Thaís Picarte

Thaís Ribeiro Picarte (born 22 July 1982) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She is the current football coordinator of Santos' women's team.

During her career, Thaís has played in the Brazilian, Spanish and Italian leagues. She took part in the 2011 World Cup as a reserve, and was Brazil's first choice goalkeeper during 2007 World Cup qualification.

Playing career Thais and her sisters used to play in amateur fields in the ABC Paulista, where they were known as "The Feared Picartes". At the age of 14, in March 1997, she was discovered by a scout and invited for a trial with the reserve team of São Paulo. Two years later, she was promoted to the first team and won her first title the following season. a club with a strong history in the Spanish league, where she played during the 2009–10 season. That same year, she won the South American Championship with the Brazil national team.

In the following year, she helped Brazil finish as runners-up at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. In the same year, she also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany for Brazil.

Coming from Bangu, in August 2011, she signed with Vitória das Tabocas. In 2012, she played in the Campeonato Paulista for Centro Olímpico.

In 2015, she joined São José. She spent one and a half years at the club, winning the Campeonato Paulista, the Jogos Abertos do Interior and the Jogos Regionais. After the elimination in the 2016 Paulista Championship, she returned to Huelva, Spain. where she played until 2018. Between August and September of the same year, she also commented on the International Tournament of Women's National Teams on the same network.

In February 2022, she took over as coordinator of the Women's Football Department at the Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF).

Honours São Paulo Campeonato Paulista: 1999

São José Campeonato Paulista: 2015

Santos Campeonato Paulista: 2018

Brazil South American Women's Championship: 2010 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo: Runner-up (2010)