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Brazil pivot Lucileia, who will be 42 years and 146 days old when the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup™ kicks off, is its oldest player. She is followed by Spain’s Dany Domingos and IR Iran’s Nasimeh Gholami, who are 41 and 40 respectively. Gholami astonishingly made her international debut 24 years ago.
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Tanzania winger Helena Mtundagi, who will be 15 years and 109 days when the tournament gets underway, is its youngest player. The Twiga Stars will incredibly have the youngest six players, with Mtundagi followed by Yasinta Kaluwa (15 years old), Zainabu Karuka (16), Edina Makamba (16), Mary Siyame (17) and Winfrida Charles (17). The youngest non-Tanzanian is Philippines goalkeeper Samantha Hughes (17).
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Eleven players have already been footballers at a FIFA competition. Isabella Flanigan, Katrina Guillou and Jaclyn Sawicki played in the Philippines’ historic upset of co-hosts New Zealand at the last FIFA Women’s World Cup™, while Laurie Batista and Erika Hernandez were at the tournament with Panama. Japan duo Nene Inoue and Mizuki Nakamura were team-mates at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup™, and New Zealand’s Alosi Bloomfield, Italy’s Rafaela Dal’Maz and Canada’s Sophie Therien are also graduates of that tournament. Dal’Maz also appeared at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup™, as did Argentina’s Carina Nunez.
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Seven players make Poio Pescamar FS the best-represented club at Philippines 2025. The Galician outfit boast Spaniards Ale De Paz, Elena Gonzalez, Marta Lopez-Pardo and Noelia Montoro, Portuguese Debora Lavrador and Carolina Pedreira, and Italian Rafaela Dal’mas. Japanese side Bardral Urayasu Las Bonitas and Portuguese teams GCR Nun’Alvares and SL Benfica follow on six apiece.
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Seven Italy players were born in Brazil: Renata Adamatti, Adrieli Berte, Brenda Bettioli, Bruna Borges, Rafaela Dal’Maz, Ana Carolina Sestari and Gaby Vanelli. Renata, who is widely regarded as one of the planet’s best performers, even represented the Seleção before switching allegiances to the Azzurre. Mouth-wateringly, Brazil and Italy will collide in their second Group D game at the PhilSports Arena.
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Four Best Women’s Player recipients were included in the squads. Brazilian thrill machine Amandinha amazingly won the award for eight successive years from 2014 to 2021. Spaniard Peque stopped the monopoly, before being succeeded by Brazilians Camila and Emilly.
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Four squads consist entirely of players based in their homeland, namely those of IR Iran, Spain, Tanzania and Thailand. Brazil have the fewest players based back home: Bianca, Luana Rodrigues and Natalinha.
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Canada pivot Joelle Gosselin, at 1.80 metres, is the tallest player. She is followed by her compatriot Lea Palacio-Tellier (1.78m), another goalkeeper in New Zealand’s Hannah Hegarty (1.78m), Brazil winger Debora Vanin (1.78m) and Panama creator Laurie Batista (1.77). Morocco’s Drissia Korrych and Argentina’s Silvina Nava are the shortest players at 1.48m apiece.
