Monica Hickmann Alves

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Hickmann and the second or paternal family name is Alves.
Mônica

Personal information
Full name Monica Hickmann Alves
Date of birth (1987-04-21) 21 April 1987
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil[1]
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Adelaide United
(on loan from Orlando Pride)
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Internacional
Marília
2007–2012 SV Neulengbach
2012 Botucatu
2013 Foz Cataratas 5 (0)
2013–2014 Ferroviária 10 (0)
2015 Flamengo 6 (0)
2016– Orlando Pride 16 (0)
2016– → Adelaide United (loan) 2 (1)
National team‡
2014– Brazil 25 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2015

Monica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Adelaide United in the W-League on loan from Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Between 2007 and 2012 Mônica played club football in Austria for SV Neulengbach, the dominant team in the ÖFB-Frauenliga. Upon returning to Brazil, she had a short spell with Botucatu Futebol Clube, then joined Ferroviária[3] ahead of the 2013 season.[1] She then joined the new expansion side, the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League for the 2016 season.[4] In October 2016 she joined Adelaide United on loan.[5]

International career

At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Mônica was part of the Brazilian team which finished third.[6] She made her senior Brazil women's national football team debut on 11 June 2014, a 0–0 friendly draw with France staged in Guyana.[7] She scored her first national team goal in Brazil's 7–1 win over Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games.

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

References

  1. 1 2 "Guerreiras Grenás apresenta mais dois novos reforços" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line – CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Orlando Pride Signs Monica Hickmann Alves". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  5. ↑ "Brazilian international Monica joins Adelaide United". The Women's Game. 25 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André (28 August 2014). "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 FEMININA (WOMENS' U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 2002–2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Monica". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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