Daiane Menezes Rodrigues, or simply Daiane and sometimes known as Bagé (born April 15, 1983) is a Brazilian

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 footballer. She currently plays as a defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 and right winger for Brazil's Botucatu FC

Botucatu Futebol Clube

Botucatu Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Botucatu, is a Brazilian women's football team, from Botucatu, São Paulo state.-History:...

 and the Brazilian National Team

Brazil women's national football team

The Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's association football. Brazil played their first game on July 22, 1986 against the United States....

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2002 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

Daiane played for Brazil at the 2002 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Daiane played for Brazil at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, when they sustained a quarterfinal loss to the United States. In that match, Daiane scored an own goal

Own goal

An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

 in the second minute to put her team down 1-0, but Brazil tied the game on a penalty kick to force extra time. The teams each scored a goal in extra time to send the match to penalty kicks, and Daiane had the only missed attempt for either team, as her shot to the left was saved by U.S. keeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

 Hope Solo

Hope Solo

Hope Amelia Solo is an American association football goalkeeper. She became a free agent after Women's Professional Soccer terminated the magicJack franchise for which she played in the 2011 season. Solo is the current starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer...

. The United States advanced to the semifinals of the Cup while Brazil was eliminated.