Mônica at the 2014 Copa América Femenina
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Monica Hickmann Alves | ||
Date of birth | 21 April 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Adelaide United (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
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Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Internacional | |||
Marília | |||
2007–2012 | SV Neulengbach | ||
2012 | Botucatu | ||
2013 | Foz Cataratas | 5 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Ferroviária | 10 | (0) |
2015 | Flamengo | 6 | (0) |
2016– | Orlando Pride | 16 | (0) |
2016– | → Adelaide United (loan) | 9 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2014– | Brazil | 25 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2015 |
Monica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Adelaide United in the W-League on loan from Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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 ahead of the 2013 season. She then joined the new expansion side, the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League for the 2016 season. In October 2016 she joined Adelaide United on loan.
At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Mônica was part of the Brazilian team which finished third. 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. She scored her first national team goal in Brazil's 7–1 win over Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games.