Formiga

(Miraildes Maciel Mota)

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Born
1978 (47 years old)
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Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Position
Midfielder

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Hispanic

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1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

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Soccer

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Miraildes Maciel Mota (born 3 March 1978), commonly known as Formiga (Portuguese for "ant"), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder. She previously played for professional clubs in Sweden, the United States and France. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil national team, being the only player present in all Olympic Games tournaments of women's football since the first edition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a record for appearing at seven different FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.

Formiga was a member of the Brazil national team for 26 years (the longest in football history) and is the most capped football player in the history of the Brazil national teams (men's or women's), gaining her 234th and final cap in a 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus. She is the only football player in history (men's or women's) to play in seven World Cups and seven Olympic Games.

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