Lady Andrade

Lady Patricia Andrade Rodríguez (born 10 January 1992) is a Colombian international footballer who plays for Spanish Primera División club Deportivo de La Coruña and the Colombia women's national team. She is an attacking midfielder who can also play as a striker.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Andrade and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Lady Andrade
Personal information
Full name Lady Patricia Andrade Rodríguez
Date of birth (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992[1]
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current team
 Deportivo La Coruña
Number 16
Youth career
2002–2009 Inter Bogotá
2010–2012 Formas Íntimas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Sporting Huelva
2013 PK-35 Vantaa 10 (3)
2015–2016 Western New York Flash 8 (1)
2016 1207 Antalyaspor 13 (0)
2017 Santa Fe 8 (1)
2018 Atletico Nacional 9 (4)
2019–2020 Milan 7 (0)
2020– Deportivo La Coruña 10 (1)
National team‡
2010– Colombia 45 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2015

Club career

Andrade signed for Finnish Naisten Liiga club PK-35 in the spring of 2013.[3]

She was signed by the Western New York Flash of the NWSL on 7 July 2015. She was waived by the Flash on 20 May 2016.[4]

In September 2016, she moved to Turkey and signed a three-year contract with 1207 Antalyaspor.[5] In the first match of the Turkish First Football League's 2016–17 season, she scored two goals, and helped her team win the match 2–1.[6]

On 10 February 2017, She moved to the new Colombian Football League to play for Santa Fe, and won a championship. A season later she played for Atletico National and won the league again.[7]

On 16 July 2019, Andrade officially signed A.C. Milan in the Italian Serie A. She had originally joined the team in August 2018 but visa complications prevented her from being signed.[8]

International career

Andrade has represented Colombia at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, making 5 appearances and scoring one goal, at the 2011 Women's World Cup, making one appearance, at the 2015 Women's World Cup, making four appearances and scoring two goals, and at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, making five total appearances.[9] In a group match at the 2012 Olympics against the United States, she punched opposition player Abby Wambach in the right eye, resulting in a two-game ban.[10]

Andrade made her mark on the world stage during the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.[11] Andrade was Colombia's top scorer at the competition with two goals.

References
  1. "Lady Andrade". BBC. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. "Kolumbian maajoukkuehyökkääjä PK-35:n paitaan" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. "WNY Flash Waive Lady Andrade".
  5. ""Dişi Ronaldinho" Lady Andrade, Türkiye'de". gzt (in Turkish). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. "1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediyespor: 2 Beşiktaş: 1". Milliyet (in Turkish). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  7. "Lady Andrade quiere ser la primera bicampeona en Colombia". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. Diaz, Francisco (8 August 2018). "Lady Andrade es nueva jugadora del AC Milan de Italia: medios italianos". Fémina Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  9. Lady Andrade – FIFA competition record
  10. "Lady Andrade banned two games". ESPN. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  11. "Colombia's Lady Andrade showed brilliant footwork v England at the FIFA Women's World Cup [Video] – 101 Great Goals". Football (soccer) greatest goals and highlights – 101 Great Goals.


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