Adriana (footballer, born 1968) explained

Adriana
Birth Name:Adriana Alvim Viola[1]
Fullname:Adriana Alvim Burke[2]
Birth Date:26 December 1968
Position:Forward
Collegeyears1:1988–1992
Collegecaps1:51
Collegegoals1:40
Clubs1:Radar
Nationalteam1:Brazil
Nationalteam-Update:16 November 1991 (before the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Adriana Alvim Burke (née Viola; born 26 December 1968), commonly known as Adriana, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward for the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. At club level she played for EC Radar in Brazil.[3]

While playing college soccer for St. John's Red Storm, Adriana set goal (40) and points (91) records which were not broken until 2015 by Rachel Daly.[4] She was inducted into the program's Hall of Fame in 2014.[5]

At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, Adriana started two of three group games as Brazil were eliminated in the first round.

Notes and References

  1. News: Fortes . Márcia . . Artilheira da seleção feminina de futebol gosta de ver a lagoa do alto do Corcovado . Top scorer for women's national football team likes to view the lagoon from above Corcovado . . 150 . 145 . Cidade 4 (32 of PDF) . 31 August 1991 . 11 January 2020 . Portuguese . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200111000000/http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1991_00145.pdf . 11 January 2020. Alt URL
  2. Web site: St. John's University Inducts 19th Class into Athletics Hall of Fame.
  3. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991 - Technical Report. https://web.archive.org/web/20111227003624/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/19/wwc%5f91%5ftr%5fpart2%5f260.pdf. dead. December 27, 2011. 20 October 2016. FIFA. 1991. FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991.
  4. News: Rachel Daly Taken Sixth in NWSL College Draft. 5 November 2016. St. John's University (New York City). 5 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161105224745/http://www.stjohns.edu/about/news/2016-01-15/rachel-daly-taken-sixth-nwsl-college-draft. 5 November 2016. dead.
  5. News: St. John's Athletics To Induct 19th Hall of Fame Class On March 1. 5 November 2016. St. John's University (New York City). 5 February 2014. 22 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180122053630/http://www.redstormsports.com/genrel/020514aab.html. dead.