Sissi

Sisleide do Amor Lima, known as Sissi, is one of the pioneers and greatest names in the history of Brazilian women's football. Born in São Paulo, she stood out as a player of great technical ability, performing as a striker and playmaker for the Brazilian National Team throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Her main international highlight occurred in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in the United States, when she finished the tournament as top scorer alongside Chinese player Sun Wen, with seven goals scored, despite Brazil's early elimination from the competition. After standing out in Brazil, Sissi took her career abroad, playing in Sweden and later in the United States, where she became one of the faces of the newly created WUSA (Women's United Soccer Association). In 2002, she scored an overhead kick in the Founders Cup final for Carolina Courage, a play considered one of the most memorable moments in the history of the North American women's soccer league. Sissi is recognized to this day as one of those responsible for paving the way for subsequent generations of Brazilian women's football.