Gabi Zanotti

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Zanotti and the second or paternal family name is Demoner.

Gabriela Maria "Gabi" Zanotti Demoner (born 28 February 1985) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Corinthians and the Brazil women's national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Gabi Zanotti

Personal information
Full name	Gabriela Maria Zanotti Demoner
Date of birth	(1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Itaguaçu, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Corinthians
Number	10[2]
Youth career
2006–2009	Franklin Pierce Ravens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Kindermann
2008	Boston Renegades	8	(1)
2010	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues
2011	Santos
2012–2013	Centro Olímpico
2014	Kindermann	0	(0)
2014	Centro Olímpico
2015	Santos	6	(7)
2016	Dalian Quanjian[3]	0	(0)
2017	Jiangsu Suning
2018–	Corinthians	86	(28)
International career‡
2009–	Brazil	21	(2)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:37, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Between the ages of nine and 14, Gabi played alongside her mother Nailza in a women's football team which competed at regional level.^[4] Between 2004 and 2006 she played for Kindermann, based in Santa Catarina.^[5] Gabi then played college soccer in the United States while attending Franklin Pierce University. She spent the 2010 season playing in the North American W-League for Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues.^[6] In 2008 she was with Boston Renegades,^[7] playing eight times and scoring one goal.^[8]

In 2011 Gabi played for Santos, but in early 2012 Santos' board of directors closed the club women's section. Gabi accompanied Maurine, Érika and several other displaced Santos players in transferring to Centro Olímpico.^[9]

International career

In July 2013 Gabi represented Brazil at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.^[10] She had already debuted for the senior national team, as a substitute in a 5–2 win over Mexico at the 2009 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.^[11]

Gabi was not included in the final squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany because she was not cleared by the Brazilian Football Confederation's (CBF) medical department.^[12]

She was named as an alternate for the Brazil squad at the 2012 London Olympics.^[13] In early 2015 Gabi was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare Brazil's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics.^[14] At the World Cup, Gabi appeared in just one of Brazil's four matches, as part of a much-changed team in the 1–0 final group game win over Costa Rica.

After Brazil's 1–0 second round defeat by Australia, Gabi remained in Canada as part of the gold medal-winning Brazilian selection at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
goal 1	2010-12-12	São Paulo, Brazil	Netherlands	1.1	5250.02005 3–2	5450.04005 3–2	Torneio Internacional 2010
goal 2	2012-03-24	Boston, United States	Canada	1.1	5250.02005 1–2	5450.04005 1–2	Friendly game
goal 3	2016-12-07	Manaus, Brazil	Costa Rica	2.1	5250.02005 3–0	5450.04005 6–0	Torneio Internacional 2016
goal 4				2.2	5350.03005 4–0
goal 5	2016-12-14	Manaus, Brazil	Italy	1.1	5250.02005 2–1	5450.04005 5–3	Torneio Internacional 2016

References

1. "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. "Nova camisa 10" (in Portuguese). Corinthians. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "Meia Gabi Zanotti, da seleção, acerta com o Tianjin Quanjian, da China". GloboEsporte.com. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
4. Scaramella, Marcella (22 March 2015). "Gabi Zanotti: a única capixaba na seleção brasileira permanente" (in Portuguese). Rede Gazeta. Retrieved 26 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Jogadora Gabi está de volta ao Kindermann/Uniarp" (in Portuguese). Portal Caçador. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
6. Kassouf, Jeff (24 March 2012). "Getting to Know: Gabriela Zanotti Demoner". The Equalizer. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
7. Biglin, Mike (17 May 2008). "Demoner expected to make Renegades debut today". MetroWest Daily News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
8. "Boston Renegades". USLsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
9. Peres, Thiago (14 March 2012). "Em novo time, Érika, Maurine e Gabi confiam em projeto para o ouro" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
10. "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
11. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2008-2010" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
12. "Definida lista da seleção brasileira de futebol feminino para o Mundial" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rede Globo. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
13. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
14. Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

External links

• Gabriela – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Gabriela Zanotti at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
• Gabi Zanotti at Soccerway