Darlene de Souza

Darlene de Souza Reguera (born 11 January 1990), simply known as Darlene, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Benfica and the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Reguera.
Darlene
Personal information
Full name Darlene de Souza Reguera
Date of birth (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990
Place of birth São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rio Preto
2012 SV Neulengbach
2012–2013 Spratzern
2013 Rio Preto 11 (11)
2014 Centro Olímpico 9 (8)
2015 Rio Preto 10 (5)
2016 Changchun Zhuoyue
2017 Rio Preto 17 (12)
2017–2018 Zaragoza CFF 7 (1)
2018– Benfica 36 (97)
National team‡
2013– Brazil[2] 33 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2015

Club career

From 2012 to 2013, Darlene played club football in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga, first for SV Neulengbach, then for Spratzern. She scored two goals in Spratzern's 2013 Austrian Cup final win over Neulengbach.[3]

Darlene joined compatriots Raquel Fernandes and Rafaelle Souza in transferring to Chinese Women's Super League club Changchun Zhuoyue in January 2016.[4]

In April 2018, Darlene left relegated Zaragoza CFF to sign for newly-formed Benfica, who were entering the Portuguese second division.[5]

International career

Darlene made her senior debut in December 2013, as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Chile at the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília.[6] In February 2015 Darlene was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[7]

International goals

Goal		 Date Location Opponent # Score Result Competition
goal 1 2013-12-22 Brasilia, Brazil  Chile 1.1

5250.02005 3–0

5450.04005 5–0

Torneio Internacional 2013
goal 2 2014-03-10 Santiago, Chile  Venezuela 1.1

5250.02005 2–0

5450.04005 5–0

South American Games 2014
goal 3 2014-09-12 Loja, Ecuador  Bolivia 1.1

5250.02005 3–0

5450.04005 6–0

Copa América 2014
goal 4 2014-12-18 Brasilia, Brazil  China PR 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 4–1

Torneio Internacional 2014
goal 5 2016-07-23 Fortaleza, Brazil  Australia 1.1

5250.02005 3–0

5450.04005 3–1

Friendly game
goal 6 2017-06-10 Fuenlabrada, Spain  Spain 1.1

5250.02005 1–1

5450.04005 1–2

Friendly game

Honours

Benfica

  • Campeonato Nacional II Divisão: 2018–19
  • Taça de Portugal: 2018–19
  • Supertaça de Portugal: 2019[8]

References
  1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. "ASV Spratzern siegt im ÖFB Ladies Cup Finale" (in German). Austrian Football Association. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. Barlem, Cíntia (28 January 2016). "Dinheiro também encanta no feminino, e brasileiras se rendem à China" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. "Darlene de Souza is Benfica's seventh new signing". S.L. Benfica. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  6. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011-2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. "Benfica conquista troféu" [Benfica conquer trophy]. FPF (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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