Fernanda Maia turned out to be a professional in the TV industry.
Today, Fernanda Maia Carelli is a TV journalist and mother of two children. PDO
When Fernanda Maia23, was a ball girl at a Brazilian soccer cup match between Botafogo and Vasco da Gama in 2012, little did she know that the night would change the course of her life.
Maia rose to the attention of the whole of Brazil when his clever work on the edge of the pitch helped Botafogo to score and advance in the tournament. Pallotyttö delivered the game tool to the Botafogo player who received a boundary throw so quickly that Vasco da Gama’s defense did not have time to react to the situation.
You can watch a video of the goal from this link.
Maia immediately received invitations to Brazilian sports programs and even Playboy shoots. He appeared on television so naturally that Botafogo asked him to join the club’s marketing.
The TV career continued to take bigger turns, when in 2014 Maia went to work as a ball girl again – this time to the ATP tennis tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
The fresh TV face was 26 years old when she ended up as a social phenomenon for the second time as a ball girl. Videos of superstar Rafael Nadal winking at Maia, who was standing next to him during a break, began to spread online.
Social media users interpreted that the Spaniard could not keep his eyes off the young woman. Be that as it may, the video was apt to increase Maia’s personal brand even more.
The TV and hosting jobs eventually made Maia a real celebrity in Brazil. He works for the SBT news program as a sports reporter and has more than 600,000 followers on Instagram.
Today, Maia is married Junior Carell with and uses the name Fernanda Maia Carelli. The couple has two daughters: Roberta and Rafaela. Rafaela’s name has sparked speculation about a possible connection to Rafael Nadal.
Sources: Goal, Daily Star, Sport.pl