Lauren[1]
Personal information
Full name Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa
Date of birth (2002-09-13) 13 September 2002[2]
Place of birth Votorantim, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Kansas City Current
Number 78
Youth career
2017–2020 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 → Centro Olímpico (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 São Paulo 27 (0)
2022–2023 Madrid CFF 40 (2)
2023– Kansas City Current 2 (0)
International career‡
2018 Brazil U17 3 (0)
2019–2022 Brazil U20 18 (0)
2021– Brazil 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:32, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:32, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa (born 13 September 2002), simply known as Lauren, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for American National Women's Soccer League club Kansas City Current and the Brazil women's national team.

Club career

In Brazil, Lauren played for AD Centro Olímpico and debuted as a professional for São Paulo.[2]

She also played for Spanish club Madrid CFF in Liga F, making 40 total appearances and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021–22 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol.[3]

On 24 July 2023, NWSL club Kansas City Current acquired the right to sign Lauren from fellow NWSL club North Carolina Courage in exchange for $100,000 in NWSL allocation money and a 2024 international slot, and signed her to a contract through 2024 with an option for an additional year.[3][4][5]

International career

Lauren represented Brazil at the 2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship and the 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship. She made her senior debut on 20 September 2021.[6][7]

On 27 June 2023, Brazil named Lauren to its final 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[8] On 24 July, she made her World Cup debut in Brazil's opening group-stage match against Panama, which Brazil won 4–0.[9]

Honours

International

Brazil U20

References

  1. ↑ "Categoria Adulta". SPFC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 Lauren at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Anstine, Jack (24 July 2023). "Kansas City Current signs Brazilian defender Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa". KSHB. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Sperry, Daniel (24 July 2023). "Kansas City Current to add defender currently playing with Brazil in World Cup: sources". The Kansas City Star. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kansas City Current sign World Cup defender from Brazil" (Press release). Kansas City Current. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Lauren". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Seixas, Josué (14 July 2023). "Eyeing a spot on the starting 11, Lauren says that she is living a dream with the World Cup". Sambafoot. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Brischetto, Patrick (23 July 2023). "Brazil women's national team squad 2023: Complete roster for FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand". The Sporting News. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Brazil 4-0 Panama". ESPN. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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