Beatriz Vaz e Silva (born 7 October 1985), commonly known as Bia or Bia Vaz, is a Brazilian

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and former player. As a " volante" (), she played for Brazilian clubs including Santos, Ferroviára, São José and

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. She represented the

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of the

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(NWSL) and played for the Brazil national team. She was waived by the Boston Breakers in October 2015.

Coaching career

In 2017, while still playing for Audax, Bia Vaz was invited onto Vadão's national team coaching staff. She retained her position as an assistant coach when

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took over as Brazil's head coach in 2019.

Honours

;Ferroviária * Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino: 2014 *

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino () is a Brazilian Women's football competition organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It was designed as an equivalent to the men's Copa do Brasil, with the first edition being played in 2 ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino (''Paulista Women's Football Championship'', in English) is the women's football state championship of São Paulo State, and is contested since 1987. Format There is no predetermined format for the ...

: 2013 ;Foz Cataratas *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

;Flamengo * Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino: 2016

References

External links

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Boston Breakers player profile
1985 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers National Women's Soccer League players Boston Breakers players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Women's association football midfielders Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players Santos FC (women) players Southern Nazarene University alumni Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm women's soccer players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players São José Esporte Clube (women) players 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub