Mônica (footballer, born 1987)
.jpg) Mônica at the 2014 Copa América Femenina | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Monica Hickmann Alves | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Corinthians | ||
| 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 | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Brazil | 42 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015 | |||
Monica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Corinthians and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Club career
Between 2007 and 2012 Mônica played club football in Austria for SV Neulengbach, the dominant team in the ÖFB-Frauenliga. Upon returning to Brazil, she had a short spell with Botucatu Futebol Clube, then joined Ferroviária[3] ahead of the 2013 season.[1]
She then joined the new expansion side, the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League for the 2016 season,[4] complimented by loan spells with Adelaide United and Atlético Madrid in the 2016 and 2017 offseasons respectively.[5] On February 18, 2019, after three seasons with Orlando she announced she was leaving the club.
In April 2019 Mônica signed for reigning Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino champions Corinthians.[6]
International career
At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Mônica was part of the Brazilian team which finished third.[7] She made her senior Brazil women's national football team debut on 11 June 2014, a 0–0 friendly draw with France staged in Guyana.[8] She scored her first national team goal in Brazil's 7–1 win over Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games. Controversial own goal by Monica against Australia at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup saw Brazil lose its first Group Stage Match in 24 years.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 July 2015 | Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario |  Ecuador |
2015 Pan American Games | ||
| 2. | 21 October 2015 | CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington |  United States |
Friendly | ||
| 3. | 20 December 2015 | Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil |  Canada |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 | ||
| 4. | 20 December 2015 | Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil | Canada |
Torneio Internacional Natal 2015 | ||
| 5. | 4 August 2016 | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  China |
Olympics 2016 |
References
- ^ a b "Guerreiras Grenás apresenta mais dois novos reforços" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. 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.
- ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 FEMININA (WOMENS' U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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- ^ "Women's World Cup: Brazil Lose First Group Stage Match in 24 Years". News 18. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
External links
- Mônica at Soccerway
- Mônica – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Monica Hickmann Alves – FIFA World Cup profile
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Porto Alegre
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Brazil women's international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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- Orlando Pride players
- Adelaide United FC (W-League) players
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- W-League (Australia) players
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- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
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