Lúcia Alves
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lúcia Catarina de Sousa Alves | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 October 1997||
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | S.C. Freamunde | 2 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Valadares Gaia | 39 | (15) |
2019– | Benfica | 89 | (11) |
2020–2021 | → Valadares Gaia (loan) | 9 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Portugal | 21 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 |
Lúcia Catarina de Sousa Alves (born 22 October 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club SL Benfica and the Portugal women's national team.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
International career
[edit]On 17 June, Lúcia Alves replaced Mariana Azevedo who withdrew following a knee ligament injury sustained in training. Alves would join the Portuguese national team to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[9]
On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[10]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 31 May 2023 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
2. | 4–0 |
Honours
[edit]Benfica
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Taça de Portugal: 2023–24
- Taça da Liga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–2024
- Supertaça de Portugal: 2019, 2022, 2023
References
[edit]- ^ "Lúcia Alves". FPF.
- ^ "Lucia Alves - Benfica - UWCL". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Lúcia Alves returns to Benfica". www.slbenfica.pt.
- ^ "Benfica anuncia renovação de Lúcia Alves". www.record.pt.
- ^ "Lúcia Alves e Beatriz Cameirão estreiam-se na convocatória da seleção feminina". www.record.pt.
- ^ "Lúcia Alves: "Trabalhei muito para aqui chegar, era um sonho de criança"". www.ojogo.pt.
- ^ "Lúcia Alves é campeã nacional pelo Benfica - Imediato - Jornal Regional". 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Catarina Amado e Lúcia Alves renovam pelas águias". www.jn.pt.
- ^ "Suzane Pires chamada". FPF.
- ^ updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Portuguese women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- S.L. Benfica (women) footballers
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino players
- Portugal women's international footballers
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen
- Portuguese women's football biography stubs