Cristiane Rozeira

Cristiane

Personal information
Full name	Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva[1]
Date of birth	May 15, 1985
Place of birth	Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	São Bernardo
	Clube Atlético Juventus
2005–2006	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	19	(7)
2006–2007	VfL Wolfsburg	14	(6)
2008	Linköpings FC
2008–2009	Corinthians
2009–2010	Chicago Red Stars	42	(10)
2009–2011	Santos		(27)
2011–2012	WFC Rossiyanka
2012	São José
2013	Daekyo Kangaroos
2013–2015	Centro Olímpico
2015–	Paris Saint-Germain	4	(6)
National team^‡
2003–	Brazil	117[3]	(83)
Honours Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:21, 14 October 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva (born May 15, 1985), known as Cristiane, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain 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 four FIFA Women's World Cups and three editions of the Olympic Games.

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 and Clube Atlético Juventus in São Paulo. 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.^[4] In 2003, Cristiane scored one goal during one appearance as a substitute, when Brazil successfully defended their title at the Sudamericano Femenino.^[5] 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.^[4]

Breakthrough

Cristiane had her international breakthrough at the Olympic football tournament in Athens 2004.^[6] 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.^[4]

In February 2005, Cristiane transferred from Atlético Juventus to the German women's Bundesliga club 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.^[4] 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,^[7] but her problems to adapt to the style of play in Germany continued.^[4] 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.^[8]

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.^[4] 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.^[9]

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.^[4] 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.^[10]

In February 2008, she signed a five-month contract until the Summer Olympics with the Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC.^[11]

On August 21, 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 August 28, 2008, Cristiane joined Corinthians to play in Campeonato Paulista.^[12] On August 30, 2008, during her debut as a Corinthians player, she scored her first goal for the club, helping her team beat São José 3–1 for the Campeonato Paulista.^[13]

To the United States

On September 24, 2008, the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) rights to Cristiane were acquired by the Chicago Red Stars at the inaugural International Draft.^[14] Cristiane completed her move to the Red Stars on February 27, 2009.^[15] On July 12, 2009, Cristiane scored the first hat-trick in WPS history, leading the Chicago Red Stars to a 3–1 victory against FC Gold Pride.^[16] 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.^[17] Chicago Red Stars suspended operations shortly afterwards and Cristiane decided to play the 2011 season in Brazil.^[18]

2009–

Cristiane signed a three-month loan contract with Santos on August 14, 2009 to play in the Copa Libertadores.^[19] She helped her club win both competitions, and scored a goal in the Copa do Brasil final.^[20]

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 Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi 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.^[21]

