Varsénia da Luz

Varsénia Lina Monteiro da Luz (, born 19 March 1992), often shortened to Varsénia is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Nacional Feminino Caboverdiano club Seven Stars and captains the Cape Verde national football team. Club career Born in São Vicente, like most children, da Luz started playing football with friends in the neighborhood. She then joined Ribeirense FC in the regional championship.

In 2018, she joined Seven Stars in Praia, where she won four consecutive Santiago Sul regional titles, two national championships, and five Taça Praia trophies.

In addition to football, she has competed in futsal. In 2023, she represented São Vicente in the Inter-Island Futsal Tournament, where her team won the title. She made her debut in a 1–0 home defeat to Guinea-Bissau on 16 November 2018. Since then, she has been a regular in the national squad, featuring in every Cape Verde selection, including the 2020 and 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup. On 27 January 2023, she scored her first international goal in a 2–1 semi-final victory over Gambia. Career statistics International

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each da Luz goal.