Mônica (footballer, born 1987)

Mônica
	Mônica at the 2014 Copa América Femenina
Personal information
Full name	Mônica Hickmann Alves
Date of birth	21 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Madrid CFF
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Internacional
	Marília
2007–2012	SV Neulengbach
2012	Botucatu
2013	Foz Cataratas
2013–2014	Ferroviária
2015	Flamengo
2016–2018	Orlando Pride
2016–2017	→ Adelaide United (loan)
2017–2018	→ Atlético Madrid (loan)
2019	Corinthians
2019–	Madrid CFF
International career‡
2014–	Brazil
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Brazil
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015

Mônica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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^[5] ahead of the 2013 season.^[4]

She then joined the new expansion side, the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League for the 2016 season,^[6] complemented by loan spells with Adelaide United and Atlético Madrid in the 2016 and 2017 offseasons respectively.^[7] On February 18, 2019, after three seasons with Orlando she announced she was leaving the club.

In April 2019, Mônica signed for reigning Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino champions Corinthians.^[8]

In August 2019, Mônica signed for Spanish Primera División club Madrid CFF.^[9]

International career

At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Mônica was part of the Brazilian team which finished third.^[10] 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.^[11] She scored her first national team goal in Brazil's 7–1 win over Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games. A controversial own goal by Mônica against Australia at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup saw Brazil lose its first group stage match in 24 years.^[12]

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 July 2015	Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario	Ecuador	1–1	7–1	2015 Pan American Games
2.	21 October 2015	CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington	United States	1–0	1–1	Friendly
3.	20 December 2015	Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil	Canada	2–1	3–1	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
4.	20 December 2015	Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil	Canada	3–1	3–1	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
5.	4 August 2016	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	China	1–0	3–0	Olympics 2016

References

^ ^a ^b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Mônica". La Liga. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Ficha técnica: Mônica, zagueira, Orlando Pride" [Fact sheet: Mônica, defender, Orlando Pride]. Brazilian Football Confederation (in Portuguese). 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Guerreiras Grenás apresenta mais dois novos reforços" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line – CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "Orlando Pride Signs Monica Hickmann Alves". Orlando City Soccer Club.
^ "Brazilian international Monica joins Adelaide United". The Women's Game. 25 October 2016.
^ "Corinthians contrata zagueira da Seleção, com passagem pelos EUA" (in Portuguese). Lance!. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "MONICA HICKMANN ya es del Madrid CFF". Madrid Club de Fútbol Femenino (in Spanish). 25 August 2019.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "Monica". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "Women's World Cup: Brazil Lose First Group Stage Match in 24 Years". News 18. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

Mônica at Soccerway
Monica – FIFA competition record (archived)

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[FIFA-1] "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[2] "Mônica". La Liga. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[3] "Ficha técnica: Mônica, zagueira, Orlando Pride" [Fact sheet: Mônica, defender, Orlando Pride]. Brazilian Football Confederation (in Portuguese). 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[guerreiras-4] "Guerreiras Grenás apresenta mais dois novos reforços" (in Portuguese). Guerreiras Grenás. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[5] "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol súmula on-line – CBF, jogo 61" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[6] "Orlando Pride Signs Monica Hickmann Alves". Orlando City Soccer Club.

[7] "Brazilian international Monica joins Adelaide United". The Women's Game. 25 October 2016.

[8] "Corinthians contrata zagueira da Seleção, com passagem pelos EUA" (in Portuguese). Lance!. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[9] "MONICA HICKMANN ya es del Madrid CFF". Madrid Club de Fútbol Femenino (in Spanish). 25 August 2019.

[10] 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. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[11] "Monica". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[12] "Women's World Cup: Brazil Lose First Group Stage Match in 24 Years". News 18. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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