Adriana Rodrigues Orem (born 9 May 1992) is a Portuguese

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player.

Life

Early life

Rodrigues was born in

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to a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother. Adriana's

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Andrea Rodrigues is also a Portuguese international soccer player.

Career

National

Rodrigues started her career for Clearwater Chargers, played later than with Strictly Soccer Club, Countryside Lightning and another eight years for Clearwater. She played besides four year from 2005 until 2009, for St. Petersburg Devils the

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. 2010 went for Studies to

who played for the

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and later 3 years for

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. Shortly after graduating from

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in December 2013 with a degree in communications, Rodrigues agreed a contract with

FC Neunkirch FC Neunkirch is a Swiss women's association football club based in Neunkirch, a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen. From 2007 the club was promoted in several consecutive seasons, reaching the top division Nationalliga A in 2013. The clu ...

of the Swiss Nationalliga A. After two and a half year left Swiss side Neunkirch and signed in the Homeland of her father

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. After one year who played 15 games for SC Braga in the joined to

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top-tier club

Győri ETO FC ETO FC Győr (''Egyetértés Torna Osztály Futball Club Győr''; ''Concordance Gymnastics Department Football Club of Győr'') or just ETO is a Hungarian professional football club from the city of Győr. They are best known for reaching the se ...

International

She played for Brazil in the 2008 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, but switched her allegiance to

and made her senior national team debut on 17 September 2011 against

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, in 8:0 win.FPF profile

References

External links

CWF profile
1992 births Living people Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers Brazilian women's footballers American women's soccer players Portuguese people of Brazilian descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent American people of Portuguese descent American sportspeople of Brazilian descent Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Florida Gators women's soccer players Jacksonville University alumni Jacksonville Dolphins women's soccer players FC Neunkirch players Expatriate women's footballers in Hungary Women's association football midfielders S.C. Braga (women) players Campeonato Nacional Feminino players American emigrants to Portugal Soccer players from St. Petersburg, Florida 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub