Andressa Alves da Silva

Andressa Alves
At the Rio 2016 semi-finals
Personal information
Full name Andressa Alves da Silva
Date of birth (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Playing position Attacking midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Barcelona
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2010 CA Juventus
2011–2012 Foz Cataratas
2013 Centro Olímpico
2013 Ferroviária
2013–2014 São José
2015 Boston Breakers 0 (0)
2015–2016 Montpellier 20 (8)
2016– FC Barcelona 34 (25)
National team‡
2010–2012 Brazil U-20
2012– Brazil 39 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:06, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:53, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Andressa Alves da Silva[2] (born 10 November 1992), commonly known as Andressa Alves or simply Andressa, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for Primera División club FC Barcelona. She previously played for Montpellier of the French Division 1 Féminine. She won her first cap for the Brazil women's national football team in 2012 and represented her country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Andressa transferred from Centro Olímpico to Ferroviária in May 2013.[3] In November 2013, Andressa left Ferroviária to sign for 2013 Copa Libertadores Femenina winners São José.[4]

In November 2014 she ended her stay in São José and signed a contract with NWSL team Boston Breakers.[5] Ultimately she never joined the Breakers as she was instead called into Brazil's residency camp for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6] During the World Cup, French club Montpellier announced that they had concluded the transfer of Andressa.[7]

Andressa left Montpellier after one season, signing for FC Barcelona in June 2016.[8]

International career

After representing Brazil in the 2010 and 2012 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Andressa made her senior debut at the 2012 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.

At the 2014 Copa América Femenina, Andressa scored the second goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of Argentina. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup she scored the only goal in Brazil's group match against Spain, which secured her team's place in the second round.[9] After Brazil's subsequent elimination by Australia, she remained in Canada as part of the winning Brazilian team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

International goals


Goal
Date
 Location Opponent # Score Result Competition
goal 1 2012-12-19 São Paulo, Brazil  Denmark 1.1

5250.02005 2–0

5450.04005 2–2

Torneio Internacional 2012
goal 2 2013-06-19 Stockholm, Sweden  Sweden 1.1

5250.02005 1–1

5450.04005 1–1

Friendly game
goal 3 2014-09-12 Loja, Ecuador  Bolivia 1.1

5250.02005 2–0

5450.04005 6–0

Copa América 2014
goal 4 2014-09-14 Loja, Ecuador  Paraguay 1.1

5250.02005 1–1

5450.04005 4–1

Copa América 2014
goal 5 2014-09-27 Quito, Ecuador  Argentina 1.1

5250.02005 2–0

5450.04005 6–0

Copa América 2014
goal 6 2014-12-18 Brasilia, Brazil  China PR 1.1

5250.02005 4–0

5450.04005 4–1

Torneio Internacional 2014
goal 7 2015-03-06 Lagos, Portugal  Sweden 1.1

5250.02005 2–0

5450.04005 2–0

2015 Algarve Cup
goal 8 2015-03-11 Albufeira, Portugal   Switzerland 1.1

5250.02005 4–1

5450.04005 4–1

2015 Algarve Cup
goal 9 2015-06-13 Montreal, Canada  Spain 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 1–0

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
goal 10 2015-07-19 Toronto, Canada  Canada 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 2–0

2015 Pan American Games
goal 11 2015-07-25 Toronto, Canada  Colombia 1.1

5250.02005 3–0

5450.04005 4–0

2015 Pan American Games
goal 12 2015-12-13 Natal, Brazil  Mexico 1.1

5250.02005 4–0

5450.04005 6–0

Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
goal 13 2015-12-16 Natal, Brazil  Canada 1.1

5250.02005 1–0

5450.04005 2–1

Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
goal 14 2015-12-20 Natal, Brazil  Canada 1.1

5250.02005 1–1

5450.04005 3–1

Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
goal 15 2016-08-04 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  China PR 1.1

5250.02005 2–0

5450.04005 3–0

Olympics 2016

Style of play

Barcelona described their new signing Andressa as: "a left-footed player who can slot in anywhere on the left hand side of the park, and who is especially attack-minded in her approach to the game". It was also noted that she is versatile enough to play on the right or as a centre-forward, and that she is relatively experienced for a 23-year-old after playing international football for four seasons.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Elenco" (in Portuguese). Centro Olímpico. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "List of Players - Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ferroviária/Fundesport contrata Andressa Alves, ex-Centro Olímpico" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenas. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Após título da Libertadores, São José contrata dois reforços para Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). Globo TV. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Boston Breakers sign Brazil's Andressa". She Kicks. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Breakers replace Brazilians with Brazilians". The Equalizer. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Andressa Alves, nouvelle recrue du MHSC !" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Andressa Alves, first signing of 2016/17 for the FC Barcelona women's team". FC Barcelona. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Alves fires Brazil into Women's World Cup last 16". Yahoo!. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Andressa Alves: Skill, versatility, experience and goals". FC Barcelona. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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