Women's football squad ready to start

The women’s football squad of Benfica began taking shape in the last few months and is now ready to start the work aiming at the competition in 2018/19, the season that will mark the debut of the Club’s project. The official start is scheduled for this Thursday.

The works begin this Thursday with the usual medicals, that continue Friday and Monday. The first training session is scheduled for the morning of July 25 (Thursday), at Jamor.

The Official Site remembers the strong words from each of the names chosen to represent Sport Lisboa e Benfica, which in the women’s football debut season will play to get promoted to the I Division and fight to win the Portuguese Cup.

COACH

João Marques | 42 years (14/04/1976)

"One of the objectives is to look any world team directly in the eyes. Benfica want to be powerhouse at a national and global level in the women's football. That's what we're going to work for."

SQUAD

Dani Neuhaus | goalkeeper | 25 years (21/03/1993)

"One of my big dreams was to play outside Brazil, especially at a well-known club, with a great structure like Benfica, with supporters worldwide, moreover in Brazil"

Catarina Bajanca | goalkeeper | 22 years (02/05/1996)

"To the fans, I ask them to support. One Club with a fan base like this has the capacity to support the several teams and that is what we ask. That gives us the strength to fulfill our goals”

Carolina Vilão | goalkeeper | 17 years (18/12/2000)

"Try to go as far as possible, to win the Championship and get promoted to the first division and, if possible, to win the Portuguese Cup."

Daiane Rodrigues | right-back | 31 years (22/07/1986)

"For me, it is an honor to wear Benfica's Sacred Mantle and I hope to do a good job. I think the women's football has been developing a lot and Portugal has everything to become a powerhouse in the women's football"

Inês Queiroga | right-back | 18 years (30/03/2000)

"As a player, I describe myself as someone who never gives up, who is always in the fight. I am a hard player and I never give a ball as lost"

Ana Alice | centre-back | 29 years (14/03/1989)

"My qualities? I am good in the aerial game, I have pace and I anticipate the ball and the plays very well. I try to give my best to help the team come out with a positive result, I will be no different at"

Tita | centre-back | 28 years (14/09/1989)

"I arrive to add my commitment, I am very persistent and my goal is to help Benfica win everything! I say this with no kind of presumption or disrespect for the other clubs, because that is what we are committed to doing."

Pipa | centre-back | 24 years (04/09/1993)

"The long pass is one of my strong points; I am brave; I'm hardworking. I can promise that I will give everything I got for the jersey I'm going to represent."

Sílvia Rebelo | centre-back | 29 years (20/05/1989)

"I am a Benfica fan and I think we are the best supporters in the world. I am sure you will not falter us, so we expect the support from all of you because I assure that we will repay with many joys."

Diva Meira | left-back | 18 years (16/02/2000)

"At the individual level, I want to do the best I can, to be champion in all the competitions we play in and, at the collective level, I want the best for the team."

Andreia Faria | midfielder | 18 years (19/04/2000)

"I am a U-16, U-17 and U-19 international, I intend to reach the Senior National Team. I consider myself a skillful player, I like to have the ball and make the team play, that why I like being a center-midfielder."

Pauleta | midfielder | 20 years (11/08/1997)

"It is a feeling of great honor and gratitude for the person who brought me here. The gaffer João [Marques] bet on me and is making me live this huge experience at one of the biggest clubs in the World and the biggest in Portugal."

Patrícia Llanos | midfielder | 27 years (13/12/1990)

"I know the magnitude of Benfica because it is a well-known club and I also know I will go down in history for being part of the first women's team. I feel very honored."

Jassie Vasconcelos | winger | 23 years (20/07/1994)

"I'm a player who likes having the ball. I like dribbling, I like creating plays, assisting my teammates and winning matches, winning titles."

Evy Pereira | forward/winger | 24 years (28/03/1994)

"It is something I cannot put in to words. It is the club I love and I can do in the emblem I love what I love to do: to play football."

Geyse | winger | 20 years (27/03/1998)

"I am a calm person, very focused on the work I have to do, both on and off the pitch. I am a fast player, I always play with heart to defend the crest I carry on my chest."

Maiara | winger | 26 years (28/04/1992)

"I’m an offensive player, fast, with a team sense. Whenever I can, I try to score, but the team comes first. I have a bold style of play, but well aware."

Carlota Cristo | forward | 20 years (11/01/1998)

"I ask the benfiquistas to follow us and give us strength because this is a new project and it will bring many people to the women's football. May they support and follow Benfica."