Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes

Tamires Cássia Dias de Britto (née Gomes, born 10 October 1987), commonly known as Tamires, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left-back for Corinthians and the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2015 and 2019 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Tamires

Tamires at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Tamires Cássia Dias de Britto[1]
Birth name	Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes[2]
Date of birth	10 October 1987
Place of birth	Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil[3]
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder, defender
Club information
Current team	Corinthians
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	CA Juventus
2006–2007	Santos
2008	Charlotte Lady Eagles	10	(1)
2008	Ferroviária
2011	Atlético Mineiro
2013–2015	Centro Olímpico	21	(11)
2015–2019	Fortuna Hjørring	39	(24)
2019–	Corinthians	23	(4)
National team^‡
2013–	Brazil	105	(5)
Honours Women's football Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Club career

In 2008, Tamires made 10 appearances in the American W-League for Charlotte Lady Eagles, where she was nicknamed "Tam-tam".[4] She joined Centro Olímpico in 2013, after playing for other Brazilian teams including Santos.[5] In summer 2015 she agreed a move to Danish Elitedivisionen club Fortuna Hjørring.[6]

In June 2019, she agreed a one-year contract with Corinthians, who gave her the number 37 shirt.[7]

International career

Tamires played for the São Paulo select team which represented Brazil at the 2006 Peace Queen Cup.[8] She made her senior debut in September 2013, against New Zealand at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup. In Brazil's next match she scored her first national team goal in a 4–0 win over Mexico.[9]

At the 2014 Copa América Femenina, Tamires scored the fifth goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of Argentina. In February 2015 she was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare the national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[10] At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Brazil lost 1–0 in the second round to Australia. Tamires remained in Canada as part of the victorious Brazilian selection at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

In July 2015 Tamires was the victim of a robbery while leaving her mother's house in Santo André and her Pan American Games gold medal was stolen. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) presented her with a replica.[11]

Tamires was named to the Brazil squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, her first Olympic Games.[12] She remained the national team's first-choice left-back at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[13] She earned her 100th cap on 12 December 2019 against Mexico.[14]

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1	2013-09-25	Savièse, Switzerland	Mexico	1.1	4–0	4–0	Valais Cup 2013
2	2014-04-09	Brisbane, Australia	Australia	1.1	1–1	2–1	Friendly game
3	2014-09-26	Sangolquí, Ecuador	Argentina	1.1	5–0	6–0	Copa América 2014
4	2016-12-7	Manaus, Brazil	Costa Rica	1.1	2–0	6–0	Torneio Internacional 2016
5	2019-10-8	Kielce, Poland	Poland	1.1	0–2	1–3	Friendly game

Personal life

Tamires' husband, César Britto,[15] is a lower division male footballer nicknamed Cesinha. Their son Bernardo was born in 2011.[16]

References

1. "Nómina de jugadoras" (PDF). CONMEBOL (in Spanish). p. 8.
2. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
3. "Tamires Cássia Dias De Britto" (in Portuguese). Futebol Feminino. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
4. "Charlotte Lady Eagles 2008 Season -- Team Statistics and Results". Charlotte Lady Eagles. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
5. Silva, Rafael (17 June 2013). "Futebol Feminino do COTP ganha reforços" (in Portuguese). Secretaria Municipal de Esportes, Lazer e Recreação. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
6. Vandsted, Torben (5 July 2015). "Fra Brasiliens Landshold til Fortuna Hjørring" (in Danish). Fortuna Hjørring. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
7. "Corinthians anuncia a contratação de Tamires, lateral da seleção" (in Portuguese). Terra (company). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
8. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (2 March 2015). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2006-2007" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
9. 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 10 June 2015.
10. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
11. "Campeã do futebol tem medalha de ouro do Pan-Americano roubada" (in Portuguese). Internet Group. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
12. "Ficha técnica: Tamires, lateral, Fortuna Hjorring" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
13. Giampietro, Giancarlo (22 June 2019). "Brazil's Tamires happy to shoulder dual responsibility". FIFA. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
14. "1ª mãe a ter 100 jogos pela seleção, Tamires fica sem homenagem da CBF". Dibradoras (in Portuguese). 19 December 2019.
15. "Gols de barriga: a luta das mães que atuam dentro e fora da Copa do Mundo".
16. Fattori, Anderson (26 December 2014). "Tamires dribla saudade e brilha com a Seleção" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

External links

• Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes – FIFA competition record
• Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes – FIFA World Cup profile