Tiga (footballer) explained

Tiga
Fullname:Adriana Aparecida Costa
Birth Date:16 April 1983
Birth Place:São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height:1.67 m
Position:Forward, pivot (futsal)
Years1:2000
Years2:2001
Clubs2:Portuguesa
Years3:2004
Clubs3:A Sabesp (futsal)
Years4:2005
Clubs4:Serc Chimarrão (futsal)
Years5:2006
Clubs5:Nacional Gás/Unifor (futsal)
Years6:2009
Clubs6:Corinthians
Years7:2012
Clubs7:XV de Piracicaba
Years8:2012
Clubs8:Portuguesa
Years9:2013
Clubs9:São Caetano
Years10:2015
Years11:2016
Clubs11:São Caetano (futsal)
Years12:2017
Clubs12:ICP Atibaia (futsal)
Years13:2017
Caps13:11
Goals13:0
Years14:2018
Clubs14:Leoas da Serra (futsal)
Nationalyears1:2011–2016
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:8
Nationalteam-Update:26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Adriana Aparecida Costa (born 16 April 1983), known as Tiga and Tiganinha,[1] is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. She is also a former futsal player who operated as a pivot.

Club career

Tiga has exclusively played for Brazilian clubs in both football and futsal.

In futsal, Tiga played for .[2]

Controversy

From 2011 to 2016, Tiga made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was first recruited to play at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was later a member of the squad that won the 2012 Women's African Football Championship. On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 June 2011 8–0 Friendly
23 June 2012 1–0
25 June 2012
3 November 2012 2012 African Women's Championship
11 November 2012
10 April 2016 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. Web site: Adriana Costa - Tiga. Leoas da Serra. pt. 16 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Official squad list 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup . 17 June 2011 . . 17 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712204415/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team%3D1888631/squadlist.html . 12 July 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012154/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2017/m=10/news=equatorial-guinea-expelled-from-fifa-women-s-world-cup-france-2019-2910394.html. dead. 6 October 2017. FIFA.com. October 5, 2017. October 5, 2017.