Érika (Brazilian footballer)
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Érika in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Érika Cristiano dos Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, defender, forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Juventus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | FC Gold Pride | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Foz Cataratas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Centro Olímpico | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Paris Saint-Germain | 45 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Corinthians | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2008 | Brazil U-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006– | Brazil | 83 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 12 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 4 February 1988), commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's youth teams, but mainly as a central defender or "volante" (defensive midfielder) for the senior national team. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
At the club level, Érika enjoyed three successful spells with Santos and was hurt when the male parent club disbanded the female section in 2012. She also spent the 2009 season with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) franchise FC Gold Pride. After the demise of Santos, Érika and nine other former Santos players agreed to join Centro Olímpico. She played for Paris Saint-Germain between 2015 and 2018 before returning to Brazil with Corinthians.