Bia Zaneratto: meet the striker of the Brazilian national team – 07/25/2023 – Sport

Striker Bia Zaneratto, 29, who scored one of the goals for the Brazilian national team in the 4-0 defeat of Panama in the debut of the Women’s World Cup, is one of the best players currently active in the country.

In 2010, he won the Campeonato Paulista and the Libertadores with Santos. Twelve years later, at Palmeiras, he repeated both achievements.

She was top scorer in the 2021 Brazilian Championship, with 13 goals scored with the alviverde shirt.

Born in Araraquara, the athlete went through Ferroviária, Santos, Bangu and Vitória das Tabocas.

He built most of his career with the Korean Steel Red Angels, for which he played from 2013 to 2020 and won the national league seven times in seven years.

Hired by Wuhan Xinjiyuan, from China, she was loaned to Palmeiras in 2020 and 2021. She signed permanently with Alviverde, her current team, on the eve of 2022, after having her pass also disputed by Flamengo.

Zaneratto is known for her versatility, something her national coach, Sweden’s Pia Sundhage, helped her to develop.

“She brought me to other roles on the field. I’m used to playing more as a striker and, in several games, she used me as an open midfielder. Sheet two years ago.

With the Brazilian national team, he has played in three World Cups and two Olympics. He won the Copa America twice (2018 and 2022).

After the death of his grandmother Luzia and one of his best friends by Covid-19, in 2021, Zaneratto helped to idealize the NaLuz project, to collect donations for people in situations of social vulnerability in Araraquara.