Mônica (footballer, born 1987)
Brazilian footballer
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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.
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Mônica at the 2014 Copa América Femenina | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mônica Hickmann Alves[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Madrid CFF | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
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| Marília | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | SV Neulengbach | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Botucatu | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Foz Cataratas | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Ferroviária | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Flamengo | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Orlando Pride | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Adelaide United (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Atlético Madrid (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Corinthians | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Madrid CFF | 61 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Brazil | 42 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
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 |
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| 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 |