Giovanna Waksman

Midfielder • Age 17 • #30

Giovanna Waksman Costa is a Brazilian midfielder. She has represented Brazil at youth international level.

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Fun Facts about Giovanna

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She started playing football at school after asking to join the boys during PE class.

She grew up in Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro, and began her club path at local side Sogima FC before moving to Botafogo.

Because Botafogo did not have a girls’ team for her age group at the time, she played in boys’ teams and wore the No. 10 shirt.

Her family moved with her to Jupiter, Florida, in October 2022 so she could study and play there.

Marta is the biggest reference in women’s football for her.

She has said that becoming the best player in the world has been her biggest goal since she was nine years old.

Her biggest football idol is Lionel Messi.

Outside football, she loves the beach, parks and spending time with her friends and family.

Her first word was “football.” The twist is that her father Renato, himself a footballer, had actually hoped for a daughter because he worried a son might want to follow him into the difficult world of football.

Her schoolmates were so impressed by her football ability that they used to call her parents “Marta’s parents” when they came to pick her up from school.