Ana Cristina da Silva (born 12 December 1985), commonly known as Cris, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Série A1 club Ceará.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ana Cristina da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Três Rios, RJ, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder, centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ceará | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Olaria | |||
| Santos | |||
| 2007–2008 | America Rio | ||
| 2010–2011 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2012 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
| 2013 | São Caetano | ||
| 2014 | Ferroviária | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | São Paulo | ||
| 2016–2018 | Iranduba | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | São Paulo | 15 | (2) |
| 2021 | Botafogo | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Malabo Kings | ||
| 2023– | Ceará | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2016 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup) | |||
Cris was part of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]
On 5 October 2017, Cris and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[3]
Early life edit
Ana Cristina da Silva was born on 12 December 1985 in Três Rios, a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.[4][5]
Club career edit
While playing for Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (commonly known as Ferroviária) in Brazil, she was a member of the team that won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino league and the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino cup double in 2014.[4]
International career edit
After being nationalised as an Equatoguinean,[6][7] she was selected as a member of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[8] At the time of being named in the squad, she was unattached at club level.[9] When da Silva was a member of the Equatorial Guinea team that won the 2012 African Women's Championship, she was one of 11 out of the 21 players who were naturalized Brazilians playing as Equatoguineans.[6][7]
She continued to play for the Equatoguinean women's team through the qualifying matches for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10] However, the team were expelled from the tournament after fielding a player with fraudulent documentation.[11]
International goals edit
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 |
5–0 |
8–0 |
Friendly |
Notes edit
- ^ "Iranduba fecha com volante ex-Foz e Ferroviária-SP para a Copa do Brasil". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Official squad list 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Cris". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Ana Cristina Da Silva, Equatorial Guinea". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b Agergaard & Tiesler 2014, p. 90.
- ^ a b Agergaard & Tiesler 2014, p. 98.
- ^ "Official squad lists submitted". FIFA. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Johnston, Patrick (23 July 2011). "Equatorial Guinea names 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup team". Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea arrives for Banyana Banyana clash". South African Football Association. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA. 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
References edit
- Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (2014). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-41582-459-0.