Evelin Bonifácio
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Evelin Bonifácio Nascimento[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 2008[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Peruíbe, Brazil[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2023–2025 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Santos | 5 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025 | Brazil U17 | 16 | (8) |
| 2025– | Brazil U20 | 10 | (4) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:10, 23 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:17, 23 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Evelin Bonifácio Nascimento (born 8 April 2008), known as Evelin Bonifácio or just Evelin, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Santos.
Club career
Born in Peruíbe, São Paulo,[2] Evelin impressed during a local futsal tournament in 2023, and joined the youth sides of Santos.[3] She made her first team debut on 3 September 2025, coming on as a second-half substitute for Thaisinha in a 2–2 Campeonato Paulista home draw against São Paulo.[4]
Evelin scored her first professional goal on 16 November 2025, netting his side's second in a 3–2 away loss to Red Bull Bragantino.[5] Despite only featuring in four matches of the tournament, she was named the breakthrough player of the Paulistão.[6]
On 6 March 2026, Evelin renewed her contract with Sereias until the end of 2027.[7]
International career
In April 2025, Evelin was called up to the Brazil national under-17 team for the 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship.[8] She was the nation's top scorer in the competition, netting six goals as they finished second.[9] Her performances impressed Arthur Elias, the head coach of the full side, and she was called up for a period of trainings with the squad in June.[10]
Evelin was also called up to the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup,[11] and scored a further two goals in the tournament as Brazil finished fourth. In November 2025, she and Santos teammate Samara were called up to the under-20 team.[12]
Career statistics
- As of 23 March 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | State league | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 2025 | Série A2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Série A1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista de Futebol Feminino
Honours
Brazil U20
Individual
- Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino Breakthrough Player: 2025[6]
References
- ^ a b c Evelin Bonifácio at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Conheça Evelin Bonifácio, destaque de 17 anos do Santos e eleita revelação do Paulista Feminino" [Know Evelin Bonifácio, 17-year-old spotlight of Santos and chosen the breakthrough player of the Paulista Feminino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Evelin Bonifácio: conheça a artilheira das Sereinhas da Vila e da Seleção Brasileira Sub-17" [Evelin Bonifácio: know the top scorer of the Sereinhas da Vila and the Brazil national under-17 team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Futebol Feminino. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Evelin Bonifácio estreia nas Sereias da Vila no clássico contra o São Paulo na Vila pelo Paulista" [Evelin Bonifácio debuts in the Sereias da Vila in the derby against São Paulo at the Vila for the Paulista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Sereias perdem para o Red Bull Bragantino na despedida do Paulista Feminino" [Sereias lose to Red Bull Bragantino in the farewell of the Paulista Feminino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Santos: Evelin Bonifácio é eleita 'Revelação' do Paulistão Feminino" [Santos: Evelin Bonifácio is chosen the 'Breakthrough Player' of the Paulistão Feminino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Portal Sereias. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Santos FC renova contrato com Evelin Bonifácio até o fim de 2027" [Santos FC renew contract with Evelin Bonifácio until the end of 2027] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ^ "Evelin Bonifácio, do Santos, é convocada para Seleção Brasileira Sub-17" [Evelin Bonifácio, from Santos, is called up to the Brazil national under-17 team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Portal Sereias. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Relembre as atuações de Evelin na Seleção Sub-17 que chamaram atenção de Arthur Elias" [Remember Evelin's performances in the under-17 national team which caught the eye of Arthur Elias] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Portal Sereias. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Evelin Bonifácio, das Sereinhas, é convocada para período de treinos com Seleção Brasileira Feminina" [Evelin Bonifácio, from the Sereinhas, is called up for a period of trainings with the Brazil women's national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Evelin vive sonho no mundial Sub-17: "Quero dar tudo de mim nessa Copa"" [Evelin lives a dream in the U-17 World Cup: "I want to give my all in this World Cup"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Samara e Evelin, das Sereinhas, são convocadas para amistosos da Seleção Sub-20" [Samara and Evelin, from the Sereinhas, are called up for friendlies of the under-20 national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.