Home » News » Meet Sissi, the first player who changed women’s football in Brazil

Meet Sissi, the first player who changed women’s football in Brazil

Twenty years later, this Tuesday (18), Brazil and Italy will face each other again in a World Cup. The last (and only) meeting of the two teams at the World Cup took place in 1999 – which had the best average attendance in the history of the competition. It was the last appearance of the Italians in the world tournament until their return, two decades later, now in 2019 Women’s World Cup🇧🇷

That year, Brazil won the group stage. With the two goals from shirt number 10, Sissi, Brazil secured a 2-0 victory over the Italians. Detail: a result like this, for example, would classify Brazil, at least, in second place in this Tuesday’s game.

But let’s get down to business: the important story of Sissi, the owner of this game🇧🇷 For starters, she was rejected right away for the simple fact of having shaved hair, you know?

Sissi, nickname of Sisleide do Amor Lima, is one of the greatest players in the history of Brazil. Shirt 10, she was a pioneer and ace. His resistance to football started at an early age.” My father and brother used to say that this ball business was not for girls. They just let me play silly. One day I ended up revolting. I took my doll and ripped the head off. That’s how I started taking my first kicks, because women’s football was banned. There were several sacrifices, but I was always persistent”, said the former player in an interview with Globo Esporte.

The girl grew up and the talent blossomed with her, taking her to the first Brazilian soccer team Feminine. Wearing hopscotch, in 1988, she competed in the Experimental World Cup, in which Brazil took third place. It was aatop scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 7 goals – including the “golden goal” – from a free kick – one of the most beautiful, in a game against Nigeria, in addition to being top scorer in the South American Championship with 12 balls in the net. Oh, not to mention the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and Sydney in 2000.

Continues after advertising

Read Also:  How to Prepare for Sun and Moon in Scorpio

In national football, Sissi was an important name on the São Paulo, between 1997 and 2000, when women’s football gained strength here. He won two titles in the Paulista Championship and one in the Brazilian Championship.

short hair woman

Being a woman in football has never been easy. In addition to the ban on playing soccer for more than 30 years, because the sport is against “feminine nature”, the players have always had to deal with taboos, prejudices and standards of behavior and appearance. Sissi knows this very well. The national team player was the victim of attacks, after cutting her hair to honor a child with cancer, who suffered bullying.

“I had to listen to a lot of things. The fact that he had short hair… everyone stared. In São Paulo, they didn’t even accept that I participated in a championship. But I always tell the girls not to let them change their ways: “accept yourself the way you are”, he declared in this episode.

At the age of 52, Sissi currently works as a coach for a grassroots team in the United States. Unfortunately, it does not receive the recognition it deserves for what it has done for women’s football, but it carries many victories in its history. On and off the field.

Continues after advertising

Are You Ready to Discover Your Twin Flame?

Answer just a few simple questions and Psychic Jane will draw a picture of your twin flame in breathtaking detail:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Los campos marcados con un asterisco son obligatorios *

*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.