Olympic Games. In November 2021, she announced her second retirement from the Brazil national team. On 26 November, 2021, Formiga played her last match for Brazil in their 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus, officially retiring from the national team. International goals Style of play She has cited Dunga, captain of the male Brazil national team team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup as the biggest influence on her playing style. She earned the nickname Formiga, which means ant in Portuguese, as a teenager because of her unselfish style of play which reminded fellow players of the way ants worked together as a colony. Personal life Formiga married her female partner Erica Jesus in January 2023. The couple first met in 1996, but drifted apart due to the limited progress of LGBT rights in Brazil making out lesbian relationships difficult to maintain at that time. They met again in 2017. Honours São Paulo Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino: 1997 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 1997 Botucatu Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2008 São José Copa Libertadores: 2011, 2013, 2014 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino: 2012, 2013 International Women's Club Championship: 2014 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2012, 2014, 2015 Paris Saint-Germain Division 1 Féminine: 2020–21 Coupe de France Féminine: 2017–18 Brazil Pan American Games: 2003, 2007, 2015 Sudamericano Femenino: 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018 Summer Olympics silver medal: 2004, 2008 Individual IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 Trophées FFF D1 Féminine Team of the Year: 2017–2018 See also List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games References External links FC Gold Pride player profile New Jersey Wildcats player profile Saad player profile Formiga – 2015 Pan American Games profile 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia People from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian women's footballers Olympic footballers of Brazil Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Olympic silver medalists for Brazil 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA