Adriana Parente

Adriana Soares Parente (born 14 April 1980), known as Drika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Série A3 club Legião FC.[2] She has been a member of the Brazil women's national team.[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is Parente.
Adriana Parente
Personal information
Full name Adriana Soares Parente
Date of birth (1980-04-14) 14 April 1980
Place of birth Taguatinga, Tocantins, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Centre back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Legião
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Flamengo/Tiradentes
CFZ do Rio
Palmeiras
São Francisco do Conde
2007–2009 CRESSPOM
2010–2012 Energiya Voronezh 29 (3)
2012–2013 São Francisco do Conde
2013 Zorky Krasnogorsk
2014 Capital
2017 CRESSPOM 2 (0)
2018–2019 Minas Icesp 22 (0)
2020 Minas Brasília 2 (0)
2022– Legião 4 (1)
International career
Brazil
2008–2016 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2022

International career

Drika was called up to train with the senior Brazil women's national football team in 2000 and 2009.[3]

Controversy

From 2008 to 2016, Drika made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was a member of the squads that won two Africa Women Cup of Nations editions (2008 and 2012).[3][4] On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[5]

References
  1. "Brasiliense volta à Seleção". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). 21 October 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "Copa do Brasil: São Francisco segue reforçado para disputas das semifinais" (in Portuguese). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. de Magalhães, Camila (30 March 2010). "Estudante da Católica, Adriana Soares embarca nesta sexta para jogar futebol na Rússia". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. Nsue Ada, Antonio. "Guinea Ecuatorial gana su primera Copa de África y acaba con la racha de Nigeria". La Gaceta de Guinea (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.


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