Milene Domingues

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Milene Domingues Aganzo (born 18 June 1979), also known as Mika, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

CareerEdit

Born in São Paulo, Domingues played in a promotional futsal team of models run by the Flash Book modeling agency.<ref name="Knijnik">Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1994 this team formed the basis of a new SC Corinthians women's team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She finished her playing career with CF Pozuelo de Alarcón. The ex-model holds the women's record for ball juggling.<ref>Brazilian magazine Corpo A Corpo article about Milene Domingues Template:Webarchive</ref>

In September 2002, Domingues transferred from ASD Fiammamonza of Italy's Serie A to Rayo Vallecano in Spain's Superliga. The transfer was for £200,000, a record in Spanish women's football.<ref>Mrs Ronaldo in record transfer BBC Sports 12 September 2002. Retrieved 18 February 2007.</ref> The rules in Spain at the time did not permit foreign women to play competitive matches, and Rayo club president Teresa Rivero admitted that the transfer was for promoting the club and Template:Ill puddings, also owned by her husband José María Ruiz-Mateos.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

At international level she was included in the Brazil women's national football team for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Her inclusion was somewhat surprising and coach Paulo Gonçalves emphasised that she was not a first choice: "Milene is going with us, but she is between the 19th and 20th player."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite Milene's poor physical conditioning, Brazil's selectors felt she would attract interest from the media and public.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She remained an unused substitute in all four matches as Brazil were eliminated in the quarter finals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She did participate in Brazil's next match in April 2004, under their new coach René Simões, an unofficial friendly against Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer at Aggie Soccer Stadium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

She was married to football star Ronaldo from April 1999 to September 2003.<ref>El equipo de «Ronaldinha»»</ref> Together they have one son, Ronald.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Due to her marriage to Ronaldo, some fans nicknamed her Ronaldinha, but she has opposed this and prefers to be called Milene or Mika.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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