Kerolin

About

Kerolin Nicoli Israel Ferraz (Brazilian Portuguese: [keɾoˈlĩ niˈkɔli izʁaˈɛw feˈʁas]; born 17 November 1999), commonly known mononymously as Kerolin, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Liga F club Barcelona and the Brazil national team.
In 2018, she was elected the breakout female player in the Brasileirão by the Brazilian Football Confederation, having scored 14 goals in 35 games for Ponte Preta. She was named the NWSL Most Valuable Player with the North Carolina Courage in 2023.

Kerolin was raised by her mother and was estranged from her father. The family lived in Bauru, then moved to Campinas, where they lodged on a farm as they could not afford to pay rent. When she was 12 years old she was hospitalised with osteomyelitis and cellulitis in her leg and advised to stop playing contact sport.

Kerolin was among several promising young footballers to emerge from the youth system of Valinhos Futebol Clube, a women’s team run by the local authority’s sports and leisure department and coached by Ana Lúcia Gonçalves. Valinhos agreed a collaboration with Guarani FC in January 2016, to enter…