Andréia Rosa de Andrade’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Association footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Brazil 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 8 July 1984, Matão
Age: 36 years

Andréia Rosa de Andrade (born July 8, 1984), known as Andréia Rosa, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for the Brazilian women’s national team and the Norwegian Toppserien club Avaldsnes.

Club career

At the time of her call-up for the 2008 Olympics, Andréia Rosa had played in 181 games for Ferroviária. In those matches she had scored 42 goals from her centre-back position and been sent off only once. In 2007 she was loaned to Saad for the inaugural Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, which Ferroviária did not enter.

In summer 2013 Andréia Rosa joined ambitious Norwegian club Avaldsnes, where she joined compatriots Rosana and Debinha.

International career

In November 2006 Andréia Rosa made her international debut in Brazil’s 6–1 South American Women’s Football Championship win over Bolivia at Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata. In July 2008 she was involved in a “violent collision” with Abby Wambach during the first half of a friendly match in San Diego. Wambach suffered a broken tibia and fibula, requiring a titanium rod to be inserted into her left leg.

Andréia Rosa was included in Brazil’s 18-player squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and started the team’s first match; a 0–0 draw with Germany at Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Although she took no further part in the competition, she won a silver medal when Brazil lost the final 1–0 after extra time to the United States.

She narrowly missed selection for the Brazilian FIFA Women’s World Cup squad in both 2007 and 2011.

Personal life

She was born in São Lourenço do Turvo, São Paulo, Brazil. Andréia Rosa is a qualified physical education teacher and an Evangelical Christian.

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