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Telma Encarnação

Telma Raquel Velosa Encarnação (born 11 October 2001) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a striker for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP and the Portugal women's national team.

Telma Encarnação
Personal information
Full name Telma Raquel Velosa Encarnação
Date of birth (2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Marítimo
Number 10
Youth career
ADRC Os Xavelhas
Marítimo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2024 Marítimo 78 (54)
2024- Sporting CP 17 (7)
International career‡
2017 Portugal U16 6 (4)
2017–2018 Portugal U17 13 (16)
2018–2020 Portugal U19 16 (16)
2022– Portugal U23 2 (3)
2018– Portugal 41 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2025

Club career

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In May 2018, Encarnação scored in Marítimo's 6–0 win over Clube Condeixa which secured the club's promotion to the top-flight Campeonato Nacional Feminino for the first time.[2] After becoming a key player she agreed a new three-year contract with Marítimo in March 2021, prolonging her stay at the Funchal club she joined as a 13-year-old from ADRC Os Xavelhas in nearby Câmara de Lobos.[3] In August 2024, she joined the two-times Portuguese champions Sporting CP.

International career

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On 10 November 2018 Encarnação won her first senior cap for Portugal in a 1–0 friendly win over Wales in Rio Maior. She entered play as a 59th-minute substitute for fellow Madeiran Laura Luís.[4]

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[5] In that World Cup she scored Portugal's first goal in any Women's World Cup, in a match against Vietnam.[6]

On 24 June 2025, Encarnação was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[7]

International goals

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Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 June 2021Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States Nigeria3–13–3Friendly
2.19 September 2021Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion, Israel Israel1–04–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.28 June 2022Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal Australia1–11–1Friendly
4.6 September 2022Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Portugal Turkey1–04–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.11 April 2023Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal Wales1–01–1Friendly
6.27 July 2023Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand Vietnam1–02–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup
7.27 February 2024Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal South Korea2–05–1Friendly
811 July 2025Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland Belgium1–11–2UEFA Women's Euro 2025

Honours

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References

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  1. ↑ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Silva, Emanuel (27 May 2018). "Futebol feminino do Marítimo faz história e sobe à I Divisão" (in Portuguese). Funchal Noticias. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Perfeito, João (3 March 2021). "Telma Encarnação prolonga ligação ao Marítimo" (in Portuguese). C.S. Marítimo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Trio madeirense afina estratégia lusa" (in Portuguese). Madeira Football Association. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ↑ updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ Bruxo, Michael (27 July 2023). "Portugal celebrates first win ever at FIFA Women's World Cup". Portugal Resident.
  7. ↑ "Lista final com Kika Nazareth: as 23 convocadas de Portugal para o Europeu feminino" (in European Portuguese). Record. 24 June 2025.
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