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Christina Chang
Personal information
Full name Christina Chang de Oliveira
Birth name Christina Diane Chang
Date of birth (1985-06-13) June 13, 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender, forward[1][3]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Florida Atlantic Owls 81 (17)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Florida Sol
California Storm
North Bay Wave
Palm Beach United
2018 FC Surge 1 (0)
International career
2008– Jamaica 7+ (2+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christina Chang de Oliveira (formerly Dzegede; born Christina Diane Chang on 13 June 1985), known as Christina Chang, is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a defender for the Jamaica women's national team.

College career

Chang attended Florida Atlantic University.[2][4]

Club career

Chang played for several Women's Premier Soccer League teams, with FC Surge being the most recent.[5][6]

International career

Chang represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers and more recently at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
 25 August 2018 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda
1–0
9–0
 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
2
 11 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States  Cuba
6–0
 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

Personal life

Chang is of both Afro-Jamaican and Chinese Jamaican descent.[8] Her parents hail from Harbour View, Jamaica.[9] She was married with fellow FAU alumn Samuel Dzegede.[10][11] She has since remarried to Ícaro de Oliveira.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Christina Chang at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Christina Chang - Women's Soccer". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ "2005 Women's Soccer Roster". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Carrie Terrill - Amazon S3" (PDF). p. 31.
  5. ^ "Christina Chang". FC Surge. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Christina Chang". Women's Premier Soccer League. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. ^ "U.S. Women Defeat Jamaica, 6-0, to Open Olympic Qualifying; Wambach Scores Twice at USA is Through to Semifinals". US Soccer. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. ^ Christina Chang on Instagram
  9. ^ "Christina Chang takes Reggae Girlz dream to new heights". Jamaica Observer. October 4, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  10. ^ "Women's semi-pro soccer: North Bay Wave FC roster, schedule". Marin Independent Journal. May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Samuel Dzegede - Men's Soccer". Florida Atlantic University Athletics.
  12. ^ "Christina Chang and Icaro De Oliveira's Wedding Website". The Knot. Retrieved May 27, 2019.


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