Laura José Ramos Luís (born 15 August 1992) is a
Portuguese
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football
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forward who plays for
Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino
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club
SC Braga
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and the
Portugal women's national football team
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.
Club career
In May 2017, Luís ended a four-year spell in German football by signing for
SC Braga
Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...
. By March 2018 Luís had already scored 20 goals when she agreed an extension to her contract with Braga. In April her acrobatic
bicycle kick
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goal against
Boavista went
viral
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and was compared to a celebrated goal which fellow Madeiran
Cristiano Ronaldo
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had recently scored against Juventus. She finished as the top goalscorer of the
2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino, with 32 goals.
International career
Luís scored on her senior debut for the
Portugal women's national football team
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on 17 September 2011, an 8–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
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Tie breakers
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win over
Armenia
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.
She was named by
coach
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Francisco Neto
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The Portugal women's national ...
in the 23-player Portugal squad for
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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in the Netherlands.
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S.C. Braga
Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...
1992 births
Living people
MSV Duisburg (women) players
Portuguese women's footballers
Portugal women's international footballers
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Women's association football forwards
FCR 2001 Duisburg players
FF USV Jena players
USL W-League (1995–2015) players
Frauen-Bundesliga players
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Campeonato Nacional Feminino players
S.C. Braga (women) players
Footballers from Funchal
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
21st-century Portuguese sportswomen
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