Cristiane Rozeira

Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva (born 15 May 1985), known as Cristiane [kɾis.ˈt͡ʃjɐ.ni], is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos and the Brazilian women's national team. A prolific forward, she was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning teams at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic football tournaments. In total she has participated in five FIFA Women's World Cups and four Olympics.

Cristiane

Cristiane at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva[1]
Date of birth	15 May 1985
Place of birth	Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Santos
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	São Bernardo
	Clube Atlético Juventus
2005–2006	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	30	(17)
2006–2007	VfL Wolfsburg	20	(7)
2008	Linköpings FC	14	(6)
2008	Corinthians
2009–2010	Chicago Red Stars	42	(10)
2009–2011	Santos		(27)
2011–2012	Rossiyanka	10	(10)
2012	São José
2013	Icheon Daekyo
2013–2015	Centro Olímpico	13	(15)
2015–2017	Paris Saint-Germain	36	(26)
2017–2019	Changchun Zhuoyue	12	(5)
2019	São Paulo	9	(3)
2020—	Santos	9	(5)
National team^‡
2002–2004	Brazil U-19
2003–	Brazil	147[3]	(96)
Honours Women's football Representing  Brazil FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 China Team Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2015 Toronto Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020

At club level, Cristiane has played professionally in France, Germany, Sweden, the United States, Russia and South Korea, as well as in her native Brazil.

Career

Early beginnings

Cristiane started her career at the local football clubs São Bernardo (in São Bernardo do Campo) and Clube Atlético Juventus (in São Paulo).[4] At the age of 15, she debuted for the Brazil Under-19 team and took part in both the 2002 U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada and the 2004 U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand; Brazil finished fourth in both tournaments.[5] In 2003, Cristiane scored one goal during one appearance as a substitute, when Brazil successfully defended their title at the Sudamericano Femenino.[6] She was also part of the squad for the 2003 Women's World Cup, appearing as a substitute in all four of Brazil's matches.[5]

Breakthrough

Cristiane had her international breakthrough at the Olympic football tournament in Athens 2004.[7] Brazil reached the final, which they lost to the United States, but still achieved their biggest international success until then, by winning the Olympic silver medal. With five goals, Cristiane was honored as the tournament's top scorer along with Germany's Birgit Prinz.[5]

In February 2005, Cristiane transferred from Atlético Juventus to the German women's Bundesliga club 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.[5] During the 2005–06 season she won the Bundesliga title and the German cup competition with Potsdam, although she was often used as a substitute and had difficulties to adjust to the physical play in Germany. In the following season she was transferred to the league rival VfL Wolfsburg, where she scored seven goals during the 2006–07 season,[8] but her problems to adapt to the style of play in Germany continued.[5] In August 2007, Cristiane did not renew her contract in Wolfsburg and returned to Brazil to support the newly created Brazilian cup competition, the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.[9]

Cristiane during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Cristiane was the top scorer at the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino with 12 goals, even though Brazil competed with a weakened team and only finished second behind Argentina for the first time after four consecutive title defenses.[5] In 2007, she scored eight goals at the Pan American Games, hosted by Brazil. In the final, the Brazilian national team defeated the United States Under-20 squad before a crowd of 68,000 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.[10]

At the 2007 Women's World Cup Cristiane was voted the third-best player of the tournament. She scored five goals and she was the second best scorer of her team next to her strike partner, Marta.[5] She was involved in a collision that resulted in a controversial red card for Shannon Boxx of the United States in the semifinal. Brazil reached the Women's World Cup final for the first time which they lost to defending champions Germany. Cristiane came in third for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award.[11]

In February 2008, she signed a five-month contract until the Summer Olympics with the Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC.[12]

On 21 August 2008 in the Beijing Olympics, Cristiane was substituted in what looked like a repeat of the 2004 Olympics Women's Football final in that Brazil once again lost to the USA team in the final to end up with the silver. The match ended 1–0 after extra time. For the second straight Olympics, she scored 5 goals and was the tournament's leading scorer; unlike the 2004 tournament, Cristiane was the outright leading scorer.

On 28 August 2008, Cristiane joined Corinthians to play in Campeonato Paulista.[13] On 30 August 2008, during her debut as a Corinthians player, she scored her first goal for the club, helping her team beat São José 3–1 in the Campeonato Paulista.[14]

To the United States

On 24 September 2008, the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) rights to Cristiane were acquired by the Chicago Red Stars at the inaugural International Draft.[15] Cristiane completed her move to the Red Stars on 27 February 2009.[16] On 12 July 2009, Cristiane scored the first hat-trick in WPS history, leading the Chicago Red Stars to a 3–1 victory against FC Gold Pride.[17] She finished as the team top scorer with seven goals and was named to the league All-Star team.

She returned to Chicago for the 2010 season, but showed less impressive form and was made a free agent after only scoring three goals in 24 appearances.[18] Chicago Red Stars suspended operations shortly afterwards and Cristiane decided to play the 2011 season in Brazil.[19]

2009–present

Cristiane signed a three-month loan contract with Santos on 14 August 2009 to play in the Copa Libertadores.[20] She helped her club win both competitions, and scored a goal in the Copa do Brasil final.[21]

In September 2011 she joined Russian Champions League contestant WFC Rossiyanka. A year later she moved to São José Esporte Clube of São José dos Campos, Brazil. Early in 2013 it was announced that Cristiane would join the Icheon Daekyo WFC (Daekyo Kangaroos) in South Korea´s WK-League. She quit South Korea shortly afterwards, in order to join Centro Olímpico in Brazil.

In August 2015 Cristiane and compatriot Érika made a double transfer to French UEFA Women's Champions League contenders Paris Saint-Germain Féminines. Paris coach Farid Benstiti already knew Cristiane, having been her boss at Rossiyanka.[22]

In July 2017, Cristiane joined Changchun Zhuoyue on a transfer from Paris Saint-Germain Féminines.[23]

In October 2017 Cristiane was one of five Brazil players to quit international football, disgruntled at pay and conditions, and the Brazilian Football Confederation's sacking of head coach Emily Lima.[24] She soon relented and indicated a willingness to return to the national team in February 2018, ahead of the 2018 Copa América Femenina.[25]

