Tiga (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Aparecida and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Tiga
Personal information
Full name Adriana Aparecida Costa
Date of birth (1983-04-16) 16 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, pivot (futsal)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Palmeiras
2001 Portuguesa
2004 A Sabesp (futsal)
2005 Serc Chimarrão (futsal)
2006 Nacional Gás/Unifor (futsal)
2009 Corinthians
2012 XV de Piracicaba
2012 Portuguesa
2013 São Caetano
2015 São Paulo
2016 São Caetano (futsal)
2017 ICP Atibaia (futsal)
2017 Audax 11 (0)
2018 Leoas da Serra (futsal)
International career‡
2011–2016 Equatorial Guinea 6 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Adriana Aparecida Costa (born 16 April 1983), known as Tiga and Tiganinha,[1] is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. She is also a former futsal player who operated as a pivot.

Club career

Tiga has exclusively played for Brazilian clubs in both football and futsal.

In futsal, Tiga played for UNIP.[2]

Controversy

From 2011 to 2016, Tiga made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was first recruited to play at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was later a member of the squad that won the 2012 Women's African Football Championship. On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
 17 June 2011 Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg  Luxembourg
1–0
 8–0 Friendly
2
2–0
3
3–0
4
 23 June 2012 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  DR Congo 1–0
3–0
5
 25 June 2012
2–1
6
 3 November 2012  Senegal
3–0
5–0
 2012 African Women's Championship
7
 11 November 2012  South Africa
2–0
4–0
8
 10 April 2016  Mali
2–1
2–1
 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ a b c "Adriana Costa - Tiga" (in Portuguese). Leoas da Serra. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Official squad list 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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