Playing for Brazil in 2013
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| Full name | Andréia Rosa de Andrade | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-07-08) 8 July 1984 (age 40) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
São Lourenço do Turvo, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2012 | Ferroviária | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Saad (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Centro Olímpico | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Avaldsnes | 72 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006– | Brazil | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:47, 13 August 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:49, 17 December 2014 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Andréia Rosa de Andrade (born July 8, 1984), known as Andréia Rosa,[note 1] is a Brazilian football defender who plays for the Brazilian women's national team and the Norwegian Toppserien club Avaldsnes.
At the time of her call-up for the 2008 Olympics, Andréia Rosa had played in 181 games for Ferroviária. In those matches she had scored 42 goals from her centre-back position and been sent off only once. In 2007, she was loanedtoSaad for the inaugural Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, which Ferroviária did not enter.[1]
In summer 2013 Andréia Rosa joined ambitious Norwegian club Avaldsnes, where she joined compatriots Rosana and Debinha.[2]
In November 2006 Andréia Rosa made her international debut in Brazil's 6–1 South American Women's Football Championship win over BoliviaatEstadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata.[3] In July 2008 she was involved in a "violent collision" with Abby Wambach during the first half of a friendly matchinSan Diego. Wambach suffered a broken tibia and fibula, requiring a titanium rod to be inserted into her left leg.[4]
Andréia Rosa was included in Brazil's 18-player squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and started the team's first match; a 0–0 draw with GermanyatShenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Although she took no further part in the competition, she won a silver medal when Brazil lost the final 1–0 after extra time to the United States.[5]
She narrowly missed selection for the Brazilian FIFA Women's World Cup squad in both 2007 and 2011.[6]
In October 2017 Andréia Rosa was one of five Brazil players to quit international football, disgruntled at pay and conditions, and the Brazilian Football Confederation's sacking of head coach Emily Lima.[7]
She was born in São Pedro do Turvo, São Paulo, Brazil.[8] Andréia Rosa is a qualified physical education teacher and an Evangelical Christian.[9]
Brazil squads
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Brazil
Association football
