Bia Zaneratto

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Zaneratto and the second or paternal family name is João.

Beatriz Zaneratto João (born 17 December 1993), known as Bia Zaneratto, just Beatriz, or Bia, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil women's national team. She was part of the national squad at the 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups.

Bia Zaneratto

Beatriz with Brazil in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Beatriz Zaneratto João[1]
Date of birth	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil[2]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Kansas City Current
Number	9
Youth career
	Espaço Criança[3]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Ferroviária
2010	Santos
2011	Bangu
2012	Vitória das Tabocas
2013–2019	Hyundai Steel Red Angels	103	(78)
2020–2021	Wuhan Jianghan University	9	(7)
2020	→ Palmeiras (loan)	2	(2)
2021	→ Palmeiras (loan)	15	(13)
2022–2024	Palmeiras	22	(15)
2024–	Kansas City Current	16	(5)
International career‡
2010	Brazil U17	4	(0)
2012	Brazil U20	3	(0)
2011–	Brazil	111	(38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Bia Zaneratto joined her local team Ferroviária at the age of 13. In 2010, she moved to play for reigning Copa Libertadores Femenina champions Santos.^[4] In February 2013 Bia Zaneratto and her Vitória das Tabocas teammate Thaísinha announced that they had accepted a transfer to South Korean club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.^[5] With the team, Beatriz has won seven consecutive WK League championships between 2013 and 2019. In the 2015 championship, she scored an equalizing goal in the 123rd minute to force the game to penalty shoot-out, where her team prevailed.^[6]

From 2020 to 2021, she played for Chinese team Wuhan Jianghan University, where she scored seven goals in nine matches to help them win the 2020 Chinese Women's Super League.^[7][8]

The Kansas City Current signed Bia on January 22, 2024, on a one-year contract with a one-year option.^[9] In the season opener on March 16, she scored in the Current's 5–4 win over the Portland Thorns.^[10] She scored a brace to help beat Bay FC 5–2 on April 20.^[11] She was named NWSL Player of the Month for March/April 2024, with four goals and three assists in that span.^[12]

International career

Ahead of the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, a 14-year-old Bia Zaneratto was the youngest player in Brazil's squad and was highlighted as a "player to watch" by The New Zealand Herald newspaper.^[13]

In May 2011, she made her debut for the senior national team in a 3–0 friendly win over Chile at Estádio Rei Pelé in Maceió.^[14] Bia Zaneratto was named in Brazil's squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and participated in the 3–0 group stage win over Equatorial Guinea.

In February 2015, Bia Zaneratto's club commitments in South Korea meant she was left out of Brazil's 18-month residency programme intended to prepare the national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics.^[15] At the World Cup in Canada, Bia Zaneratto made substitute appearances in the final group game, a 1–0 win over Costa Rica, and the 1–0 second-round defeat by Australia.

Bia Zaneratto was named to the Brazil squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, her first Olympic Games. She plundered three goals, including one in the Bronze Medal match, in which Brazil lost 2–1 to Canada, as hosts Brazil finished in fourth place. It was reported that her performances "lit up" the Games and made her a target for clubs in the American National Women's Soccer League, albeit her relatively high salary in South Korea made a transfer less likely.^[16]

At the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, Bia Zaneratto suffered a fractured fibula during Brazil's 1–0 defeat by hosts the United States in Tampa, Florida.^[17]

At the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Bia Zaneratto scored against Panama.^[18]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.^{[19][20][21][22]}

