Elane Explained

Elane
Fullname:	Elane dos Santos Rego
Birth Date:	4 June 1968
Birth Place:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height:	^[1]
Position:	Central defender
Clubs1:	Radar
Clubs2:	Euroexport
Clubs3:	Uberlândia Football Club
Nationalteam1:	Brazil
Pcupdate:	22:52, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Ntupdate:	22:52, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Elane dos Santos Rego (born 4 June 1968), commonly known as Elane, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender for the Brazil women's national football team.

She represented Brazil at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991, 1995 and 1999; as well as in the inaugural Olympic women's football tournament in 1996.

Career

Elane was part of the EC Radar club team who represented Brazil at the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in Guangdong and finished in third place.^[2]

At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Elane played in all three Group B games and scored Brazil's first ever World Cup goal in their 1–0 opening match win over Japan.^[3]

An aggressive central defender, Elane remained a key player for Brazil at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, by which time she was playing for São Paulo FC.^[4] A tournament preview on the SoccerTimes.com website described her as a strong tackler with modest speed.^[5] At the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, English journalist Pete Davies, covering the tournament for The Independent, caricatured Elane's committed approach:^[6]

At club level Elane also played for São Cristóvão, Bonsucesso, Portuguesa, EC Radar, Santos, Corinthians, São Paulo and Saad Esporte Clube, ending her career in 2001 with Barra de Teresópolis (RJ).^{[7] [8] [9]}

After her football career Elane worked as a bus driver in her native Rio.^[10] She was named equal seventh (with Meg) in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) South America's best Women's Footballer of the Century list.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elane. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/elane-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 18 April 2013.
2. Web site: A história do futebol feminino. Portuguese. Sindicato dos Treinsdores de Futebol Profissional do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. 20 April 2013. Andréa Karl. Fernandes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042042/http://www.sintrefutrj.com.br/historiafutfemininoandrea.pdf. 4 March 2016. dmy-all.
3. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup China '91 – Technical Report & Statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20111227003624/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/19/wwc%5f91%5ftr%5fpart2%5f260.pdf . dead . 27 December 2011 . FIFA. 26 April 2013. 79.
4. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 squads . . TXT . 1999 . 29 September 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20001217013500/http://www.fifa2.com/wwc/1999/teams/USA99-v1.txt . 17 December 2000 .
5. Web site: USA 1999: Brazil . 1999 . SoccerTimes.com . 18 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110111084917/http://soccertimes.com/worldcup/1999/capsules/brazil.htm . 11 January 2011 . dead .
6. Book: Davies, Pete . I Lost My Heart To The Belles . 1996 . Mandarin . London . 0-7493-2085-0 . 315.
7. Web site: Elane . . 8 January 2023 . Brazilian Portuguese.
8. News: Cabral . Juliana . Goellner . Silvia . Juliana Cabral . 30 anos depois: os relatos das pioneiras no primeiro mundial da FIFA . 8 January 2023 . Ludopédio . 15 November 2021 . Brazilian Portuguese.
9. News: de Oliveira . Felipe . Ex-capitã da seleção brasileira vira motorista de ônibus no Rio de Janeiro . 8 January 2023 . . 17 May 2015 . Brazilian Portuguese.
10. Web site: Futebol feminino: O golaço de Michael Jackson na vida! . 6 March 2012 . pt . Vermelho Portal. 18 April 2013.
11. News: South America's best Women's Footballer of the Century . IFFHS . 18 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222234656/http://www.iffhs.de/?11f92a26f33711c51808f32b0cf53817f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb3e28f03610 . 22 February 2012 .