Aline Villares Reis

Aline Villares Reis (born 15 April 1989), known as Aline, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Hilal. Between 2016 and 2021 she made 15 appearances for the Brazil national team. She is also a former women's football coach who most recently served as the goalkeeping coach for Orlando Pride in the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Early life Aline was born in Aguaí, Brazil. She was inspired to play football as a goalkeeper by Cláudio Taffarel after watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup final's penalty shoot-out between Brazil and Italy. At the age of 18, she moved to Orlando, Florida, in the United States to play college soccer.

Club career Before her collegiate career, Aline played for Guarani FC for over six years.

In 2012, following her collegiate playing career, Aline played professionally in Finland with first-division side . Her visa expired before the end of her only season with the club.

She then worked as the director of soccer operations for her alma mater, UCF, while pursuing a master's degree in sport and exercise science. In late 2013, Aline joined the UCLA Bruins women's soccer coaching staff as a volunteer goalkeeping coach.

In December 2015, she temporarily left UCLA to play for Ferroviária in Brazil. Following the 2016 Summer Olympics, she returned to the United States and UCLA, and also played for Santa Clarita Blue Heat of the pro-am United Women's Soccer league.

In 2017, Aline left UCLA to play in the Hungarian top women's league for ETO FC,

Aline announced her retirement from professional football on 30 January 2022, but after her suspension as a coach from the Orlando Pride in 2022, she resumed her playing career and re-signed with Tenerife in January 2023, She started 11 matches and recorded 32 saves and two clean sheets during the remainder of the 2022–23 Liga F season.

In 2024, Aline joined Saudi Women's Premier League side Al Hilal before moving to Al-Ula. She returned to Al Hilal in July 2026, signing a one-year contract.

International career Aline was first called to the Brazil camp in July 2009 during her college career. She attended several training camps and friendly matches with Brazil without making an appearance. In 2016, following her season with Ferroviária, Brazil named Aline to the national team roster and signed her to a residency contract with the Brazil national team (Seleção Permanente) to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Brazil named Aline as one of two goalkeepers on the final 18-player Olympic roster and debuted for the national team during the games, playing the full match of a 0–0 draw against South Africa in front of 42,000 people at the Arena da Amazônia.

Brazil also named Aline to the national team squad for the 2018 Copa América, which Brazil won, and for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and as an alternate for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Coaching career From 2013 to 2016, Aline spent four seasons as a volunteer goalkeeping coach for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer program under head coach Amanda Cromwell, who had been Aline's coach at UCF. Aline helped develop Katelyn Rowland, who set NCAA career and single-season shutout records during her UCLA career. The Bruins won a national championship and led the nation in goals against average in 2013. On 10 October 2022, following the publication of a joint league and NWSL Players Association investigative report into the 2021 NWSL abuse scandal, the NWSL placed Aline on unpaid administrative leave, and fired Cromwell and Pride assistant coach Sam Greene. The report alleged that Aline had not cooperated with the joint investigation and also pressured players to provide positive feedback to investigators.

Aline was invited to be the pioneering athlete to create her own "masterclass" in Brazil for "Classe das Campeãs", featuring Olympic athletes. In a series of eight episodes, Aline shared experiences as a coach and an athlete, goalkeeping skills, and techniques to develop emotional intelligence and a strong mental game. ESPN Brasil aired the series "Jornada Aline Reis" on 9 March 2022.

Honors UCF Knights (player) Conference-USA regular season: 2007, 2009, 2010

Brazil (player) Copa América Femenina: 2018

UCLA Bruins (goalkeeping coach) NCAA Division I national championship: 2013 Pac-12 conference championship: 2013, 2014

Individual UCF Athletics Hall of Fame: Inducted 2019 Premio Marca (top Iberoamerican player in Spain's top division): 2021