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2015-03-11	Albufeira, Portugal	Switzerland	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 4–1	2015 Algarve Cup
2	2015-12-10	Natal, Brazil	Trinidad and Tobago	5250.02005 4–0	5550.05005 11–0	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
3				5350.03005 7–0
4				5350.03005 9–0
5	2016-03-07	Lagos, Portugal	Russia	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 3–0	Algarve Cup 2016
6	2016-08-06	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Sweden	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 5–1	Olympics 2016
7				5350.03005 5–0
8	2016-08-19	São Paulo, Brazil	Canada	5250.02005 1–2	5450.04005 1–2	Olympics 2016
9	2016-12-07	Manaus, Brazil	Costa Rica	5250.02005 5–0	5450.04005 6–0	Torneio Internacional 2016
10				5350.03005 6–0
11	2016-12-11	Manaus, Brazil	Russia	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 4–0	Torneio Internacional 2016
12				5350.03005 3–0
13	2016-12-14	Manaus, Brazil	Italy	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 5–3	Torneio Internacional 2016
14	2017-10-19	Chongqing, China	Mexico	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 3–0	2017 Yongchuan International Tournament
15	2017-11-26	Ovalle, Chile	Chile	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 4–0	Friendly match
16	2017-11-29	La Serena, Chile	Chile	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 3–0	Friendly match
17	2018-04-05	Coquimbo, Chile	Argentina	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 3–0	Copa América 2018
18	2018-04-07	Coquimbo, Chile	Ecuador	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 8–0	Copa América 2018
19				5350.03005 6–0
20	2018-04-11	Coquimbo, Chile	Venezuela	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 4–0	Copa América 2018
21				5350.03005 3–0
22	2018-04-16	La Serena, Chile	Chile	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 3–1	Copa América 2018
23	2018-07-29	East Hartford, United States	Japan	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 2–1	2018 Tournament of Nations
24	2019-11-07	Chongqing, China	Canada	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 4–0	2019 Yongchuan International Tournament
25				5250.02005 4–0
26	2019-12-13	São Paulo, Brazil	Mexico	5250.02005 3–0	5550.05005 6–0	Friendly game
27				5350.03005 5–0
28				5350.03005 6–0
29	2021-07-21	Rifu, Japan	China	5250.02005 5–0	5450.04005 5–0	2020 Summer Olympics
30	2022-04-11	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain	Hungary	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 3–1	Friendly game
31	2022-07-10	Armenia, Colombia	Argentina	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 4–0	Copa América 2022
32	2022-07-18	Armenia, Colombia	Venezuela	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 4–0	Copa América 2022
33	2022-07-26	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Paraguay	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 2–0	Copa América 2022
34	2022-09-05	Durban, South Africa	South Africa	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 6–0	Friendly game
35	2022-10-07	Oslo, Norway	Norway	5250.02005 0–2	5450.04005 1–4	Friendly game
36				5250.02005 1–3
37	2022-11-15	São Paulo, Brazil	Canada	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 2–1	Friendly game
38	2023-7-24	Adelaide, Australia	Panama	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 4–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
39	2023-11-30	São Paulo, Brazil	Japan	5250.02005 1–1	5450.04005 4–3	Friendly game
40				5250.02005 3–1
41	2024-03-02	Los Angeles, United States	Argentina	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 5–1	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
42				5250.02005 5–1

Honours

Santos

• Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2010^[8]
• Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2010^[8]

Hyundai Steel Red Angels

• WK League: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Wuhan Jianghan University

• Chinese Women's Super League: 2020^[8]

Palmeiras

• Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2022^[8]
• Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2022

Kansas City Current

• NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: 2024^[23]

Brazil

• Copa América Femenina: 2018^[24][25]

Individual

• WK League Top scorer: 2017^[26]
• WK League Top assists: 2017^[27]

References

1. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Beatriz Zaneratto João (Bia)" (in Portuguese). Internet Group. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
3. André de Souza, Carlos (1 December 2012). "Convocada!" (in Portuguese). Jornal O Imparcial. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
4. Brasília, Serginho (8 June 2014). "Beatriz Zaneratto: a menina atleta e sua perna esquerda abençoada" (in Portuguese). SerginhoBrasilia.com.br. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
5. "Bia e Thaisinha são transferidas para o futebol da Coreia" (in Portuguese). Vitória das Tabocas. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
6. "Drama, glory and anguish". FIFA. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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8. "Palmeiras acerta retorno da atacante Bia Zaneratto ao time feminino". Palmeiras FC (in Portuguese). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
9. Sperry, Daniel (22 January 2024). "KC Current adds 'world-class forward' & another 'great asset' to roster for 2024". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
10. Curiel, Emily; Ljungblad, Tammy (18 March 2024). "Photos: First game in CPKC Stadium thrills with a big win for the Kansas City Current". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
11. Sperry, Daniel (20 April 2024). "KC Current blasts Bay FC at CPKC Stadium. Temwa Chawinga & Bia provided the fireworks". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
12. "Kansas City Current Forward Bia Zaneratto Named March and April Player of the Month, Presented by EA SPORTS".
13. Maddaford, Terry (24 October 2008). "Soccer: Beatriz of Brazil one to watch". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
14. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (22 December 2013). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
15. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
16. Theivam, Kieran (25 August 2017). "6 top talents the NWSL would love to add to its arsenal". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
17. "Seleção Feminina: Bia Zaneratto sofre fratura na fíbula" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
18. "Brazil's Zaneratto Pays Tribute to Ronaldo at Women's World Cup, Hits Siuu and 'Sleep' Celebrations". Sports Brief. 26 July 2023.
19. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
20. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2014–2015" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
21. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (6 April 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2016–2017" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
22. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 March 2018). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2018" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
23. "Match Report: Kansas City Current win NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup with 2-0 victory over NJ/NY Gotham FC". Kansas City Current. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
24. "Brazil - Beatriz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". gh.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
25. "Brasil se coronó campeón invicto de la Copa América Femenina 2018". cafemchile2018.cl. 19 December 2023.
26. "2017 WK League top scorers" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
27. "2017 WK League top assists" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

External links

• Bia Zaneratto – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Bia Zaneratto at Soccerway
• Santos FC player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived April 21, 2010)