Kelly | |
Fullname: | Kelly Cristina Pereira da Silva |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1985 |
Birth Place: | São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Height: | 164cm |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Fluminense |
Clubnumber: | 8 |
Years1: | 1997–2001 |
Clubs1: | Vasco da Gama |
Years2: | 2003–2014 |
Clubs2: | CEPE-Caxias |
Years3: | 2016 |
Clubs3: | Flamengo |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2017 |
Clubs4: | America-RJ |
Years5: | 2019– |
Clubs5: | Fluminense |
Nationalyears1: | 2003–2004 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
Nationalteam-Update: | 29 September 2003 |
Kelly Cristina Pereira da Silva (born 15 May 1985), commonly known as Kelly, is a Brazilian women's international footballer who plays as a forward. She was a member of the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1]
Kelly played for CR Vasco da Gama, but was left without a club when they folded in 2001. She trained on her own for a period before joining Petrobras in mid-2003.[2]
Kelly played for Brazil women's national under-20 football team at the 2002 and 2004 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3]
At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Kelly was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning squad. She appeared briefly as a substitute for Rosana in the 2–0 Group G defeat by the United States, but had to be substituted herself 12 minutes later after breaking her collarbone.[4]