Red Bull Bragantino

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What makes Red Bull Bragantino what it is.

Rafa’s nickname “Mineira” comes from her roots in Minas Gerais — she was born in Alpinópolis, MG, before building most of her football identity in Araraquara.

Karol was part of a historic 2021 season with Nacional, when the club gave annual contracts and social benefits to its entire women’s squad for the first time and reached the Copa Libertadores Femenina final four.

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Quirky facts from the Red Bull Bragantino squad.

Long before reaching Red Bull Bragantino, Gaby was already making headlines — she debuted in Brazil’s top women’s league at 15 and became the competition’s youngest player at the time.

Mylena almost wrote a fairytale university-football chapter in China, finishing as the University World Cup’s top scorer after admitting she never imagined that would happen.

Carol’s grandfather was one of the roots of her football story: he raised her, taught her the game, and lived to see his surname on the back of her professional shirt.

Football became such an obsession during childhood that she once ripped the head off a doll so she could use it as a ball.

Before leaving Ferroviária, she had already passed 100 appearances for the club — and was honoured with a special “100 games” shirt.

In 2026, after scoring for Red Bull Bragantino, she dedicated the moment to God, her family and her boyfriend — showing how much her support system matters to her.

She has a tattoo of Lionel Messi on her leg, highlighting her admiration for the Argentine football icon.

A childhood feature highlighted that she was already playing primarily with boys at the age of nine and finished as the top scorer of a major youth tournament in Brasília with 14 goals.

Ilana left home at just 15 to chase football, moving more than 3,000 km away from her family.

Miriã's goal celebration is a tribute to her mother, who is hearing impaired. She calls her family "her pillar, her foundation and her everything."

Source: Instagram | Fernando Roberto / Red Bull Bragantino

The heartbreak of losing the 2019 Brasileirão Feminino A2 final inspired Miriã to make a promise to herself: one day she would lift a major trophy. When she later won multiple titles with Corinthians, she saw it as the fulfilment of that promise.

Márcia was one of 11 Brazilian players chosen by Amazon Brasil to help re-record “Futebol Feminino” — a song once banned alongside women’s football in Brazil in 1941.