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
Goal in match	Goal of total goals by the player in the match Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation. NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 April 2003	Lima, Peru	Colombia	10–0	12–0	Copa America 2003
2	20 July 2003	Ottawa, Canada	Haiti	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
3	8 August 2003	San Cristóbal, Dominican Rep.	Canada	2–1	2–1	2003 Pan American Games
4	17 August 2004	Patras, Greece	Greece	2–0	7–0	Olympics 2004
5				4–0
6				7–0
7	20 August 2004	Heraklio, Greece	Mexico	1–0	5–0	Olympics 2004
8				3–0
9	11 November 2006	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Paraguay	1–0	4–1	Copa America 2006
10				3–0
11	13 November 2006	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Peru	1–0	2–0	Copa America 2006
12	17 November 2006	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Bolivia	2–0	6–1	Copa America 203
13				4–0
14				6–1
15	19 November 2006	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Venezuela	5–0	6–0	Copa America 2006
16	22 November 2006	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Uruguay	5–0	6–0	Copa America 2006
17	24 November 2006	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Paraguay	1–0	6–0	Copa America 203
18				2–0
19				4–0
20				5–0
21	12 July 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Uruguay	2–0	4–0	2007 Pan American Games
22	14 July 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jamaica	5–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
23	18 July 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Ecuador	1–0	10–0	Copa America 203
24				3–0
25				4–0
26				6–0
27	26 July 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	United States	2–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
28				3–0
29	2 September 2007	Chiba, Japan	Japan	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
30	12 September 2007	Wuhan, China	New Zealand	2–0	5–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
31	15 September 2007	Wuhan, China	China PR	2–0	4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
32				3–0
33	23 September 2007	Tianjin, China	Australia	3–2	3–2	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
34	27 September 2007	Hangzhou, China	United States	3–0	4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
35	19 April 2008	Beijing, China	Ghana	2–0	5–1	Inter-continental play-off
36				4–0
37	12 August 2008	Beijing, China	Nigeria	1–1	3–1	Olympics 2008
38				2–1
39				3–1
40	18 September 2008	Shanghai, China	Germany	2–1	4–1	2008 Olympics
41				4–1
42	25 April 2009	Gothenburg, Sweden	Sweden	1–0	1–3	Friendly match
43	9 December 2009	São Paulo, Brazil	Chile	2–0	3–1	Torneio Internacional 2009
44				3–1
45	13 December 2009	São Paulo, Brazil	Mexico	3–1	3–2	Torneio Internacional 2009
46	24 October 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Haiti	4–0	7–0	Friendly match
47				5–0
48				6–0
49	5 November 2010	Loja, Ecuador	Venezuela	3–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
50	7 November 2010	Loja, Ecuador	Uruguay	1–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
51				3–0
52	11 November 2010	Cuenca, Ecuador	Colombia	1–0	2–1	Copa America 2010
53	13 November 2010	Cuenca, Ecuador	Paraguay	1–0	3–0	Copa America 2010
54				2–0
55	17 November 2010	Latacunga, Ecuador	Argentina	4–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
56	19 November 2010	Latacunga, Ecuador	Colombia	5–0	5–0	Copa America 2010
57	9 December 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Mexico	1–0	3–0	Torneio Internacional 2010
58	6 July 2011	Frankfurt, Germany	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	3–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
59				3–0
60	8 December 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Italy	3–1	5–1	Torneio Internacional 2011
61	25 July 2012	Cardiff, Wales	Cameroon	4–0	5–0	Olympics 2012
62	28 July 2012	Cardiff, Wales	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	Olympics 2012
63	9 December 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Portugal	1–0	4–0	Torneio Internacional 2012
64	22 December 2013	Brasilia, Brazil	Chile	4–0	5–0	Torneio Internacional 2013
65	10 March 2014	Santiago, Chile	Venezuela	1–0	5–0	Football at the 2014 South American Games
66				5–0
67	16 June 2014	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	1–0	1–1	Friendly match
68	14 September 2014	Loja, Ecuador	Paraguay	2–1	4–1	2014 Copa América Femenina
69				3–1
70	18 September 2014	Loja, Ecuador	Chile	2–0	2–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
71	24 September 2014	Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	1–0	4–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
72				2–0
73	26 September 2014	Quito, Ecuador	Argentina	1–0	6–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
74	15 July 2015	Toronto, Canada	Ecuador	2–1	7–1	2015 Pan American Games
75				3–1
76				4–1
77				5–1
78				6–1
79	19 July 2015	Toronto, Canada	Canada	2–0	2–0	2015 Pan American Games
80	22 July 2015	Toronto, Canada	Mexico	1–0	4–2	2015 Pan American Games
81	25 October 2015	Orlando, United States	United States	1–1	3–1	Friendly game
82	4 March 2016	Santo António, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	3–1	Algarve Cup 2016
83	9 March 2016	Parchal, Portugal	Canada	1–2	1–2	Algarve Cup 2016
84	4 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	China PR	3–0	3–0	Olympics 2016
85	6 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Sweden	2–0	5–1	Olympics 2016
86	9 April 2017	Manaus, Brazil	Bolivia	2–0	6–0	Friendly match
87	5 April 2018	Coquimbo, Chile	Argentina	2–1	3–1	2018 Copa América Femenina
88	7 April 2018	Coquimbo, Chile	Ecuador	1–0	8–0	2018 Copa América Femenina
89				8–0
90	19 April 2018	La Serena, Chile	Argentina	1–0	3–0	2018 Copa América Femenina
91	9 June 2019	Grenoble, France	Jamaica	1–0	3–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
92				2–0
93				3–0
94	13 June 2019	Montpellier, France	Australia	2–0	2–3	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
95	15 December 2019	Araraquara, Brazil	Mexico	1–0	4–0	Friendly match
96				3–0

Honours

Cristiane lifting the 2014 Copa America top scorer trophy

Club football

Santos

• Copa Libertadores: 2009
• Copa do Brasil: 2009

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

• Bundesliga: 2005–06

National team

• Runner-up at the Women's World Cup: 2007
• Gold medal at the Pan American Games: 2007, 2015
• Silver medal at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008
• Sudamericano Femenino: 2003
• 2014 Copa América Femenina Ecuador – Champion

