Tamires Santos de Souza

She became known in football simply as Mimi — a nickname that now works almost like her football name.

Before becoming a professional defender, Mimi first played in a futsal school at the age of 12.

The number 30 became one of Mimi’s signatures at Corinthians — so much so that the club later called her its “eternal camisa 30.”

Mimi helped re-record “Futebol Feminino,” a song from the 1940s connected to the era when women’s football was banned in Brazil.

Family is one of Mimi’s biggest anchors — she once called it “a life jacket in the rough sea of life” and has celebrated the joy of having her loved ones by her side after a Corinthians win.