Elsa Margarida Meira Ventura is a
Portuguese football
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midfielder
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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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References
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
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