Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Dias and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

Tamires

File:Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes (15197387597).jpg At the 2014 Copa América Femenina
Personal information
Full name	Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes
Date of birth	(1987-10-10) 10 October 1987
Place of birth	Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Fortuna Hjørring
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	CA Juventus
2006–2007	Santos
2008	Charlotte Lady Eagles	10	(1)
2008	Ferroviária
2011	Atlético Mineiro
2013–2015	Centro Olímpico
2015–	Fortuna Hjørring
International career‡
2013–	Brazil	35	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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.

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.

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
goal 1	2013-09-25	Saviese	Mexico	1.1	5250.02005 4–0	5450.04005 4–0	Valais Cup 2013
goal 2	2014-04-09	Brisbane	Australia	1.1	5250.02005 1–1	5450.04005 2–1	Friendly game
goal 3	2014-09-26	Sangolquí	Argentina	1.1	5250.02005 5–0	5450.04005 6–0	Copa América 2014

Personal life

Tamires' husband is a lower division male footballer named Cesinha. Their son Bernardo was born in 2011.

External links

• Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes – FIFA competition record
• Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes – FIFA World Cup profile