Kátia

Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva (born 18 February 1977), known simply as Kátia Cilene, is a Brazilian former footballer.

Career A former track and field star who finished as high as fifth in the heptathlon at the South American championships, Kátia Cilene is a veteran of three World Cups and two Olympic games. She began her international career as a key member of the Brazilian team in the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden, then played all five of her country's matches in the Atlanta Olympics. Her outstanding play and two goals at the 1999 Women's World Cup drew rave reviews and in 2000 she finished fourth in scoring at the Sydney Olympics.

Kátia Cilene spent five seasons in the Brazilian Women's League and ranked as the No.1 goal scorer in each of them. In 1997 she scored 34 goals as the newly formed São Paulo FC won the Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino. With the launch of the WUSA in 2001, Katia was given the opportunity to take her game to an even higher level and she signed with the San Jose CyberRays. That first season she played well and scored seven goals. In 2002, she improved to score 15 goals. Her goals plus her five assists also made her the leading overall point scorer with 35.

Spain In February 2005, Kátia Cilene arrived in Spain to play for Estudiantes Huelva. She transferred to Levante UD in May 2005 to play in the post-season 2005 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, scoring two goals in five games to help her new club retain the trophy. She then agreed a deal to remain with Levante for the 2005–06 Superliga Femenina season.

France Kátia Cilene moved to France's Olympique Lyonnais Féminin in January 2007, scoring 57 goals in 58 league matches. In summer 2010 she signed for Paris Saint-Germain Féminines.

Later career After spending five years in the Division 1 Féminine in 2011 she moved to the Russian Championship where she played for Zorky Krasnogorsk. She played for Sundsvalls DFF in 2013.

International career Kátia Cilene was frequently part of the Brazil women's national football team from 1995 to 2007. She went to three World Cups, finishing in second place in 2007 and third in 1999, as well as being in the quarter-finalist's squad from 2003. While she played in the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, Kátia was left out of the team that won an Olympic silver in 2004 due to a knee injury. Kátia retired from the national team after the 2007 Pan American Games in her hometown of Rio de Janeiro, where Brazil won the gold.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 23 July 1996 Birmingham, United States 1–0 2–0 1996 Summer Olympics 2. 6 March 1998 Mar del Plata, Argentina ?–0 14–0 1998 South American Women's Football Championship 3. ?–0 4. ?–0 5. ?–0 6. 19 June 1999 East Rutherford, United States 4–1 7–1 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 7. 27 June 1999 Landover, United States 1–1 3–3 8. 23 June 2000 Hershey, United States 4–0 8–0 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 9. 25 June 2000 Louisville, United States 1–0 11–0 10. 4–0 11. 7–0 12. 8–0 13. 10–0 14. 11–0 15. 1 July 2000 1–1 3–2 16. 13 September 2000 Melbourne, Australia 2–0 2–0 2000 Summer Olympics 17. 19 September 2000 Sydney, Australia 2–1 2–1 18. 23 April 2003 Lima, Peru 1–0 3–2 2003 South American Women's Football Championship 19. 27 April 2003 6–0 12–0 20. 7–0 21. 9–0 22. 11–0 23. 12–0 24. 21 September 2003 Washington, D.C., United States 2–0 3–0 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 25. 3–0 26. 24 September 2003 4–1 4–1 27. 27 September 2003 1–0 1–1 28. 14 July 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1–0 5–0 2007 Pan American Games 29. 3–0