Janaína
Brazilian association football player
Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante (born 2 April 1988), known as Janaína or just Jana, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for 3B da Amazônia. A centre-back, her strongest attributes are marking and heading.
Club career
Jana began playing futsal and progressed to playing football for her local team União Messejana, where she won the Ceará state league in 2005. In 2008 she attended a trial for Santos alongside 400 hopefuls and was one of two players to be signed up.
Jana subsequently played for Centro Olímpico, Zorky Krasnogorsk, São José and Caucaia before returning to Santos in 2015. In 2017, after a spell with Corinthians/Audax, she signed with S.C. Braga for the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino season and quickly became an important player for the club.
After short stints in her homeland with Palmeiras and Grêmio, Jana returned to Portuguese football in August 2021, agreeing to join Famalicão. After leaving the latter in 2022, she began the 2023 season nursing an injury, before signing for Botafogo on 3 March.
On 29 January 2024, Santos announced the return of Jana for a third spell.
International career
Jana was part of the Brazil under-20 selection at the 2008 South American U-20 Women's Championship and subsequent 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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