Aline Gomes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Amaro.
Aline Gomes
Aline Gomes with the North Carolina Courage in 2025
Personal information
Full name Aline Gomes Amaro[1]
Date of birth (2005-07-07) 7 July 2005[2]
Place of birth Tabatinga, Brazil[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 25
Youth career
2020–2022 Ferroviária
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Ferroviária 42 (12)
2024–2025 North Carolina Courage 21 (2)
2026– Pachuca 0 (0)
International career‡
2022 Brazil U17 4 (2)
2022– Brazil U20 6 (2)
2023– Brazil 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 1, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:55, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Aline Gomes Amaro (born 7 July 2005), known as Aline Gomes or just Aline, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Pachuca and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Ferroviária

Born in Tabatinga, São Paulo, Aline Gomes joined Ferroviária's youth setup in 2020, aged 15.[3] She made her first team debut on 24 June 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Aline Milene in a 2–1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A1 home win over Flamengo.

Aline Gomes scored her first senior goal on 15 August 2021, netting the winner in a 3–2 home success over Santos; at the age of 16 years, one month and eight days, she became the youngest player to score for AFE in the competition.[4] She subsequently started to feature more regularly in the 2022 season, being named the Breakthrough Player of the year's Brasileirão.[5]

North Carolina Courage

On 30 July 2024, it was announced that Aline Gomes was acquired by National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club North Carolina Courage for a rumoured fee of around R$ 1 million,[6] signing a two-and-a-half year contract.[7] She debuted two days later against the Kansas City Current as an 80th-minute substitute for Haley Hopkins.[8] On 5 October, she scored her first NWSL goal to open the scoring in a playoff-clinching 2–1 win over the San Diego Wave.[9] She scored 2 goals in 21 regular-season games over one-and-a-half seasons with the Courage.[10]

Pachuca

In January 2026, Aline Gomes joined Liga MX Femenil club Pachuca for an undisclosed fee.[10]

International career

After representing Brazil at under-17 and under-20 levels,[11] Aline Gomes received her first call up to the full side by manager Pia Sundhage on 20 March 2023, for the 2023 Women's Finalissima against England.[12]

Aline Gomes was crowned champion of the CONMEBOL Women's Under-19 Evolution League 2023 on Sunday, September 24, by defeating the Paraguayan national team 2-0, and she scored the second goal that sealed the match's result.[13]

References

  1. ^ Aline Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Aline Gomes". Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ^ "De sonho quase interrompido à seleção brasileira: aos 17 anos, Aline Gomes desponta como atacante nos gramados" [From the nearly interrupted dream to the Brazil national team: aged 17, Aline Gomes emerges as a forward on the field] (in Brazilian Portuguese). 95.1 FM. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Aline Gomes se torna a mais jovem a marcar gol pela Ferroviária em uma edição de Brasileiro Feminino" [Aline Gomes becomes the youngest to score a goal for Ferroviária in a Brasileiro Feminino edition] (in Brazilian Portuguese). RCI Araraquara. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Aline Gomes é eleita a revelação do Brasileirão Feminino" [Aline Gomes is chosen as the breakthrough player of the Brasileirão Feminino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Ferroviária de Esportes. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Ferroviária confirma venda de Aline Gomes; valor é 2º maior da história de um clube brasileiro" [Ferroviária confirm sale of Aline Gomes; fee is the 2nd most expensive in the history of a Brazilian club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Courage acquires Brazilian forward Aline Gomes". NC Courage. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Recap: Courage storm back to down Kansas City Sunday". North Carolina Courage. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  9. ^ Franca, Izabelle (6 October 2024). "North Carolina Courage seals NWSL spot with crucial win over San Diego Wave". MLS Multiplex. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b "NC Courage Transfer Forward Aline Gomes to Pachuca". North Carolina Courage. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Revelação em 2022, Aline Gomes inicia temporada como realidade da Ferroviária no Brasileirão" [Breakthrough player in 2022, Aline Gomes starts the season as a reality of Ferroviária in the Brasileirão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Aos 17, Aline Gomes é chamada pela 1ª vez à seleção principal; Ferroviária tem 3 convocadas" [Aged 17, Aline Gomes is called up for the 1st time to the main national team; Ferroviária have 3 players called up] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  13. ^ Sócrates (23 September 2023). "Aline Gomes: Joven Promesa del Fútbol Femenino". Por la Pelota (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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