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Full name | Gabriela Nunes da Silva [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
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* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (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
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*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.
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.
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.
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.
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | State Cup [b] | League cup [c] | Continental [d] | Other [e] | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Centro Olímpico | 2014 | Brasileirão Feminino | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
2015 | Brasileirão Feminino | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 14 | ||||
Total | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 17 | |||||
Corinthians | 2016 | Brasileirão Feminino | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | |||
2017 | Brasileirão Feminino | 18 | 12 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 12 | |||||
2018 | Brasileirão Feminino | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
2019 | Brasileirão Feminino | 11 | 9 | — | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | 14 | |||||
2020 | Brasileirão Feminino | 13 | 1 | — | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | 24 | 12 | |||||
2021 | Brasileirão Feminino | 11 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 17 | 16 | ||||
Total | 63 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 95 | 64 | ||||
Madrid CFF | 2021–22 | Primera División | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 7 | ||||
2022–23 | Liga F | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 9 | |||||
Total | 54 | 15 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 58 | 16 | ||||||
Levante UD | 2023–24 | Liga F | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 [f] | 2 | 34 | 16 | ||
Aston Villa | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 5 | |||
Career total | 175 | 83 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 221 | 118 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
2017 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 1 | |
2022 | 6 | 2 | |
2023 | 9 | 2 | |
2024 | 13 | 3 | |
Total | 38 | 8 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 November 2021 | Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil | ![]() | 2–1 | 4–1 | International Tournament of Manaus 2021 |
2 | 11 April 2022 | Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
3 | 3–0 | |||||
4 | 2 July 2023 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
5 | 6 December 2023 | Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara, Brazil | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
6 | 21 February 2024 | Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
7 | 2 March 2024 | BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–1 | |
8 | 25 July 2024 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
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