–0	2–1	2018 Tournament of Nations
24	2019-11-07	Chongqing, China	Canada	3–0	4–0	2019 Yongchuan International Tournament
25				4–0
26	2019-12-13	São Paulo, Brazil	Mexico	3–0	6–0	Friendly game
27				5–0
28				6–0

References

1. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Beatriz Zaneratto João (Bia)" (in Portuguese). Internet Group. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
3. André de Souza, Carlos (1 December 2012). "Convocada!" (in Portuguese). Jornal O Imparcial. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
4. Brasília, Serginho (8 June 2014). "Beatriz Zaneratto: a menina atleta e sua perna esquerda abençoada" (in Portuguese). SerginhoBrasilia.com.br. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
5. "Bia e Thaisinha são transferidas para o futebol da Coreia" (in Portuguese). Vitória das Tabocas. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
6. "Drama, glory and anguish". FIFA. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
7. Maddaford, Terry (24 October 2008). "Soccer: Beatriz of Brazil one to watch". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (22 December 2013). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
9. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
10. Theivam, Kieran (25 August 2017). "6 top talents the NWSL would love to add to its arsenal". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
11. "Seleção Feminina: Bia Zaneratto sofre fratura na fíbula" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
12. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
13. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2014–2015" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
14. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (6 April 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2016–2017" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
15. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2018" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

External links

• Beatriz Zaneratto João – FIFA competition record
• Beatriz Zaneratto João at Soccerway
• Santos FC player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived April 21, 2010)