Andréia Rosa | |
Fullname: | Andréia Rosa de Andrade |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1984 |
Birth Place: | São Lourenço do Turvo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Height: | 172cm (68inches) |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | Ferroviária |
Years1: | 2001–2012 |
Clubs2: | → Saad (loan) |
Years2: | 2007 |
Clubs3: | Centro Olímpico |
Years3: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs4: | Avaldsnes |
Years4: | 2013–2018 |
Caps4: | 72 |
Goals4: | 8 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
Nationalyears1: | 2006– |
Nationalcaps1: | 21 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 19:47, 13 August 2018 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 22:49, 17 December 2014 (UTC) |
Andréia Rosa de Andrade (born July 8, 1984), known as Andréia Rosa,[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 loaned to Saad for the inaugural Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, which Ferroviária did not enter.[2]
In summer 2013 Andréia Rosa joined ambitious Norwegian club Avaldsnes, where she joined compatriots Rosana and Debinha.[3]
In November 2006 Andréia Rosa made her international debut in Brazil's 6–1 South American Women's Football Championship win over Bolivia at Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata.[4] In July 2008 she was involved in a "violent collision" with Abby Wambach during the first half of a friendly match in San Diego. Wambach suffered a broken tibia and fibula, requiring a titanium rod to be inserted into her left leg.[5]
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 Germany at Shenyang 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.[6]
She narrowly missed selection for the Brazilian FIFA Women's World Cup squad in both 2007 and 2011.[7]
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.[8]
She was born in São Pedro do Turvo, São Paulo, Brazil.[9] Andréia Rosa is a qualified physical education teacher and an Evangelical Christian.[10]