Mylena Freitas

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Freitas and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Mylena Freitas
Personal information
Full name Mylena Cruz Freitas dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (2000-12-29) 29 December 2000[1]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Brooklyn FC
Number 8
Youth career
Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Vasco da Gama 3+ (5+)
2019–2020 Avaí 20 (1)
2020–2021 Famalicão – (9)
2021 Shanghai Shengli – (–)
2022 Corinthians 21 (1)
2023 Famalicão 9 (0)
2023–2025 Braga 16 (3)
2025– Brooklyn FC 11 (0)
International career
2019–2020 Brazil U20
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:31, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Mylena Cruz Freitas dos Santos (born 29 December 2000) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for USL Super League club Brooklyn FC. She has previously played in Brazil for clubs Vasco, Avaí, and Corinthians, in Portugal for clubs Famalicão and Braga, and in China for Shanghai Shengli. She has represented Brazil at the youth international level.

Club career

Freitas was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro.[2] She started her career with CR Vasco da Gama and was promoted to the club's first team in 2017.[3][4] The following year, she scored 5 goals in 3 appearances.[4] She departed from Vasco having contributed to titles in the Campeonato Carioca and the Brasileiro de Baixada.[5]

At age 18, Freitas moved to Caçador to play for Avaí FC.[6] She won a state championship with Avaí in her first year with the team.[5]

In her first time playing abroad, Freitas spent the 2020–21 Campeonato Nacional Femenino with Portuguese club Famalicão. She scored 9 times across the season, leading the team.[4] 5 of her goals came in a single game in February 2021, a victory over Torreense.[7]

Later in 2021,[8] Famalicão transferred Freitas to Chinese Women's Super League club Shanghai Shengli in exchange for €50,000, with the fee potentially reaching €100,000 depending on Freitas' performances. The transfer fee set a record for the largest in Portuguese women's football history.[4] However, Freitas found her season in China to be personally challenging, and she returned back home to Brazil the following year.[9]

Freitas was announced to have signed for Corinthians in January 2022.[3] She made her club debut on 5 March 2022, starting in a 2–1 victory over Red Bull Bragantino. After finding difficulty adapting to Corinthians' style of play, Freitas terminated her contract early.[2] She played her final match for the club on 27 September after having played in 21 matches across the season.[2][1]

In July 2023, Freitas moved back to Portugal.[10] She signed for Braga, the rivals of her former club Famalicão.[11] In her Braga debut, she scored in a 7–0 win over Rio Ave to guarantee Braga passage to the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal.[12] Over two seasons with the team, she registered 3 goals and 3 assists in 16 appearances.[13]

On 25 August 2025, Freitas was announced to have signed in the United States for USL Super League club Brooklyn FC.[13] She debuted for Brooklyn five days later, participating in a defeat to the Dallas Trinity.[14] On 14 February 2026, Freitas scored her first USL Super League goal less than two minutes after entering an eventual 3–3 draw with Fort Lauderdale United FC as a substitute.[15]

International career

Freitas received her first call-up to the Brazil under-20 national team in September 2019, ahead of a training camp at Granja Comary.[16] The following year, she was named to the squad that competed in the 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship.[17] Freitas has also previously trained with the Brazil senior national team.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mylena Cruz Freitas dos Santos". Brazilian Football Confederation. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mylena, ex-jogadora do Corinthians". Meu Timão (in Brazilian Portuguese). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Corinthians Feminino anuncia a contratação de atacante Mylena". Central do Timão. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Pimentel, Wilson (3 May 2021). "Famalicão oficializa venda de ex-atacante do Vasco para clube chinês por valor recorde". Torcedores (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b Ribeiro, André Palma (10 January 2020). "Avaí Kindermann tem três atletas convocadas para a Seleção Brasileira Sub-20". Avaí F.C. (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  6. ^ Zambonin, Andrielli (17 June 2008). "Caçador entra em quadra hoje na Olesc". Portal Caçador Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  7. ^ Pedroso, Rita (2 March 2021). "Mylena Freitas: «É um sonho estar aqui»". Record (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Negócio da China! Atlético vende passe de Marta Edyth por 10 mil euros". Derby (in European Portuguese). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  9. ^ Duarte, Mario (15 March 2025). "Mylena Freitas: «O físico e o mental têm de correr juntos»". Record (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Mylena Freitas e Sissi reforçam o Sp. Braga". Record (in European Portuguese). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  11. ^ Moreira, Fábio (11 November 2023). "Mylena Freitas: "Temos vindo a trabalhar para sair com os três pontos" - Correio do Minho". Correio Dominho (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Uma estreia a marcar no Braga: "Desde os primeiros jogos..."". Jornal O JOGO (in European Portuguese). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Brooklyn FC Signs Brazilian Forward Mylena Freitas". Brooklyn FC. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Brooklyn Falls 0–1 on the Road to Dallas Trinity FC". Brooklyn FC. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  15. ^ Hawke, Zak (15 February 2026). "Six-Goal Thriller in Fort Lauderdale Ends Level as Brooklyn Battles for a Road Point". Brooklyn FC. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  16. ^ Ribeiro, André Palma (4 September 2019). "Atacante do Avaí Kindermann é convocada para a Seleção Brasileira Sub-20". Avaí F.C. (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Jonas Urias convoca Seleção Feminina Sub-20 para disputa do Sul-Americano - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
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