| Mayssa Pessoa | |
| Fullname: | Mayssa Raquel de Oliveira Pessoa |
| Birth Date: | 11 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | João Pessoa, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Dunărea Brăila |
| Clubnumber: | 84 |
| Clubs1: | Colégio Lourdinhas |
| Years2: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs2: | Issy-Paris Hand |
| Years3: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs3: | Dinamo Volgograd |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs4: | CSM București |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | HC Vardar |
| Years6: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs6: | Rostov-Don |
| Years7: | 2021– |
| Clubs7: | Dunărea Brăila |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
| Nationalcaps1: | 87 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Mayssa Raquel de Oliveira Pessoa, also known as Mayssa Pessoa or simply Mayssa (born 11 September 1984) is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for Dunărea Brăila and the Brazilian national team.[1]
She was one of nearly two dozen LGBT Olympians at the London Games.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Pessoa comes from a family of intellectuals. Nicknamed Taffarel, she resides in the same city with Hulk (João Pessoa). Her father is a university professor and a former athlete who competed in handball, volleyball, basketball, futsal and beach handball. Her mother is a lawyer, and one of her two sisters is a pediatrician.[8]