Elsa Margarida Meira Ventura is a Portuguese

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currently playing for

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. She made her Champions League debut in August 2012, scoring against Glentoran LFC. She played then for SU 1º Dezembro. A former Under-19 international, she was called up by the senior Portuguese national team for the first time in March 2012 replacing Edite Fernandes.Elsa Ventura replaces Edite
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1990 births Living people People from Portalegre, Portugal Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Campeonato Nacional Feminino players Sporting CP (women's football) players S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players C.F. Benfica (women) footballers Sportspeople from Portalegre District 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub