Dayane da Rocha

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Fátima and the second or paternal family name is da Rocha.

Dayane de Fátima da Rocha (born 13 May 1985), commonly known as Dayane Rocha or simply as Dayane, is a Brazilian football and futsal striker, who has played for professional clubs in Brazil, France, Spain and Italy.^[1] She previously played for Irex Puebla and Sporting Huelva in Spain's Superliga.^[2]

Dayane da Rocha

Personal information
Full name	Dayane de Fátima da Rocha
Date of birth	(1985-05-13) 13 May 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2007	Novo Mundo
2006	→ Olympique Lyon (loan)	7	(3)
2007–2008	Puebla
2008–2009	Sporting Huelva	29	(10)
2009–2013	Bardolino Verona		(30)
2010	→ Kindermann (loan)
2013–2014	Kindermann
International career
	Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

She received a late call-up to the Brazil national team panel during the 2004 Summer Olympics,^[3] as an injury replacement for Kelly who had broken her collarbone.^[4]

She transferred to Bardolino Verona in August 2009.^[5] In March 2011 Dayane obtained Italian citizenship, allowing her to be treated as a domestic player in Serie A with Bardolino Verona.^[6]

Dayane returned to Brazil in 2010 to finish her college scholarship. She intended to resume playing for Novo Mundo but was dismayed to find they had recently disbanded. Instead she played for Kindermann in the 2010 Copa do Brasil.^[7] She returned to Kindermann's ranks in 2013.^[8]

Throughout her outdoor football career she also enjoyed playing futsal, and decided to focus exclusively on the latter in 2013. She remained in Italy and played successfully for a series of Italian futsal clubs,^[9][10] including Isolotto, Olimpus Roma, Montesilvano, Cagliari, and Granzette (which changed its name to Rovigo Orange in 2022).^[11]

References

1. Profile 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine in Bardolino's website
2. La delantera del Sporting Huelva se completa con el fichaje de la crack brasileña Dayane. Sporting's website
3. Patras swings to Samba beat 2012-08-16 at the Wayback Machine. FIFA, 2004
4. "Dayane de Fátima Rocha" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
5. "Bardolino alla brasiliana: prese Villar e Dayane" (in Italian). L'Arena. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. "Dayane è... mezza italiana: può giocare col Bardolino" (in Italian). L'Arena. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
7. De Lazzari, Robson (28 August 2010). "Atleta da seleção vive maratona de decepções" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
8. "Dayane Rocha chega para reforçar o Kindermann" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Caçador Online. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
9. Vinditti, Silvia (30 October 2020). "Dayane Da Rocha in casa Montesilvano: "Ci metteremo il cuore"" (in Italian). Any Given Sunday. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
10. Relozi, Rodrigo (4 June 2021). "Dayane Rocha, craque do futsal europeu e da seleção brasileira de futebol" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Resenha CM. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
11. Vitale, Christian (3 September 2022). "Dayane Rocha, Rovigo Orange: "Vogliamo fare meglio dello scorso anno. Io? Mi aspetto qualche gol in più"" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italiano. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

External links

• Dayane da Rocha at Soccerway
• Profile at Footoféminin (in French)