Maurine Dornelles Gonçalves, usually known as Maurine (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande is the oldest city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and also the former state capital from 1835 to 1845...

, January 14, 1986), is a football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 midfielder who currently plays for the Brazilian Women's National Team

Brazil women's national football team

The Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's association football. Brazil played their first game on July 22, 1986 against the United States....

, the Western New York Flash, and Santos FC

Santos FC (ladies)

Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as just Santos, is a Brazilian women's football club, based in the city of Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. They play in the Copa do Brasil, which is the most important competition of Brazilian women's football...

. On September 22, 2009, the Atlanta Beat of WPS

Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...

 in the United States selected her in the 2009 WPS International Draft

2009 WPS International Draft

The 2009 WPS International Draft was a special draft for the Women's Professional Soccer teams Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence taking place on September 22nd, 2009...

, acquiring exclusive rights (within WPS) to negotiate with her. Maurine has since moved to the Western New York Flash.

External links

• Profile at Sports-reference.com
• Santos Player