Eloá

Eloá Boaventura de Assunção

Eloá with Baía Vermelha during a friendly against the domestic national club of the Indigenous Baíans
Personal information
Full name	Eloá Inês Anahíara Boaventura e Esteves de Assunção
Date of birth	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002
Place of birth	Sauiá, Baía Vermelha
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Outubro Futebol Clube Feminino
Number	30
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Baía Vermelha	27	(13)

Eloá Inês Anahíara Boaventura e Esteves de Assunção (born August 17, 2002), known simply as Eloá, is a Baían-Indigenous Baían professional footballer and Royal Family Member who plays as a forward and attacking midfielder for Outubro Futebol Clube Feminino and Baía Vermelha, and is currently 11th in line to the Baían Throne. Born in Sauiá to Royal Family Member Brighton Esteves de Assunção and Indigenous Baían, Jacuíra Boaventura, Eloá is the first Royal Family member to become a professional athlete. She began her career at Clube de Futebol King's Crossing before signing for Outubro Futebol Clube Feminino in 2016.

On April 11th, 2018, She came on as a late substitute, becoming the youngest professional athlete in Baían history at only 15 years, 7 months, & 24 days. Eloá has since been chosen for the national team for several friendly and competitive competitions where she has become a figurehead of the Baían national side and a figure of honour amongst Indigenous Baíans. Alongside, Enzo Vasco, she is considered the best modern day football players in Baía Vermelha, and one of the best female Baían players ever.

Royal Blood

Through her father, Brighton Esteves de Assunção, Eloá is the eleventh in line to the Baían Throne. Her mother being fully Indigenous Baían, a member of the Árvorecaída, also makes her the first member of the Royal Family to be directly descended from an Indigenous Baían.

Controversy due to Royal Background

Due to her blood being considered royal, there has been debate on whether if Eloá is given privleges and advantages that others in the sport are not provided, such as offers to larger, successful clubs, and playing first team football at such a young age. Eloá has been known for stating that she's "Not a Princess", and that everything she has done has been accomplished through hard-work, not due to her family. There are still those who disagree and there have been petitions for her to be banned from both club and international football in the country.

Personal life

Besides her native Bahían, Eloá is conversational in Árvorecaída, the indigenous language her mother is a native speaker of, and the royal language Luspanés, of which only royal family members are allowed to learn.

Since 2021, Eloá is a pescetarian, highlighting that the killing of animals in Baía Vermelha is something that must be controlled. She reportedly chose a pescetarian diet due to her metabolism needing high doses of protein and vitamin D.

From August 2022 to March 2023, Eloá was in a relationship with Baían national team player, Iago Linhares Chaves, second-cousin to head coach of Outubro Futebol Clube Feminino. They reportedly got back together in December of 2023.

Honours

Clube de Futebol King's Crossing

• Primeira Liga de Futebol Feminino Sub-15: 2012-13 and 2014-2015

Outubro Futebol Clube Feminino

• Primeira Divisão Feminina: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, and 2022–23
  • Runners-up: 2016–17 and 2020–21
• Supertaça da Baía: 2020, 2022, and 2023
  • Runners-up: 2018 and 2021

Individual

• Jogadora Feminina do Ano da Baía: 2021, 2022, and 2023
  • Runner-up: 2020