Ana Cristina Oliveira Leite

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Ana Leite
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Personal information
Full nameAna Cristina Oliveira Leite
Date of birth (1991-10-23) 23 October 1991 (age 26)
Place of birth Bocholt, Germany
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Sporting CP
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2010 FCR Duisburg II
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 FCR Duisburg 4 (1)
2010–2014 SGS Essen 54 (5)
2015–2016 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 (0)
2016–2017 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 (0)
2017– Sporting CP
National team
2010– Portugal 44 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 July 2017

Ana Cristina Oliveira Leite is a Portuguese-German football forward, currently playing for Sporting CP in Portugal's Liga Allianz.

Portugal Republic in Southwestern Europe

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe. It is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

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Womens association football association football when played by women

Women's association football, also commonly known as women's football or women's soccer is the most prominent team sport played by women around the globe. It is played at the professional level in numerous countries throughout the world and 176 national teams participate internationally.

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She was a member of the U-17 German national team, [1] but subsequently chose to play for Portugal. She debuted for the senior Portugal women's national football team in the 2010 Algarve Cup and debuted one month later against Italy in the 2011 World Cup qualifying. [2]

Germany womens national football team womens national association football team representing Germany

The Germany women's national football team is governed by the German Football Association (DFB).

Portugal womens national football team womens national association football team representing Portugal

The Portugal women's national football team represents Portugal in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.

2010 Algarve Cup

The 2010 Algarve Cup was the seventeenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 24 February and 3 March 2010. It was won by the United States who defeated World and European champions Germany 3–2 in the final to extend their record of Algarve titles to seven. Sweden defeated China, 2-0, in the third prize game.

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg
UEFA Womens Champions League European association football tournament for clubs

The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–09), is an international women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.

The UEFA Women's Cup 2008–09 is the eighth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament, the most important trophy in European club football. The first qualifying round started on 4 September 2008 and the final over two legs was held on 16 and 22 May 2009. Duisburg defeated Zvezda Perm 7–1 on aggregate to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

DFB-Pokal (women)

The DFB-Pokal or Frauen DFB-Pokal is the main national women's football cup competition in Germany, thus the female counterpart to the DFB-Pokal. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are VfL Wolfsburg. FFC Frankfurt has won the most titles with nine. The final has, with the exception of the 1983 final, always been held on the same day prior to the men's final. Since 1985 the final has thus been held in Berlin. In 2010 the final will for the second time be held in a different city, Cologne, as a test to move the final permanently to a different place than the men's final.

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