Duda Santos


Adailma Aparecida da Silva dos Santos, known as Duda Santos or just Duda, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for [Sociedade Esportiva Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women)|Palmeiras (women)|Palmeiras].

Club career

Born in Major Isidoro, Alagoas, Duda played futsal and made her senior debut in football with Chapecoense in 2014. In 2017, after a short period at Kindermann/Avaí, she moved abroad with Israeli club Kiryat Gat.
Duda returned to Brazil and Avaí in 2018, being a regular starter until rescinding her contract in January 2021. Late in the month, she joined Palmeiras.
In 2022, Santos was part of the Palmeiras squad that won both the São Paulo Women's State Championship and the Copa Libertadores Femenina.
At the beginning of 2024, she was announced as a new signing for Ferroviária for the season.
She stayed the whole 2024 and 2025 seasons with Ferroviária and then, on January 2025, she was announced as a Palmeiras player once again.

International career

After representing Brazil at under-20 level, Duda received her first call up for the full side on 9 November 2020, for friendlies against Argentina. She made her international debut on 27 November of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Adriana and scoring the side's sixth in a 6–0 win over Ecuador at the Arena Corinthians.

Honours

Palmeiras