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Beatriz “Bia” Zaneratto João was born on 17 December 1993 and is sometimes known as Bia Zaneratto, or just Beatriz, or Bia.

Bia Zaneratto is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Palmeiras and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2011, 2015, and 2019 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Bia Zaneratto joined her local team Ferroviária at the age of 13. In 2010, she moved to play for reigning Copa Libertadores Femenina champions Santos.

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In February 2013 Bia Zaneratto and her Vitória das Tabocas teammate Thaísinha announced that they had accepted a transfer to South Korean club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.

With the team, Beatriz has won seven consecutive WK League championships between 2013 and 2019. In the 2015 championship, she scored an equalizing goal in the 123rd minute to force the game to a penalty shoot-out, where her team prevailed.

From 2020 to 2021, she played for Chinese league Wuhan Jianghan University, where she scored seven goals in 9 matches to help them win the 2020 Chinese Women’s Super League.

Ahead of the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, a 14-year-old Bia Zaneratto was the youngest player in Brazil’s squad and was highlighted as a “player to watch” by The New Zealand Herald newspaper.

At the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Bia Zaneratto scored against Panama.