Adriana Viola
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriana Burke | ||
| Date of birth | 26 December 1966 | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | St. John's Red Storm | 51 | (40) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| EC Radar | |||
| National team‡ | |||
| Brazil | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Adriana Burke (née Viola; born 26 December 1966), commonly known as Adriana, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward for the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. At club level she played for EC Radar in Brazil.[1]
While playing college soccer for St. John's Red Storm, Adriana set goal (40) and points (91) records which were not broken until 2015 by Rachel Daly.[2] She was inducted into the program's Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, Adriana started two of three group games as Brazil were eliminated in the first round.[1] During the tournament, she was accused of having a sexual relationship with Eurico Lira. Team-mates complained and Lira, the owner of EC Radar and bankroller of the women's national team, was removed from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in the ensuing scandal.[4]
References
- 1 2 "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991 - Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991. FIFA. 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Rachel Daly Taken Sixth in NWSL College Draft". St. John's University (New York City). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "St. John's Athletics To Induct 19th Hall of Fame Class On March 1". St. John's University (New York City). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "O dono do Radar". Placar (in Portuguese) (1119): 26. 1 September 1996. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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