Andressa Alves

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Andressa Alves
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Andressa with the Houston Dash in 2024
Personal information
Full name Andressa Alves da Silva [1]
Date of birth (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil [2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Houston Dash
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2010 CA Juventus
2011–2012 Foz Cataratas
2013 Centro Olímpico
2013 Ferroviária
2013–2014 São José
2015 Boston Breakers 0 (0)
2015–2016 Montpellier 20 (8)
2016–2019 Barcelona 67 (25)
2019–2023 Roma 70 (26)
2023– Houston Dash 10 (1)
International career‡
2010–2012 Brazil U-20 6
2012– Brazil 105 (20)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2021

Andressa Alves da Silva (born 10 November 1992), commonly known as Andressa Alves or simply Andressa, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for American National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash. [3] She previously played for Italian Serie A club AS Roma [4] and FC Barcelona of the Spanish Primera División. [5] She won her first cap for the Brazil women's national team in 2012 and has represented her country at multiple World Cups.

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Club career

Andressa transferred from Centro Olímpico to Ferroviária in May 2013. [6] In November 2013, Andressa left Ferroviária to sign for 2013 Copa Libertadores Femenina winners São José. [7]

In November 2014, she ended her stay in São José and signed a contract with NWSL team Boston Breakers. [8] Ultimately she never joined the Breakers as she was instead called into Brazil's residency camp for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [9] During the World Cup, French club Montpellier announced that they had concluded the transfer of Andressa. [10]

Andressa left Montpellier after one season, signing for FC Barcelona in June 2016. [11] She left the Spanish club in 2019. [12] Andressa then moved to Italy and signed for Roma on 15 July 2019. [13] Her performances for club and country led to her being shortlisted for the FIFPro World 11 award in September 2019. [14] Andressa made her debut for Roma as a wide forward, but was soon re-positioned in deep midfield for the rest of the Serie A 2019–20 season. In her second season with the Italian club, Andressa frequently switched roles between deep midfield and attacking midfield depending on the opponents Roma was facing. She has been relied upon by Roma as one of the chief playmakers in the team, choosing to extend her stay with the club with a new contract in May 2021. [15]

Two days after she signed her contract extension, Andressa would start for Roma in the 2021 Coppa Italia final against AC Milan. Roma won the match on penalties, and Andressa helped Roma win its first major trophy. [16] Andressa made 103 appearances across all competitions in her career at Roma, the fifth Roma player to surpass 100, while scoring 40 goals and 15 assists. On 13 January 2021, she became only the second player in club history to score a hat-trick. [17]

On 28 June 2023, Andressa and American club Houston Dash announced that she had signed a contract to play for the team through 2024, with an option for an additional year, and would join the club after the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [3]

International career

After representing Brazil in the 2010 and 2012 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Andressa made her senior debut at the 2012 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino.

At the 2014 Copa América Femenina, Andressa scored the second goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of Argentina. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, she scored the only goal in Brazil's group match against Spain, which secured her team's place in the second round. [18] After Brazil's subsequent elimination by Australia, she remained in Canada as part of the winning Brazilian team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

On 27 June 2023, Andressa was named to Brazil's squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [19]

International goals


Goal		DateLocationOpponent#ScoreResultCompetition
2012-12-19Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1.1

2–0

2–2

 Torneio Internacional 2012
2013-06-19Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1.1

1–1

1–1

 Friendly game
2014-09-12Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1.1

2–0

6–0

 Copa América 2014
2014-09-14Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1.1

1–1

4–1

2014-09-27Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1.1

2–0

6–0

2014-12-18Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.1

4–0

4–1

 Torneio Internacional 2014
2015-03-06Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1.1

2–0

2–0

 2015 Algarve Cup
2015-03-11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1.1

4–1

4–1

2015-06-13Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1.1

1–0

1–0

 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015-07-19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.1

1–0

2–0

 2015 Pan American Games
2015-07-25Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1.1

3–0

4–0

2015-12-13Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1.1

4–0

6–0

 Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
2015-12-16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.1

1–0

2–1

2015-12-20Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.1

1–1

3–1

2016-08-04Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.1

2–0

3–0

 Olympics 2016
2018-04-13Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1.1

3–0

7–0

 2018 Copa América Femenina
2019-02-27Flag of England.svg  England 1.1

1–0

1–2

 2019 SheBelieves Cup
2019-06-11Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.1

3–0

3–0

 Friendly game
2021-07-21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.1

4–0

5–0

 Olympics 2020
2021-07-27Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1.1

1–0

1–0

2023-04-06Flag of England.svg  England 1.1

1–1

1–1

 Finalissima 2023

Style of play

Barcelona described Andressa as: "a left-footed player who can slot in anywhere on the left-hand side of the park and who is especially attack-minded in her approach to the game". It was also noted that she is versatile enough to play on the right or as a centre-forward. She is relatively experienced for a 23-year-old after playing international football for four seasons. [20]

Andressa uses her ability to shield the ball in possession all over the pitch, appearing in a number of roles for both club and country. She has played as a full-back at the senior level for Brazil and a deep-lying midfield playmaker for the Italian club Roma. Her dribbling ability with the ball makes her elusive when opponents try to close her down, and her ability to pick out the right pass means her teams frequently trust her with playmaking responsibilities in order to keep her side in control of the game. Andressa also shows notable ability when it comes to direct free-kick attempts on goal, as well as calm under pressure from the penalty spot.

Personal life

Andressa is married to Francielle. [21]

Honours

Club
Individual

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  2. ↑ "Elenco" (in Portuguese). Centro Olímpico. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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