SC Corinthians Paulista

Brasileirão Women

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly known as Corinthians, is a professional women's association football club based in São Paulo, Brazil and founded in 1997. They play in the top tier of women's football in Brazil, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino, and in the Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino.

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Signature Fun Facts

What makes SC Corinthians Paulista what it is.

She and her twin sister helped create a girls’ football team at their school after growing up playing futsal with boys in their hometown.

Her move from Turkey to China was described by ge as the biggest sale from Turkish women’s football to another country.

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Quirky facts from the SC Corinthians Paulista squad.

At around 11, she jumped into a boys’ match when one player was missing, and the boys stopped laughing once she showed what she could do.

As a child, she cut her hair short so boys would accept her more easily when she played football with them.

She scored the goal that gave Corinthians the 2025 Brasileirão Feminino title against Cruzeiro, then dedicated the moment to her family and the fans.

In 2016, Andressa became the first Brazilian woman to play for FC Barcelona.

Moving abroad became a reset in her career after difficult early years at Rio clubs. Turkey changed her career path: she became the Brazilian with the most goals in the Turkish Women’s Super League.

She proposed to her partner and singer Gabi Fernandes in Paris, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, after the 2024 Olympics.

She played football with boys from the age of six, and one football school did not accept her because she was a girl.

She has an identical twin sister, Maria Clara, who is also a footballer and has played alongside her in Corinthians’ youth system.

In Brazil with her team Mixto, she became the youngest player to score in the national league championship, at the age of 15 and a half.

Marta is her biggest inspiration, and she got to train alongside her during Brazil’s pre-Olympic preparation in 2024.

The Taça das Favelas became her first big football launchpad, taking her from favela football into the professional game.

She played football with boys from the age of six, and one football school did not accept her because she was a girl.

Before she had a proper ball, she used doll heads as footballs. Nike later turned that childhood story into “The Doll I’ve Never Asked For,” a campaign built around girls who want football more than dolls.

Érika started playing football at age seven at the school of Corinthians idol Marcelinho Carioca. Her family could not afford the fees, but she earned a scholarship and became the school’s first girl.