Thais Reiss de Araújo (born 9 December 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC. She has been capped internationally for Brazil at youth level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thais Reiss de Araújo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spokane Zephyr | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coritiba | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | North Florida Ospreys | 77 | (42) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Orlando Pride | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | Villarreal | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Spokane Zephyr | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Brazil U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 August 2018 | |||
Early life
editBorn in Curitiba, Brazil, Reiss attended Marista Santa Maria high school and captained the school's football team for four years. She played club football with Coritiba, winning five youth championships.[2]
North Florida Ospreys
editIn 2017, Reiss emigrated to the United States to study for a degree in sport management at the University of North Florida. She played five seasons of college soccer for the North Florida Ospreys, scoring 42 goals and 18 assists in 77 career appearances. Reiss was named ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year in 2017,[3] ASUN Player of the Year in 2020,[4] and earned ASUN All-Conference first-team honours four times.[2] At the time of her departure she ranked second all-time in school history and 10th in ASUN Conference history for goals.[5]
Club career
editOrlando Pride
editHaving gone undrafted in the 2022 NWSL Draft, Reiss trialled with Orlando Pride for preseason ahead of the 2022 season.[5] She continued to train with the team and eventually signed a contract for the remainder of the season on 11 June 2022.[6] She made her professional debut the following day as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat away at Chicago Red Stars in the first game under interim head coach Seb Hines.[7] She was released upon the expiry of her contract in November 2022 having made five appearances for the club.[8]
Having returned to Orlando as a trialist during preseason including scoring during a 2–0 friendly win over UCF Knights,[9] Reiss re-signed with the club on a one-year contract on 7 April 2023.[10] Her contract option was declined at the end of the 2023 season.[11]
Villarreal
editOn 10 January 2024, Reiss signed a contract with Spanish Liga F club Villarreal.[12]
Spokane Zephyr FC
editOn 18 June 2024, Reiss signed with Spokane Zephyr FC for the inaugural season of the USL Super League.[13]
International career
editIn 2016, Reiss was a member of the Brazil under-17 squad at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, playing the full 90 minutes of a group stage win over Nigeria. In 2018, she was called up to the Brazil under-20 squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and played in all three group games.[6] Brazil failed to progress from the group stage in both tournaments.
Career statistics
editCollege
edit| School | Season | Division | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Florida Ospreys | 2017 | Div. I | 14 | 6 |
| 2018 | 16 | 6 | ||
| 2019 | 19 | 12 | ||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 9 | ||
| 2021 | 16 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 77 | 42 | ||
Club
edit- As of 15 October 2023.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando Pride | 2022 | NWSL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Honours
editIndividual
- ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year: 2017[3]
- ASUN Conference Player of the Year: 2020[4]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's WC France 2018 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 August 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Thais Reiss profile". University of North Florida Athletics.
- ^ a b "Reiss Named ASUN Freshman of the Year". University of North Florida Athletics. 25 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Women's ASUN All-Conference Announced; UNF's Reiss Voted Player of the Year". ASUN. 23 April 2021.
- ^ a b Smits, Garry. "ASUN Notebook: North Florida soccer standout Thais Reiss named to Orlando Pride preseason roster". The Florida Times-Union.
- ^ a b "Orlando Pride Signs Midfielder Thais Reiss". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Orlando Pride Fall to the Red Stars in Chicago". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Orlando Pride announces 2022 end-of-season contract statuses". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Orlando Pride continue strong start to preseason, blank University of Central Florida". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Orlando Pride signs midfielder Thais Reiss". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Orlando Pride announces 2023 End-of-Season contract updates". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Thaís Reiss, a signing with plenty of dynamism". Villarreal CF. 10 January 2024.
- ^ USL Spokane (18 June 2024). "Zephyr FC Signs Brazilian Star Thais Reiss for Inaugural Season". Spokane Zephyr FC. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
External links
edit- Thais Reiss at Soccerway.com
- Thais Reiss at FBref.com
- North Florida Ospreys
a Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA postponed the 2020 season to spring of 2021.