Érika

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Érika

Personal information

Full name

Érika Cristiano dos Santos

Date of birth

4 February 1988

Place of birth

São Paulo, Brazil

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Playing position

Defender

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

Santos

2009

FC Gold Pride

(0)

2009–2011

Santos

(6)

National team^‡

Brazil U-20

Brazil

Honours

Competitor for Brazil
Olympic Games – Women's Football
Silver	2008 Beijing	Team Competition

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 4 February 1988 in São Paulo), commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Santos and the Brazilian Women's National Team.

Before being drafted by FC Gold Pride in the 2008 WPS International Draft, Érika was a member of Santos FC. Despite appearing in 7 games for FC Gold Pride, Érika was deemed surplus to requirements at season's close by Albertin Montoya.^[1]

Érika has represented Brazil at both the U-20 and senior international levels.

Controversy

As part of the 2011 Brazilian world cup team, Erika was involved in a controversial play near the end of Brazil's game with the United States. At 115th minute of the game, with only a few minutes left in the game, Erika suddenly dropped to the field in apparent agony from a back spasm. After being attended to and being removed from the field on a stretcher, she suddenly jumped up and began running, clutching her back. This created controversy among sports analysts regarding the validity of her injury, with some assuming the injury was "faked" to quench a US rally. As a result of the delay, the referee, Jacqui Melksham, gave Erika a yellow card and added 3 minutes to the game as additional time, during which the US scored the game-tying goal, and went on to win the game on penalty kicks.^[2]

Career statistics

Club career

Team	Season	League	Domestic League					Domestic Playoffs					Total
Team	Season	League	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists

		Total
FC Gold Pride	2009	WPS	7	5	423	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	7	5	423	0	0
		Total	7	5	423	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	7	5	423	0	0
Santos	2009	Copa do Brasil	5			6							5			6
		Total	5			6							5			6
Career Total		–	12	5	423	6	0	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	423	6	0

References

↑ "Pride Makes More Offseason Moves". FC Gold Pride. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
↑ Longman, Jeré (11 July 2011). "At the Women's World Cup, Drama Without All the Dramatics". The New York Times.

External links

Érika – FIFA competition record
2008 Olympics player profile
Santos FC player profile
Women's Professional Soccer player profile

v t e Brazil women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists

1 Andréia 2 Simone 3 Andréia Rosa 4 Tânia 5 Renata Costa 6 Maycon 7 Daniela 8 Formiga 9 Ester 10 Marta 11 Cristiane 12 Bárbara 13 Francielle 14 Pretinha 15 Fabiana 16 Érika 17 Maurine 18 Rosana Coach: Barcellos

v t e Brazil squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Andréia 2 Maurine 3 Daiane 4 Aline (c.) 5 Renata Costa 6 Rosana 7 Ester 8 Formiga 9 Beatriz 10 Marta 11 Cristiane 12 Bárbara 13 Érika 14 Fabiana 15 Francielle 16 Elaine 17 Daniele 18 Thaís Guedes 19 Grazielle 20 Roseane 21 Thaís Coach: Lima

v t e Brazil women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics

1 Andréia 2 Fabiana 3 Daiane 4 Aline 5 Érika 6 Maurine 7 Ester 8 Formiga 9 Thaís Guedes 10 Marta (c) 11 Cristiane 12 Rosana 13 Francielle 14 Bruna 15 Danielli 16 Renata Costa 17 Grazielle 18 Bárbara Coach: Barcellos

Persondata
Name	Santos, Érika Cristiano dos
Alternative names
Short description	Association football player
Date of birth	4 February 1988
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.