Lydia Andrade
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1999 | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Zürich | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | FC Zürich | 46 | (16) |
| 2022–2023 | SV Meppen | 22 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | RB Leipzig | 37 | (5) |
| 2025– | 1. FC Köln | 12 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024- | Switzerland | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 Dezember 2024 | |||
Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade is a Swiss footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln[2] and the Switzerland national team.
Having played for FC Zürich throughout her youth, Andrade made her senior team debut for the teams under-21s in October 2017. She progressed to the senior team in 2019 and remained with the team until 2022, winning a league and cup double in her final season.[3][4] In the summer of 2022, Andrade signed for newly-promoted Bundesliga side SV Meppen.[5] After finishing eleventh and being relegated on the final matchday, the Swiss player moved to RB Leipzig, penning a two-year contract.[6][7] She scored her first two goals for Leipzig in a second-round DFB-Pokal tie against Gütersloh, before marking her first league goal in a 1-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.[8][9] In 2025, she signed a two-year contract at fellow Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln.[2]
