Playing position Years Team Weight 54 kg Position Defender, Midfielder | Number 3 Height 1.61 m Current team Fortuna Hjørring | |
Full name Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes Date of birth (1987-10-10) 10 October 1987 (age 29) Place of birth Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil Parents Idelfonso Itagiba Cristiano Gomes, Marilene Geralda Dias Gomes Similar Poliana Barbosa Medeiros, Andressa Alves da Silva, Fabiana da Silva Simões, Rafaelle Souza, Andressa Cavalari Machry | ||
Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes (born 10 October 1987), commonly known as Tamires, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Danish Elitedivisionen club Fortuna Hjørring and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Club career
In 2008 Tamires made 10 appearances in the American W-League for Charlotte Lady Eagles, where she was nicknamed "Tam-tam". She joined Centro Olímpico in 2013, after playing for other Brazilian teams including Santos. In summer 2015 she agreed a move to Danish club Fortuna Hjørring.
International career
Tamires played for the São Paulo select team which represented Brazil at the 2006 Peace Queen Cup. She made her senior debut in September 2013, against New Zealand at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup. In Brazil's next match she scored her first national team goal in a 4–0 win over Mexico.
At the 2014 Copa América Femenina, Tamires scored the fifth goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of Argentina. In February 2015 she was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare the national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Rio Olympics. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Brazil lost 1–0 in the second round to Australia. Tamires remained in Canada as part of the victorious Brazilian selection at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
In July 2015 Tamires was the victim of a robbery while leaving her mother's house in Santo André and her Pan American Games gold medal was stolen. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) presented her with a replica.
Personal life
Tamires' husband is a lower division male footballer named Cesinha. Their son Bernardo was born in 2011.
