Jana began playing
futsal and progressed to playing football for her local team União Messejana, where she won the Ceará state league in 2005. In 2008 she attended a trial for
Santos alongside 400 hopefuls and was one of two players to be signed up. Jana subsequently played for
Centro Olímpico,
Zorky Krasnogorsk,
São José and
Caucaia before returning to Santos in 2015. In 2017, after a spell with
Corinthians/Audax, she signed with
S.C. Braga for the
2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino season and quickly became an important player for the club. After short stints in her homeland with
Palmeiras and
Grêmio, Jana returned to Portuguese football in August 2021, agreeing to join
Famalicão. After leaving the latter in 2022, she began the 2023 season nursing an injury, before signing for
Botafogo on 3 March. On 29 January 2024, Santos announced the return of Jana for a third spell. ==International career==