The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for soccer in Brazil, has announced that men and women will be paid the same amount for representing the national team.
The move, which CBF president Rogerio Caboclo said has been in place since March, means Brazil Women players will get the same daily rate as their male counterparts during international duty.
In a CBF statement, Caboclo said: ‘Since March of this year, CBF has made an equal value in terms of prizes and daily rates between men’s and women’s football.
‘That is, the (female) players earn the same thing as the (male) players during the calls. What they (the men) receive… women also receive.
‘What they will gain by conquering or by staging the Olympics next year will be the same as the men will have.’
Australia, Norway and New Zealand are among the nations to previously decide to pay their men and women internationals the same amount.
Brazil’s women’s team have not played since March, when many competitions around the world were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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