Pretinha

Pretinha
Personal information
Full name Delma Gonçalves[1]
Date of birth (1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Mendanha FC
1992–2000 Vasco da Gama
2001 Washington Freedom 21 (5)
2002–2003 San Jose CyberRays 34 (9)
2005–2008 INAC Kobe Leonessa
2009–2017 Icheon Daekyo (49)
International career
1991–2014 Brazil 68 (42)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Football
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Delma Gonçalves (born 19 May 1975), commonly known as Pretinha,[note 1] is a Brazilian professional soccer coach and former forward. A longtime member of the Brazil national team, for whom she debuted in 1991, she played for clubs in Brazil, the United States and Japan before moving to Icheon Daekyo of South Korea's WK-League in 2009.[3]

With the Brazilian national team, Pretinha participated in four World Cups; in China (1991), Sweden (1995), United States (1999), and China (2007). She has also played in four Olympic Games; in Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008). She won silver medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympic tournaments.[3]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 15 September 2007. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Pretinha". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Pretinha's Korean Dream". The Korea Times. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.


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