Maiara Niehues

Maiara Niehues
Niehues with Angel City in 2025
Personal information
Full name Maiara Carolina Niehues
Date of birth (2004-08-11) 11 August 2004
Place of birth Itapiranga, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Angel City
Number 12
Youth career
2019 Chapecoense
2020 Iranduba
2020–2022 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Chapecoense 6 (0)
2021–2022 Internacional 26 (2)
2022–2025 Sporting CP 21 (7)
2025– Angel City 27 (8)
International career‡
2024 Brazil U-20 2 (2)
2026– Brazil 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 April 2026

Maiara Carolina Niehues (born 11 August 2004) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Itapiranga, Santa Catarina,[1] Niehues began her career with Chapecoense, where she managed to play for the first team at the age of 15. After leaving in the following year, she spent a short period at Iranduba. She then played for Internacional, appearing in matches for their senior, under-20, under-18, under-17, and under-16 teams from 2020 to 2022. She compiled a combined eight goals and four assists in all competitions while helping the club's under-20 section to a 2022 National Championship appearance.[2]

Sporting CP

Niehues joined Portuguese club Sporting CP in September 2022.[3] During her time at Sporting, she appeared in 57 matches in all competitions, scoring 18 goals and three assists in 3,214 minutes on the pitch.[2]

Angel City

Niehues playing for Angel City in 2025

In March 2025, Niehues joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)'s Angel City FC for an undisclosed transfer fee, signing a three-year contract.[2] On September 1, she scored her first goal of the club, the 2–1 game-winner over Bay FC.[4]

On March 15, 2026, Niehues scored the last goal in Angel City's season opener against the Chicago Stars, capping off a 4–0 victory.[5] On May 2, she received the first red card in Angel City history for striking Utah Royals player Cloé Lacasse.[6] She was given an additional one-match suspension by the league.[7] On July 18, she became the second-youngest NWSL player to score in five consecutive matches, during a 2–0 win over the Chicago Stars.[8]

International career

Niehues represented Brazil at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[9] She had an unfortunate senior international debut as she was sent off in the 33rd minute after committing two bookable offenses against Venezuela as Brazil lost the friendly 2–1 on March 4, 2026.[10]

Honors

Sporting CP

References

  1. ↑ "Atleta catarinense é a mais cara contratação do futebol feminino de Portugal" [Catarinense athlete is the most expensive signing of Portugal's women's football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Guararema News. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Angel City Signs Midfielder Maiara Niehues". Angel City FC. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Maiara Niehues reforça equipa feminina do Sporting". Record. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Chavez, Michelle (2 September 2025). "Angel City beats the Bay 2-1". The Sporting Tribune. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Maiara Niehues at FBref.com
  6. ↑ "Angel City falls to Utah Royals after getting hit with team's first red card". Associated Press. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026 – via Los Angeles Times.
  7. ↑ Griffin, Tamerra (7 May 2026). "NWSL announces additional suspensions for 2 red-card fouls, including hair pulling". The Athletic. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Garcia, Sam (19 July 2026). "Angel City Midfielder Extends Own Club-Record Scoring Streak in 2-0 Win". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Maiara Niehues at Soccerway
  10. ↑ Maiara Niehues at Flashscore
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