Gabriela "Gabi" Nunes da Silva (; born 10 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Madrid in Liga F and the Brazil national team. She represented her country at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics, receiving a silver medal at the latter.
Club career Nunes began her career in football playing for the Centro Olímpico. In this club she played for the youth categories (U-15 and U-17) and the senior team. In 2015, she moved to the Osasco Audax to play the Paulista Women's Soccer Championship and became the tournament's top scorer scoring 12 goals. For the national championship at the end of 2015, Nunes returned to the Centro Olímpico and scored fourteen goals in twelve matches, crowning herself the tournament's top scorer.
The following year Nunes transferred to Corinthians/Audax to play the national championship in 2016. The striker scored seven goals in ten games, but her team were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Nunes won the 2016 Brazil Cup, scoring a goal in the final against São José. Afterwards, she played for Madrid CFF and Levante UD.
On 13 September 2024, Nunes signed for Aston Villa and made her debut in a 2–0 win against Crystal Palace in the Women's League Cup at Bescot Stadium.
On 4 August 2026, the Orlando Pride announced they had signed Nunes through the end of the season. She made two appearances and a month later agreed to the mutual termination of her contract. She was then announced by Atlético Madrid.
International career Youth Gabi Nunes started representing Brazil internationally in 2013, when the striker became part of the squad that participated in the 2013 South American Under-17. Nunes played four matches in the competition, but Brazil were eliminated in the group stage.
In November 2015 she competed in the 2015 South American Under-20. Nunes scored three goals and helped Brazil win the seventh title in this competition. With this success in the 2015 South American Under-20, Nunes was called to join the group that was preparing for the Olympics.
Nunes participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scoring five goals in four matches and won a silver shoe of the competition, becoming the first Brazilian to win this award and score in all matches that participated in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Senior Nunes was given her senior debut with Brazil after returning from the 2016 U-20 World Cup. She made 4 appearances in 2016 during friendly matches as well as an additional 3 appearances in friendlies in 2017. In the Summer of 2017, Nunes was included in the Brazil squad for the Tournament of Nations, starting in 2 of the 3 games. In 2021, Nunes joined the team for the 2021 Torneio Internacional de Manaus de Futebol Feminino. She started the second game of the tournament against Venezuela and scored her first international goal at the senior level.
Nunes was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
On 1 February 2024, Nunes was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.
On 2 July 2024, Nunes was called up to the Brazil squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupState CupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCentro Olímpico2014Brasileirão Feminino1130000———1132015Brasileirão Feminino12140000———1214Total23170000———2317Corinthians2016Brasileirão Feminino1075300———15102017Brasileirão Feminino1812—10———19122018Brasileirão Feminino00—00———002019Brasileirão Feminino119—95———20142020Brasileirão Feminino131—1111———24122021Brasileirão Feminino119—00—67—1716Total6338532116—67—9564Madrid CFF2021–22Primera División27720————2972022–23Liga F27821————299Total541541————5816Levante UD2023–24Liga F281120——23223416Aston Villa2024–25Women's Super League16233— 30——225Aston Villa2025–26Women's Super League2000—00——20Orlando Pride2026National Women's Soccer League2000—00——20Career total18883141021163081022236118
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBrazil2016302017602021112022622023922024133Total388
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nunes goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Gabi NunesNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition128 November 2021Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil2–14–1International Tournament of Manaus 2021211 April 2022Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain1–03–1Friendly33–0 42 July 2023Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil1–04–056 December 2023Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara, Brazil1–04–0 621 February 2024Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States1–01–02024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup72 March 2024BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States4–05–1 825 July 2024Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France1–01–02024 Summer Olympics
Honours Brazil Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024
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