Adriana Rodrigues

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Adriana Rodrigues
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Neunkirch
Number 8
Youth career
1999 Clearwater Chargers
2000 Strictly Soccer Club
2001 Clearwater Chargers
2002 Countryside Lightning
2003–2009 Clearwater Chargers
2006–2009 St. Petersburg Devils
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Florida Gators
2011–2013 Jacksonville Dolphins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 FC Neunkirch 34 (1 [1] )
2016–2017 SC Braga 15 (0 [2] )
2017– Győri ETO FC 8 (0 [3] )
International career
2008 Brazil U17
2011 Portugal U19 5 (0)
2011– 2014 Portugal 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:37, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:37, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Adriana Rodrigues Orem (born 9 May 1992) is a Portuguese soccer player.

Contents

Life

Early life

Rodrigues was born in Florida to a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother. Adriana's sister Andrea Rodrigues is also a Portuguese international soccer player. [4]

Career

National

Rodrigues started her career for Clearwater Chargers, played later than with Strictly Soccer Club, Countryside Lightning and another eight years for Clearwater. [5] She played besides four year from 2005 until 2009, for St. Petersburg Devils the St. Petersburg High School. [6] 2010 went for Studies to Florida who played for the Florida Gators and later 3 years for Jacksonville Dolphins. [7] Shortly after graduating from Jacksonville University in December 2013 with a degree in communications, Rodrigues agreed a contract with FC Neunkirch of the Swiss Nationalliga A. [8] After two and a half year left Swiss side Neunkirch and signed in the Homeland of her father Portugal by Sporting Clube de Braga. [9] After one year who played 15 games for SC Braga in the joined to Hungary top-tier club Győri ETO FC. [10]

International

She played for Brazil in the 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, but switched her allegiance to Portugal [11] and made her senior national team debut on 17 September 2011 against Armenia women's national football team, in 8:0 win. [12]

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References

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  2. Adriana Rodrigues :: - ZeroZero
  3. RODRIGUES ADRIANA - Adatbank MLSZ
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  12. FPF profile (in Portuguese)