Giovanna Waksman
Giovanna Waksman
Giovanna Waksman Costa is a Brazilian midfielder. She has represented Brazil at youth international level.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
She started playing football at school after asking to join the boys during PE class.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
She grew up in Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro, and began her club path at local side Sogima FC before moving to Botafogo.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
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.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
Her family moved with her to Jupiter, Florida, in October 2022 so she could study and play there.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
Marta is her biggest role model in women’s football.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
She has said that becoming the best player in the world has been her biggest goal since she was nine years old.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
Her biggest football idol is Lionel Messi.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
Outside football, she loves the beach, parks and spending time with her friends and family.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
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.
Giovanna Waksman
OL Lyonnes
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.
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