Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Ana Cristina Oliveira Leite | ||
Date of birth | 23 October 1991 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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, 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, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.
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.
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]
The Germany women's national football team is governed by the German Football Association (DFB).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anja Mittag is a German footballer who plays for FC Rosengård as a striker.
Annike Krahn is a German footballer. She plays as a centre back for Bayer Leverkusen.
Melanie Behringer is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayern Munich. She has been Best FIFA Women's Player finalist.
Simone Laudehr is a German footballer. She plays as a central midfielder or winger for FC Bayern Munich and the German national team.
Saskia Bartusiak is a German footballer. She plays in a centre back position for 1. FFC Frankfurt.
Desirée Schumann is a German football goalkeeper. She currently plays for 1. FFC Frankfurt.
Bianca Schmidt is a German footballer. She plays as a defender for Turbine Potsdam and the German national team.
Lena Goeßling is a German footballer. She plays as a midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.
Ramona Bachmann is a Swiss footballer who plays as a forward for the Switzerland women's national football team and Chelsea of the English FA WSL. Bachmann, who is from Malters, moved to Sweden aged 16 and played for Umeå IK for four seasons from 2007 until 2011. She spent the 2010 season playing in the United States for Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Atlanta Beat. Ahead of the 2012 season she left Umeå and signed a contract with LdB FC Malmö. She went to German Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in the summer of 2015.
Alexandra Popp is a German footballer and Olympic gold medalist. She plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team. She previously played for FCR 2001 Duisburg and 1. FFC Recklinghausen. She was twice named German Footballer of the Year in 2014 and 2016.
Luisa Wensing is a German footballer. She currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg.
Valeria Kleiner is a German football player who plays as defender for Bayer Leverkusen in the Women Bundesliga and for the Germany Women's National U-20.
Dzsenifer Marozsán is a footballer who plays professionally for Olympique Lyon in France and captains the German national team. She previously played for 1. FC Saarbrücken and 1. FFC Frankfurt in Germany's Frauen Bundesliga.
Svenja Huth is a German footballer, currently playing for Turbine Potsdam and the Germany women's national football team.
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević is a Swiss footballer. She plays as a striker for Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL and represents the Switzerland women's national football team. A fast player with good heading ability, Crnogorčević is considered alongside Ramona Bachmann one of Switzerland's most talented female footballers.
Almuth Schult is a German footballer. She currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team as a goalkeeper.
Tabea Kemme is a German footballer. She currently plays for Arsenal, before that she played for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam for twelve years. During her youth career and the first two seasons of her senior career, she played as an attacker. She switched to more defensive playing positions while playing for Germany U-20 during the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and she now plays mostly as a defender or midfielder. Tabea Kemme combines her football career with her police studies at Brandenburg's police training college. Two of Tabea Kemme's goals for FFC Turbine Potsdam, both long-range shots, were included in the 10 best goals of the German Football Association's Women's Goal of the Season 2014–2015 shortlist.
Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for Sporting CP and the Portugal women's national football team.
Didem Karagenç is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Beşiktaş J.K. with jersey number 3. She is a member of the Turkish national team.
Laura Anna Benkarth is a German footballer who plays for SC Freiburg.
This biographical article relating to Portuguese football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |