Mirian (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the surname is Silva da Paixão.

Mirian

Personal information
Full name	Mirian Silva da Paixão
Date of birth	(1982-02-25) 25 February 1982
Place of birth	Riacho de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Ceará
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Associação Atlética São Francisco
2007	Ferroviária
2008–2018	Associação Atlética São Francisco	40+	(0)
2019	Osasco Audax	1	(0)
2020–2021	Fortaleza	10	(0)
2022	Menina Olímpica	1	(0)
2022	JC Futebol Clube	0	(0)
2023–	Ceará	2	(0)
International career‡
2008–2016	Equatorial Guinea	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Mirian Silva da Paixão (born 25 February 1982), simply known as Mirian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Série A1 club Ceará.

Career

Mirian was part of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She started all the three matches Equatorial Guinea played in the competition. The "Nzalang Nacional" ended losing all the matches they played in the group stage and didn't qualify for the World Cup's knockout stage. This was the only time, to date, the team played the competition. The squad was filled with Brazilian-born players (9 in total) and a FIFA posterior investigation found the "Equatorial Guinea Football Association liable for the use of forged or falsified documents", banning them from competing at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Moreover, on October 5, 2017, FIFA declared Mirian and other nine Brazilian footballers ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.