| Vitória Yaya | |
| Fullname: | Vitória Ferreira Silva |
| Birth Date: | 2002 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Suzano, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Corinthians |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Centro Olímpico |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | São Paulo |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | São Paulo |
| Caps1: | 47 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2023 |
| Clubs2: | Santos |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | Corinthians |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Brazil U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam3: | Brazil |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 02:35, 13 November 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 15:04, 20 January 2023 (UTC) |
Vitória Ferreira Silva (born 23 January 2002), known as Vitória Yaya or just Yaya, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Corinthians.
Born in Suzano but raised in Ferraz de Vasconcelos, both in the São Paulo state, Yaya joined Centro Olímpico's youth setup at the age of 13; due to her style of play being similar to Yaya Touré, she earned that nickname. In 2017, she moved to São Paulo, after the club established a partnership with Centro Olímpico.[1] [2]
Promoted to the first team for the 2019 season,[1] Yaya made her senior debut on 27 March 2019, starting and scoring the winner in a 1–0 Série A2 home success over América Mineiro.[3] She was a regular starter during the club's league campaign, as they achieved promotion to the Série A1 as champions.
On 8 January 2023, Yaya was announced at Santos.[4] Despite being a regular starter, she left on 20 December.[5]
On 5 January 2024, it was announced that Yaya signed with Corinthians after her contract ended.[6]
Yaya represented Brazil at under-17 level in 2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 20 August 2019, aged 17, she received her first call-up for the full side, for the year's International Women's Football Tournament;[7] she remained an unused substitute in Brazil's two matches in the competition.
After playing for the under-20 team in the 2020 and 2022 editions of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, Yaya made her full international debut on 10 October 2022, replacing Ary Borges late into a 1–0 friendly win over Italy at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa.[8]
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Brazil U20
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