Ary Borges

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Borges.

Ariadina Alves Borges (born 28 December 1999), known simply as Ary Borges, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Racing Louisville FC and the Brazil women's national team.

Ary Borges

Personal information
Full name	Ariadina Alves Borges[1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Racing Louisville FC
Number	8
Youth career
	Santos
	Centro Olímpico
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Sport Recife	20	(2)
2019	São Paulo	11	(2)
2020–2022	Palmeiras	32	(5)
2023–	Racing Louisville FC	2	(1)
International career‡
2020–	Brazil	30	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2023

Club career

Ary Borges was born in São Luís, Maranhão but moved to São Paulo when she was ten years old. There she joined the youth team of Santos FC and was one of three girls who played alongside the boys. Her father signed a waiver indemnifying the club against legal action if she was injured in boys' football. At 11 years old she switched to Centro Olímpico and played in the girls' under-15 team, since there was no under-13s.^[2]

In 2017 and 2018 Ary Borges returned to her native Northeast Region to play two seasons of professional football with Sport Recife, before joining the newly re-formed São Paulo for 2019. She was an important player in the team promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 and played up her credentials as a supporter of the club on social media, even staging a São Paulo FC-themed birthday party. The club was disappointed when she left after one year, for a better contract with rivals Palmeiras.^[3]

In December 2022, Borges signed with American club Racing Louisville FC.^[4]

International career

She featured for the Brazil national under-20 team at the 2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship and subsequent 2018 edition of the U-20 World Cup.^[2]

She received her first call-up to the senior Brazil national team in September 2020, selected by coach Pia Sundhage for a training camp at Nova Granja Comary which was restricted to home-based players due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.^[5] She won her first senior cap as a 63rd-minute substitute for Debinha in a 3–1 friendly win over Argentina at Amigão, Campina Grande, Paraíba on 17 September 2021.^[6] Another substitute appearance against the same opponents followed three days later,^[7] and she maintained her place in the squad for the next friendly fixtures against Australia in Sydney the following month.^[8] She scored her first two goals in a 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus, a match notable as the farewell appearance of Formiga.^[9]

On 24 July 2023, Borges made her World Cup debut for Brazil in their opening game against Panama, scoring a hat-trick, the first of the World Cup, and providing an assist for the third goal of the game as Brazil cruised to a 4–0 win. She was named Player of the Match after the game in recognition of her exceptional performance for her side.^[10]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

Table key

	Indicates won the match
	Indicates Brazil lost the match

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 November 2021	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil	India	3–1	6–1	2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
2				6–1
3	18 July 2022	Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia	Venezuela	2–0	4–0	2022 Copa América Femenina
4	26 July 2022	Estadio Alfonso López, Bucaramanga, Colombia	Paraguay	1–0	2–0
5	11 April 2023	Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Germany	2–0	2–1	Friendly
6	24 July 2023	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Panama	1–0	4–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
7				2–0
8				4–0

Honours

São Paulo

• Brasileirão Feminino A2: 2019

Palmeiras

• Copa Paulista: 2021
• Copa Libertadores da América: 2022

Seleção Brasileira

• Copa América: 2022

References

1. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
2. de Faria, Paulo (27 July 2019). "Ary Borges, 10 do São Paulo, sonha ser a melhor do mundo sem medo de criticar quem já é" (in Portuguese). Goal. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. "Jogadora do São Paulo, Ary Borges acerta com o Palmeiras e irrita diretoria do ex-clube" (in Portuguese). ESPN. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
4. "Racing signs young Brazilian star Ary Borges". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
5. Chaves, Lincoln (21 September 2020). "Novidade na seleção, Ary Borges quer influenciar luta contra racismo" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
6. "Ary Borges projeta briga por vaga no meio-campo da Seleção Feminina" (in Portuguese). Terra (company). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. "Brazil 4 – 1 Argentina". Soccerway. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
8. "Com seleção feminina completa, Pia comanda primeiro treino na Austrália" (in Portuguese). Diario Popular. 22 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
9. "Seleção Brasileira bate a Índia em estreia no Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
10. "Ary Borges hat-trick against Panama gives Brazil perfect start in World Cup". The Guardian. 24 July 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

External links

• Ary Borges at Soccerway.com
• Ary Borges at WorldFootball.net
• Ary Borges at FBref.com
• Ary Borges at the National Women's Soccer League
• Ary Borges at Racing Louisville FC