Gabi Nunes

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Gabi Nunes
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2023 at the national team
Personal information
Full name Gabriela Nunes da Silva [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Aston Villa
Number 28
Youth career
Centro Olímpico
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Centro Olímpico 23 (17)
2016–2021 Corinthians 63 (38)
2021–2023 Madrid CFF 54 (17)
2023–2024 Levante UD 28 (11)
2024– Aston Villa 9 (2)
International career
2013–2014 Brazil U-17 4 (0)
2015–2016 Brazil U-20 16 (11)
2016- Brazil 38 (8)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024

Gabriela "Gabi" Nunes da Silva (born 10 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the Brazil national team. [2] She participated at the 2016 edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Club career

Gabi Nunes began her career in football playing for the Centro Olímpico. In this club she played for the youth categories (U-15 and U-17) and the senior team. In 2015, she moved to the Osasco Audax to play the Paulista Women's Soccer Championship and became the tournament's top scorer scoring 12 goals. For the national championship at the end of 2015, Nunes returned to the Centro Olímpico and scored fourteen goals in twelve matches, crowning herself the tournament's top scorer.

The following year Gabi Nunes transferred to Corinthians/Audax to play the national championship in 2016. The striker scored seven goals in ten games, but her team were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Nunes won the 2016 Brazil Cup, scoring a goal in the final against São José. Afterwards, she played for Madrid CFF and Levante UD. [2] [3]

On 13 September 2024, Nunes signed for Aston Villa [4] and made her debut in a 2–0 win against Crystal Palace in the Women's League Cup at Bescot Stadium.

International career

Youth

Gabi Nunes started representing Brazil internationally in 2013, when the striker became part of the squad that participated in the 2013 South American Under-17. Nunes played four matches in the competition, but Brazil were eliminated in the group stage.

In November 2015 she competed in the 2015 South American Under-20. Nunes scored three goals and helped Brazil win the seventh title in this competition. With this success in the 2015 South American Under-20, Nunes was called to join the group that was preparing for the Olympics.

Nunes participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scoring five goals in four matches and won a silver shoe of the competition, becoming the first Brazilian to win this award and score in all matches that participated in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Senior

Gabi Nunes was given her senior debut with Brazil after returning from the 2016 U-20 World Cup. She made 4 appearances in 2016 during friendly matches as well as an additional 3 appearances in friendlies in 2017. In the Summer of 2017, Gabi Nunes was included in the Brazil squad for the Tournament of Nations, starting in 2 of the 3 games. In 2021 Gabi Nunes joined the team for the 2021 Torneio Internacional de Manaus de Futebol Feminino. She started the second game of the tournament against Venezuela and scored her first international goal at the senior level.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 October 2024 [5] [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] State Cup [b] League cup [c] Continental [d] Other [e] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Centro Olímpico 2014 Brasileirão Feminino 1130000113
2015Brasileirão Feminino121400001214
Total231700002317
Corinthians 2016Brasileirão Feminino10753001510
2017Brasileirão Feminino1812101912
2018Brasileirão Feminino000000
2019Brasileirão Feminino119952014
2020Brasileirão Feminino13111112412
2021Brasileirão Feminino11900671716
Total6338532116679564
Madrid CFF 2021–22 Primera División 27720297
2022–23Liga F27821299
Total5415415816
Levante UD 2023–24 Liga F 281120232 [f] 23416
Aston Villa 2024–25 Women's Super League 721330115
Career total17583121021163081022221118

International

As of match played 10 August 2024 [7]


Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 201630
201760
202111
202262
202392
2024133
Total388
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nunes goal.
List of international goals scored by Gabi Nunes
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 November 2021 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, BrazilFlag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 2–14–1 International Tournament of Manaus 2021
211 April 2022 Pinatar Arena, Murcia, SpainFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1–03–1 Friendly
33–0
42 July 2023 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, BrazilFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–04–0
56 December 2023 Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara, BrazilFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1–04–0
621 February 2024 Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United StatesFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1–01–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
72 March 2024 BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United StatesFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4–05–1
825 July 2024 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–01–0 2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

Brazil

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