Palmeiras sign striker Layssa Santos from Lokomotiv Moscow-RUS | OneFootball

Palmeiras finalized, this Sunday (04), the return of forward Layssa Santos to Brazil. After three seasons and a title with Lokomotiv Moscow, from Russia, the player returns to the country and joins the Verdão squad for the 2026 competitions.

Layssa began her football journey at Ceilândia, in 2013. She then had an important spell at Internacional, where she became a two-time state champion in Rio Grande do Sul (2019 and 2020) and won the Brazilian U-18 Championship (2019). Signed by Red Bull Bragantino in 2021, she became one of the team’s standouts in winning the Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A2 that same year.

After two seasons with the team from the interior of São Paulo, the forward transferred to Lokomotiv Moscow-RUS, where she played from 2023 to 2025 and was a key player in the 2024 Russian Cup title: she scored two goals in the final against CSKA-RUS and received the trophy for best player of the match.

With stints in the youth categories of the Brazilian National Team, the athlete was also champion of the South American U-17 Women’s Championship (2018) and the South American U-20 Women’s Championship (2022) wearing the Brazil jersey.

Layssa is the third reinforcement for Rosana Augusto’s team for the new season. The signing is part of the Women’s Football Department’s plan to further strengthen the squad and maintain the team’s competitiveness in the 2026 competitions.

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