The pioneering woman in academic research on football in Brazil interview with Maria do Carmo Leite de Oliveira

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Wesley Barbosa Machado

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Interview with Maria do Carmo Leite de Oliveira, a pioneering woman in academic research on football in Brazil. In 1974, she published the book Futebol: fenômeno linguístico, the result of her master's thesis in Literature: Portuguese Language from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, obtained in 1973. Released over half a century ago, this book presents an analysis of football from a linguistic perspective through the press, remaining a reference for researchers in the fields of football and language.

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MACHADO, Wesley Barbosa. The pioneering woman in academic research on football in Brazil: interview with Maria do Carmo Leite de Oliveira. FuLiA/UFMG , Belo Horizonte/MG, Brasil, v. 11, n. 2, p. 212–217, 2026. DOI: 10.35699/2526-4494.2026.v11.53960. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/fulia/article/view/53960. Acesso em: 21 feb. 2026.

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