Individual

• 2014 Copa América Femenina Ecuador – Top Scorer (6 goals)
• Third place FIFA World Player of the Year award: 2007, 2008
• Third-best player at the Women's World Cup: 2007
• Top scorer at the Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2009, 2012
• Top scorer at the Sudamericano Femenino: 2006
• Top scorer at the Summer Olympics history: 14 goals[26]
• Top scorer at the Summer Olympics: 2004 (where Brazil lost 1–2 to eventual Gold winners USA) and 2008 (Brazil lost 0–1 to USA in the final).
• Has scored 2 hat tricks in Olympic play, including the fastest in Olympic history. Cristiane, Birgit Prinz and Christine Sinclair are the only three women to have ever scored a hat trick in the Olympics.
• FIFA Women's World Cup Goal of the Tournament: 2019[27]
• IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[28]

Personal life

Cristiane is openly lesbian, and has been in a relationship with Ana Paula Garcia Silva, a lawyer, since February 2019.[29] On August 15th, 2020, the two married in São Paulo, Brazil. [30]

See also

• List of FIFA Women's World Cup hat-tricks
• List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps

References

1. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
3. "Cristiane". FIFA.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
4. "Cristiane (Profile: 2004 Summer Olympic Games)". UOL. 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
5. Cristiane: Power and commitment. FIFA.com. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
6. Sudamericano Femenino – 2003 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Conmebol.com. 27 April 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
7. Cristiane, the angel who came off the bench. FIFA.com. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
8. Gelingt der Anschluss an die Spitzengruppe? Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine. VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 19 February 2008. (in German)
9. Cristiane: It's an honour. FIFA.com. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
10. Pele congratulates Brazilian Pan Ams star Marta. USA Today. 28 July 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
11. "King Kaka and Marta crowned". FIFA.com. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
12. Linköping signs Cristiane and Daniela. Damallsvenskan Newsblog. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
13. "Corinthians contrata Cristiane para time feminino" (in Portuguese). Estadão. August 28, 2008. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
14. "Cristiane marca na estréia pelo Corinthians" (in Portuguese). O Globo Online. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
15. Red Stars draft 4; will they sign?
16. "Chicago Red Stars Sign Brazilian Sensation Cristiane". Chicago Red Stars. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
17. Kennedy, Paul (13 July 2009). "Cristiane's hat trick is a first". Soccer America. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
18. "Released – Red Stars let Cristiane go". Chicagoland Soccer News. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
19. Kassouf, Jeff (16 February 2011). "Report: Cristiane signs with Santos". The Equalizer. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
20. "Santos contrata Cristiane para jogar ao lado de Marta" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
21. "Santos bate Botucatu e conquista a Copa do Brasil feminina" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
22. "Erika and Cristiane sign for Paris". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
23. "Clube chinês anuncia acerto com Cristiane | Blog Dona do Campinho". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 July 2017.
24. "Ex-jogadoras de futebol feminino lançam manifesto contra a CBF" (in Portuguese). Portal Vermelho. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
25. Nunes, Maíra (27 February 2018). "Cristiane e Formiga voltam à Seleção após crise por saída de Emily" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
26. "Cristiane é maior artilheira da história das Olimpíadas no futebol feminino" (in Portuguese). sportv.globo.com. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
27. "Cristiane's header voted Hyundai Goal of the Tournament". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
28. "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.
29. msn.com
30. https://www.outsports.com/2020/8/18/21373616/futbol-brasilera-cristiane-selecao-soccer-olympics-tokyo-2021-fifa-cbf-womens-world-cup

External links

• Cristiane Rozeira – FIFA competition record
• Video of an interview at FIFA headquarters in December 2007 (in Portuguese)
• Santos player profile (in Portuguese)
• "WPS player profile". Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
• Linköpings player profile (in Swedish)
• Cristiane at DFB (also available in German)
• Cristiane Rozeira de Sousa Silva at SvFF (in Swedish) (archive)
• Player French football stats (in French) at statsfootofeminin.fr