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Amandinha
Personal information
Full name Amanda Lyssa de Oliveira Crisóstomo
Date of birth (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Torreblanca Melilla
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011-2016 Barateiro Futsal
2017-2021 Leoas da Serra
2022- Torreblanca Melilla
International career‡
2013- Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2025

Amanda Lyssa de Oliveira Crisóstomo (born 5 September 1994), commonly known as Amandinha, is a Brazilian professional futsal player who plays as a left winger for Torreblanca Melilla and the Brazil women's national team. She was awarded the best female futsal player in the world 8 consecutive times, the most by any player.[1]

Early life and career

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Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Amandinha has enjoyed sports since she was very young. She accompanied her father, Agnaldo Crisóstomo, and her uncle to local soccer matches and even practiced sports such as table tennis, soccer and volleyball.[2][3]

Amandinha began playing futsal in the social project of professor André Lima[4] in Conjunto Ceará, the neighborhood where she was born. Despite playing with boys, she quickly managed to stand out in the amateur tournaments she participated in and was called to compete in an intercollegiate championship. After a great performance in the competition, she received a scholarship to play and study at a private school in Fortaleza.

The Ceará native continued to stand out in school until, at the age of 15, when she was already playing for the Ceará women's futsal team, she caught the attention of Barateiro Futsal[5][6] from Brusque, Santa Catarina. Determined to continue playing, she moved from her parents' house while still a teenager to live in the cities of Santa Catarina in 2011.

Club career

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Amandinha's time at Barateiro was full of titles.[7] The Ceará native won tournaments such as the Taça Brasil (2013), the Campeonato Catarinense (2012, 2015 and 2016), the Liga Nacional de Futsal (2014) and the Libertadores Feminina (2015 and 2016). In addition, she was elected the best player in the world for the first time in 2014, at just 19 years old.[8]

After six years at Barateiro, Amandinha went to Leoas da Serra, from Lages, Santa Catarina, in 2017. There, she continued to pile up titles and won the Santa Catarina Open Games (2017), the Copa do Brasil (2017), the Copa Libertadores (2018),[9] the Taça Brasil (2019),[10] the Copa das Campeãs (2019)[11] and the Interclub World Cup (2019).[12]

In May 2020, the player had to undergo surgery to remove an ovarian cyst, which had caused a hemorrhage. During the procedure, the existence of another cyst was discovered, which was also successfully removed.[13][14]

At the end of 2021, Amandinha left Leoas da Serra[15] and started playing for Torreblanca Melilla, from Spain, at the beginning of 2022, having her first experience outside of national futsal. In total, she played 161 matches, scored 157 goals and won 23 titles for Leoas.[16]

International career

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Amandinha is considered one of the main reasons for the hegemony of the Brazil women's national team in the Women's Futsal World Tournament. Called up to the national team since 2013, she participated in the campaigns of the World Tournament that resulted in the world titles of 2013, 2014 and 2015.[17] She was also champion of the Copa América in 2017, 2019,[18] 2023 and 2025, as well as the 2019 Grand Prix[19] for Brazil.

Accolades

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Amandinha has become the biggest name in women's futsal worldwide, being elected the best player in the world in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.[20] Amandinha is the record holder in the category at the awards, which have been held since 2007 and have already awarded three other Brazilians: Vanessa (3), Lu Minuzzo (1) and Cilene (1).[21] The award in question is the Futsal Awards, granted by the website Futsal Planet and considered the main award in the category.[22]

Personal life

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In addition to being a futsal professional, Amandinha is also a physiotherapist.[23] She completed her degree in physiotherapy at Uniplac (Universidade do Planalto Catarinense) in 2018.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Amandinha é eleita a melhor do mundo no futsal pela 8ª vez; Ferrão leva o tri entre os homens". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Preconceito, dificuldade e talento: conheça Amandinha, a melhor do mundo no futsal". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ Povo, O. (8 July 2019). "Conheça Amandinha, a cearense que é a melhor jogadora de futsal do mundo". PaginasAzuis (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Preconceito, dificuldade e talento: conheça Amandinha, a melhor do mundo no futsal" (in Brazilian Portuguese). GLOBOESPORTE. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Amandinha, uma leoa na defesa do futsal feminino brasileiro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). EL PAÍS BRASIL. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Barateiro Futsal".
  7. ^ "Barateiro futsal - Títulos" (in Portuguese). BARATEIRO FUTSAL. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Amandinha: times, títulos e prêmios da Melhor do Mundo do futsal". esportelandia.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Leoas da Serra é campeã da Libertadores de Futsal Feminino". ligafutsal.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Com show de Amandinha, Leoas da Serra conquistam a Taça Brasil em jogo emocionante". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ^ "A rainha das quadras". ligafutsal.com.br (in Portuguese). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Amandinha decide, Leoas da Serra vencem Atlético Navalcarnero e levam o Mundial Interclubes". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Após cirurgia, Amandinha revela que correu risco de vida com hemorragia interna: "Milagre"". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Melhor do mundo no futsal, cearense Amandinha passa por cirurgia - Jogada". Diário do Nordeste (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 May 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Melhor do mundo no futsal, Amandinha deixa Leoas da Serra após cinco temporadas". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Maior atleta da história do futsal, cearense Amandinha vai atuar na Espanha em 2022 - Jogada". Diário do Nordeste (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 December 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Quatro vezes a melhor do mundo de futsal, Amandinha quer ser exemplo - Jogada". Diário do Nordeste (in Brazilian Portuguese). DIÁRIO DO NORDESTE. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Seleção feminina de futsal vence a Argentina por 4 a 1 e fatura o hexa da Copa América". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Especial SporTV Futsal: em 2019, Brasil de Amandinha humilhou Argentina na final do Grand Prix". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). May 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Annual Futsal Awards". awards.futsalplanet.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Annual Futsal Awards". FUTSAL PLANET. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  22. ^ "FutsalPlanet.com".
  23. ^ "Melhor jogadora do Mundo está em Maringá e fará avaliações". PORTAL BONDE. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  24. ^ "UNIPLAC - Universidade do Planalto Catarinense - Notícias - Um até breve para Amandinha". www.uniplaclages.edu.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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