Tayla Carolina Pereira dos Santos (born 9 May 1992), known as Tayla or sometimes as Diva, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a defender for Grêmio. She was included in Brazil's squad for the

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Club career

Tayla joined

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in 2008, after a successful trial. She then spent three seasons with Foz Cataratas in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Ahead of the 2013 season, Ferroviária signed Tayla,

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, Rilany and Thaisa, all from Foz Cataratas in a quadruple

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deal. Tayla returned to Santos in 2017, after representing

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and

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. On 14 January 2019 she moved abroad, joining Benfica. Tayla left Benfica in November 2019, after helping in their top tier promotion and winning the Taça de Portugal Feminina. She returned to Santos for a third spell in January 2020.

International career

At the

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, Tayla was part of the Brazilian team. Tayla was called into the senior national team squad for the first time in November 2013, for a friendly against the

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at the

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. She made her senior

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debut on 11 June 2014, a 0–0 friendly draw with

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staged in

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. At the

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, Tayla scored the fourth goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of

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. In February 2015 she was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the

in Canada and the

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. Tayla was withdrawn from Brazil's squad for the

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due to injury and was sent back to train with her club.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.''

Honours

Santos *

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 ...

: 2009, 2018 *

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino (Brazilian Women's National Championship), also known as Brasileirão Feminino, is an annual Brazilian women's club association football, football tournament organized by the ''Confederação Brasilei ...

: 2017 *Copa Paulista: 2020 Ferroviária *

: 2013 *

: 2014 *

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Benfica *

Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino The Campeonato Nacional II Divisão de Futebol Feminino ( Portuguese for National Championship II division of Women's Football) is the second-highest division of the Portuguese women's football league system, after the Campeonato Nacional de Futeb ...

: 2018–19 * Taça de Portugal Femininal: 2018–19

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tayla Pereira Dos Santos 1992 births Living people Women's association football defenders Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players Santos FC (women) players S.L. Benfica (women) footballers Grêmio FBPA (women) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen