Tiga (footballer)

Adriana Aparecida Costa (born 16 April 1983), known as Tiga and Tiganinha,^[1] is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. She is also a former futsal player who operated as a pivot.

Tiga has exclusively played for Brazilian clubs in both football and futsal.

In futsal, Tiga played for UNIP.^[2]

From 2011 to 2016, Tiga made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was first recruited to play at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was later a member of the squad that won the 2012 Women's African Football Championship. On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.^[3]

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 June 2011	Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	8–0	Friendly
2				2–0
3				3–0
4	23 June 2012	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	DR Congo	1–0	3–0
5	25 June 2012				2–1
6	3 November 2012		Senegal	3–0	5–0	2012 African Women's Championship
7	11 November 2012		South Africa	2–0	4–0
8	10 April 2016		Mali	2–1	2–1	2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

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