Mônica (footballer, born 1987)
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mônica Hickmann Alves[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 21 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil[4] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Madrid CFF | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
Internacional | |||||||||||||||||
Marília | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2012 | SV Neulengbach | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Botucatu | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | Foz Cataratas | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Ferroviária | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015 |
Flamengo | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Orlando Pride | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 |
→ Adelaide United (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Atlético Madrid (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2019 |
Corinthians | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Madrid CFF | 61 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2014– | Brazil | 42 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015 |
Mônica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups and the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Club career
Between 2007 and 2012, Mônica played club football in Austria for
ÖFB-Frauenliga. Upon returning to Brazil, she had a short spell with Botucatu Futebol Clube, then joined Ferroviária[5] ahead of the 2013 season.[4]
She then joined the new expansion side, the
Adelaide United and Atlético Madrid in the 2016 and 2017 offseasons respectively.[7]
On February 18, 2019, after three seasons with Orlando she announced she was leaving the club.
In April 2019, Mônica signed for reigning
Corinthians.[8]
In August 2019, Mônica signed for Spanish
Primera División club Madrid CFF.[9]
International career
At the
Australia at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup saw Brazil lose its first group stage match in 24 years.[12]
International goals
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 July 2015 | Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario | Ecuador | 1–1 |
7–1 |
2015 Pan American Games |
2. | 21 October 2015 | Seattle, Washington |
United States | 1–0 |
1–1 |
Friendly |
3. | 20 December 2015 | Natal, Brazil |
Canada | 2–1 |
3–1 |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
|
4. | 20 December 2015 | Natal, Brazil |
Canada | 3–1 |
3–1 |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
|
5. | 4 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
China | 1–0 |
3–0 |
Olympics 2016 |
References
- ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Mônica". La Liga. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Ficha técnica: Mônica, zagueira, Orlando Pride" [Fact sheet: Mônica, defender, Orlando Pride]. Brazilian Football Confederation (in Portuguese). 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Guerreiras Grenás apresenta mais dois novos reforços" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line – CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Orlando Pride Signs Monica Hickmann Alves". Orlando City Soccer Club.
- ^ "Brazilian international Monica joins Adelaide United". The Women's Game. 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Corinthians contrata zagueira da Seleção, com passagem pelos EUA" (in Portuguese). Lance!. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "MONICA HICKMANN ya es del Madrid CFF". Madrid Club de Fútbol Femenino (in Spanish). 25 August 2019.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the originalon 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Monica". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Women's World Cup: Brazil Lose First Group Stage Match in 24 Years". News 18. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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