Aline Reis

Aline Villares Reis (born 15 April 1989) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. Aline grew up in Campinas, Brazil. At the age of 18, she moved to Orlando, FL to play college soccer. Aline was a standout player for every team she has been a part of. She is known for her athleticism, speed & agility, leaping ability and high technical level, being considered the Jorge Campos of women's soccer.

Aline Reis
Personal information
Full name Aline Villares Reis
Date of birth (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989
Place of birth Aguaí, Brazil
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2000–2007 Guarani FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 UCF Knights 85 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Seinäjoen Mimmiliiga
2016 Ferroviária 8 (0)
2017 Győri ETO FC
2018–2022 Granadilla Tenerife 102 (1)
National team‡
2016–2021 Brazil 15 (0)
Teams managed
2013–2016 UCLA Bruins (Goalkeepers)
2022– Orlando Pride (Goalkeepers)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2022
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Villares and the second or paternal family name is Reis.

College career

Aline was a four-year starter at the University of Central Florida and earned NSCAA All-Central Region and All-Conference-USA honors all four seasons. She started all but two matches for UCF and totaled 2,278 minutes during her college career. In her first year (2008), she received NSCAA All-America honors, becoming one of just three freshmen in the country to be named to the first or second teams and the first UCF player in 13 years to earn All-America acclaim, following the footsteps of Player of the Century, Michelle Akers. She went on to finish her career ranked second in school history for career saves (347), fourth for shutouts (28) and sixth for goals-against average (1.04) and was named UCF's No. 1 player in the C-USA era.[1][2]

Amanda Cromwell was UCF's Head Coach during Aline's college career stated that she "is every coach's dream player and every player's dream teammate."[3]

College Awards:

  • NSCAA All-America (2008)
  • 4x Conference USA Champion (2008–2011)
  • 2x NSCAA Scholar All-America Team (2010 & 2011)
  • 4x All-Region Team (2008–2011)
  • 4x All-Conference USA Team (2008–2011)
  • Record Holder for C-USA Player of the Week Award
  • Lowe’s Senior Award First Team (2011)
  • UCF Scholar-Athlete Award (2011)
  • Voted Team Most Valuable Player all four seasons

Senior Year Highlight Video

Club career

Following her collegiate playing career, Aline played professionally in Finland with first division side Seinäjoen Mimmiliiga, and worked as the Director of Soccer Operations for her alma mater, UCF, while pursuing a master's degree in sport and exercise science. In late 2013, Aline joined the UCLA Bruins Women's Soccer Coaching Staff as a Goalkeeper Coach. She left UCLA in December 2015 to play for Ferroviária in her native country. Before her collegiate career, Aline played for Guarani FC for over six years.

In 2017 Aline had a short experience in the Hungarian top women’s league (5 months), playing for ETO FC, but left the club along with the other international players due to not being paid their salaries.

In 2018, Aline signed to play in the Spanish top Division, Primeira Iberdrola, to play for UDG Tenerife, where she played for 4 seasons (2018/2019 - 2019/2020 - 2020/2021 - 2021/2022). Aline is the international player with most starts and games (102) in the Primeira Iberdrola. She announced her retirement from professional football on January 30, 2022.[4]

International career

Aline was first called to the Full Brazilian National Team Camp in July, 2009 during her college career. Even though her official national team debut didn't happen until later, during her national team career Aline was a part of several training camps and friendly matches with Brazil. In 2016, following a distinguished Spring Season with Ferroviária, Reis earned a spot on the National Team Roster again and a contract to be in residency with the Full Brazilian National Team (Seleção Permanente) that was preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games happening in Rio. The roster carried three other goalkeepers besides Aline but after the residential period of training and preparation for the Olympics, Aline earned one of the two goalkeepers spots on the final 18-players Olympic Roster. Reis beat out 2015 World Cup starter, for the back up spot in goal. Aline made her national team debut during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, playing all 90 minutes against South Africa, in front of 42,000 people at the Arena da Amazônia in Manaus.. The match ended in a 0–0 draw.[5]

Besides being in the Olympic Squad in Rio 2016, Aline served the Brazilian Women’s National team in all major tournaments in every year from 2016 to 2021. She has won the 2018 Copa America with Brazil, participated in the 2019 Women’s World Cup and in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Coaching career

On 31 January 2022, Reis was named goalkeeping coach for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. The moved reunited her with Amanda Cromwell, who had coached Reis at UCF and with whom Reis had previously coached with at UCLA.[6]

References
  1. "Aline Reis". University of Central Florida. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. "Aline Reis". NSCAA Senior Class Award. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "BLOG". Aline Reis. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. "Ex-goleira da Ferroviária, Aline Reis anuncia aposentadoria como jogadora de futebol". RCIA. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. "Brazil draws with South Africa in final group stage match". NBC. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. "Brazilian National Team Member Aline Villares Reis Named Orlando Pride Goalkeeper Coach". OrlandoCitySC.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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