Andressa Alves da Silva (born 10 November 1992), commonly known as Andressa Alves or simply Andressa, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. She previously played for Italian

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club

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and

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of the Spanish Primera División. She won her first

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for the Brazil women's national team in 2012 and has represented her country at multiple

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Club career

Andressa transferred from

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to Ferroviária in May 2013. In November 2013, Andressa left Ferroviária to sign for

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winners São José. In November 2014, she ended her stay in São José and signed a contract with

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team

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. Ultimately she never joined the Breakers as she was instead called into Brazil's residency camp for the

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. During the World Cup, French club

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announced that they had concluded the

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of Andressa. Andressa left Montpellier after one season, signing for

in June 2016. She left the Spanish club in 2019. Andressa then moved to Italy and signed for

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on 15 July 2019. Her performances for club and country led to her being shortlisted for the FIFPro World 11 award in September 2019. Andressa made her debut for Roma as a wide forward, but was soon re-positioned in deep midfield for the rest of the

2019–20 season. In her second season with the Italian club, Andressa frequently switched roles between deep midfield and attacking midfield depending on the opponents Roma was facing. She has been relied upon by Roma as one of the chief playmakers in the team, choosing to extend her stay with the club with a new contract in May 2021. Two days after she signed her contract extension, Andressa would start for Roma in the 2021

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final against AC Milan. Roma won the match on penalties, and Andressa helped Roma win its first major trophy. Andressa made 103 appearances across all competitions in her career at Roma, the fifth Roma player to surpass 100, while scoring 40 goals and 15 assists. On 13 January 2021, she became only the second player in club history to score a

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. On 28 June 2023, Andressa and American club

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announced that she had signed a contract to play for the team through 2024, with an option for an additional year, and would join the club after the

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. On 13 December 2024, Andressa and Brazilian club

announced that she had signed a contract to play for them through 2027 after her contract with Dash ended.

International career

After representing Brazil in the

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and

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editions of the

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, Andressa made her senior debut at the 2012 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino. At the

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, Andressa scored the second goal in Brazil's 6–0 rout of

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. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, she scored the only goal in Brazil's group match against

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, which secured her team's place in the second round. After Brazil's subsequent elimination by

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, she remained in Canada as part of the winning Brazilian team at the

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. On 27 June 2023, Andressa was named to Brazil's squad for the

Style of play

Barcelona described Andressa as: "a left-footed player who can slot in anywhere on the left-hand side of the park and who is especially attack-minded in her approach to the game". It was also noted that she is versatile enough to play on the right or as a centre-forward. She is relatively experienced for a 23-year-old after playing international football for four seasons. Andressa uses her ability to shield the ball in possession all over the pitch, appearing in a number of roles for both club and country. She has played as a full-back at the senior level for Brazil and a deep-lying midfield playmaker for the Italian club Roma. Her dribbling ability with the ball makes her elusive when opponents try to close her down, and her ability to pick out the right pass means her teams frequently trust her with playmaking responsibilities in order to keep her side in control of the game. Andressa also shows notable ability when it comes to direct free-kick attempts on goal, as well as calm under pressure from the penalty spot.

Personal life

Andressa is married to

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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

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;Individual * Serie A Women's Team of the Year: 2021–22,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Andressa 1992 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Brazil women's international footballers Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Women's association football forwards Expatriate women's footballers in France Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Montpellier HSC (women) players Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Liga F players FC Barcelona Femení players Olympic footballers for Brazil Première Ligue players AS Roma (women) players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Brazilian LGBTQ footballers Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games FIFA Women's Century Club 21st-century Brazilian LGBTQ people 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Houston Dash players National Women's Soccer League players Brazilian LGBTQ sportswomen Brazil women's youth international footballers