Ketlen Wiggers
Personal information
Full name Ketlen Wiggers[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992
Place of birth Rio Fortuna, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Santos
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Santos
2011–2012 Vitória das Tabocas
2013 Vittsjö 4 (0)
2013–2014 Centro Olímpico 18 (10)
2015 Boston Breakers 1 (0)
2015– Santos 114 (52)
International career‡
2011 Brazil U20 5 (0)
2011 Brazil 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:47, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:23, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Ketlen Wiggers (born 7 January 1992), simply known as Ketlen, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for Santos.

Club career

In the 2013 Damallsvenskan season Ketlen played five times for Vittsjö.[2] Ketlen transferred from Centro Olímpico to Boston Breakers in December 2014.[3] After Ketlen played 61 minutes of one match, the Breakers agreed to release her from her contract due to homesickness.[4]

Since leaving the Breakers in 2015, Ketlen has played for in Brazil for Santos FC in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino.[5]

International career

Ketlen's senior debut for Brazil came in October 2011, in a 2–0 Pan American Games win over Argentina at Estadio Omnilife in Guadalajara, Mexico.[6]

Personal life

Since playing for Vitória das Tabocas, Ketlen has sometimes worn the nickname "Barbie" on her shirt. Pernambuco residents thought her light skin, blue eyes and fair hair bore a resemblance to the fashion doll manufactured by Mattel.[7]

Career statistics

International

As of 17 April 2021
Brazil
YearAppsGoals
2011[8]30
Total30

Honours

Centro Olímpico

Santos

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 14 September 2012. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ketlen Wiggers" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boston Breakers sign forward Ketlen Wiggers". National Women's Soccer League. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Breakers waive Ketlen; Ochs has surgery". The Equalizer. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ketlen". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (22 December 2013). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 2011-2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Sobreira, Aline. "Para Ketlen, prioridade é o título da Copa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Commercio. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2011-2013". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 April 2021.


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