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.
Tiga has exclusively played for Brazilian clubs in both football and futsal.
In futsal, Tiga played for .[2]
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]
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |