| Intro | Brazilian association football player | ||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Brazil | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | female | ||||
| Birth | 21 April 1987, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||||
| Age: | 33 years | ||||
| Star sign | Taurus | ||||
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Monica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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 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.
International career
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.
International goals
| # | 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 PR | 1–0 | 3–0 | Olympics 2016 |