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
#	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
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1.goal 1	2003-04-25	Lima	Colombia	1.1	10–0	12–0	Copa America 2003
2.goal 2	2003-07-20	Ottawa	Haiti	1.1	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
3.goal 3	2003-08-8	San Cristóbal	Canada	1.1	2–1	2–1	2003 Pan American Games
4.goal 4	2004-08-17	Patras	Greece	3.1	2–0	7–0	Olympics 2004
5.goal 5				3.2	4–0
6.goal 6				3.3	7–0
7.goal 7	2004-08-20	Heraklio	Mexico	2.1	1–0	5–0	Olympics 2004
8.goal 8				2.2	3–0
9.goal 9	2006-11-11	Mar del Plata	Paraguay	2.1	1–0	4–1	Copa America 2006
10.goal 10				2.2	3–0
11.goal 11	2006-11-13	Mar del Plata	Peru	1.1	1–0	2–0	Copa America 2006
12.goal 12	2006-11-17	Mar del Plata	Bolivia	3.1	2–0	6–1	Copa America 203
13.goal 13				3.2	4–0
14.goal 14				3.3	6–1
15.goal 15	2006-11-19	Mar del Plata	Venezuela	1.1	5–0	6–0	Copa America 2006
16.goal 16	2006-11-22	Mar del Plata	Uruguay	1.1	5–0	6–0	Copa America 2006
17.goal 17	2006-11-24	Mar del Plata	Paraguay	4.1	1–0	6–0	Copa America 203
18.goal 18				4.2	2–0
19.goal 19				4.3	4–0
20.goal 20				4.4	5–0
21.goal 21	2007-07-12	Rio de Janeiro	Uruguay	1.1	2–0	4–0	2007 Pan American Games
22.goal 22	2007-07-14	Rio de Janeiro	Jamaica	1.1	5–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
23.goal 23	2007-07-18	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	4.1	1–0	10–0	Copa America 203
24.goal 24				4.2	3–0
25.goal 25				4.3	4–0
26.goal 26				4.4	6–0
2.goal 27	2007-07-26	Rio de Janeiro	United States	2.1	2–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
28.goal 28				2.2	3–0
29.goal 29	2007-09-02	Chiba	Japan	1.1	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
30.goal 30	2007-09-12	Wuhan	New Zealand	1.1	2–0	5–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
31.goal 31	2007-09-15	Wuhan	China PR	2.1	2–0	4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
32.goal 32				2.2	3–0
33.goal 33	2007-09-23	Tianjin	Australia	1.1	3–2	3–2	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
34.goal 34	2007-09-23	Hangzhou	United States	1.1	3–0	4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
35.goal 35	2008-04-19	Beijing	Ghana	1.1	2–0	5–1	Inter-continental play-off
36.goal 36				2.2	4–0
37.goal 37	2008-08-12	Beijing	Nigeria	3.1	1–1	3–1	Olympics 2008
38.goal 38				3.2	2–1
39.goal 39				3.3	3–1
40.goal 40	2008-09-18	Shanghai	Germany	1.1	2–1	4–1	2008 Olympics
41.goal 41				3.2	4–1
42.goal 42	2009-04-25	Gothenburg	Sweden	1.1	1–0	1–3	Friendly match
43.goal 43	2009-12-09	São Paulo	Chile	1.1	2–0	3–1	Torneio Internacional 2009
44.goal 44				3.2	3–1
45.goal 45	2009-12-13	São Paulo	Mexico	1.1	3–1	3–2	Torneio Internacional 2009
46.goal 46	2010-10-24	Rio de Janeiro	Haiti	3.1	4–0	7–0	Friendly match
47.goal 47				3.2	5–0
48.goal 48				3.3	6–0
49.goal 49	2010-11-05	Loja	Venezuela	2.1	3–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
50.goal 50	2010-11-07	Loja	Uruguay	2.1	1–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
51.goal 51				2.2	3–0
52.goal 52	2010-11-11	Cuenca	Colombia	1.1	1–0	2–1	Copa America 2010
53.goal 53	2010-11-13	Cuenca	Paraguay	2.1	1–0	3–0	Copa America 2010
54.goal 54				2.2	2–0
55.goal 55	2010-11-17	Latacunga	Argentina	1.1	4–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
56.goal 56	2010-11-19	Latacunga	Colombia	2.1	5–0	5–0	Copa America 2010
57.goal 57	2010-12-09	São Paulo	Mexico	2.1	1–0	3–0	Torneio Internacional 2010
58.goal 58	2011-07-06	Frankfurt	Equatorial Guinea	2.1	2–0	3–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
59.goal 59				2.2	3–0
60.goal 60	2011-12-08	São Paulo	Italy	1.1	3–1	5–1	Torneio Internacional 2011
61.goal 61	2012-07-25	Cardiff	Cameroon	2.1	4–0	5–0	Olympics 2012
62.goal 62	2012-07-28	Cardiff	New Zealand	2.1	1–0	1–0	Olympics 2012
63.goal 63	2012-12-09	São Paulo	Portugal	1.1	1–0	4–0	Torneio Internacional 2012
64.goal 64	2013-12-22	Brasilia	Chile	1.1	4–0	5–0	Torneio Internacional 2013
65.goal 65	2014-03-10	Santiago	Venezuela	3.1	1–0	5–0	Football at the 2014 South American Games
66.goal 66				3.2	5–0
67.goal 67	2014-06-16	Auckland	New Zealand	1.1	1–0	1–1	Friendly match
68.goal 68	2014-09-14	Loja	Paraguay	2.1	2–1	4–1	2014 Copa América Femenina
69.goal 69				2.2	3–1
70.goal 70	2014-09-18	Loja	Chile	1.1	2–0	2–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
71.goal 71	2014-09-14	Quito	Ecuador	2.1	1–0	4–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
72.goal 72				2.2	2–0
73.goal 73	2014-09-18	Quito	Argentina	1.1	1–0	6–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
74.goal 74	2015-07-15	Toronto	Ecuador	5.1	2–1	7–1	2015 Pan American Games
75.goal 75				5.2	3–1
76.goal 76				5.3	4–1
77.goal 77				5.4	5–1
78.goal 78				5.5	6–1
79.goal 79	2015-07-19	Toronto	Canada	1.1	2–0	2–0	2015 Pan American Games
80.goal 80	2015-07-22	Toronto	Mexico	1.1	1–0	4–2	2015 Pan American Games
81.goal 81	2015-10-25	Orlando	United States	1.1	1–1	3–1	Friendly game
82.goal 82	2016-03-04	Santo António	Portugal	1.1	1–0	3–1	Algarve Cup 2016
83.goal 83	2016-03-09	Parchal	Canada	1.1	1–2	1–2	Algarve Cup 2016

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: 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.

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. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
4. Cristiane: Power and commitment. FIFA.com. November 29, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
5. Sudamericano Femenino – 2003. Conmebol.com. April 27, 2003. Retrieved February 20,she hit my mum 2008.
6. Cristiane, the angel who came off the bench. FIFA.com. August 23, 2004. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
7. Gelingt der Anschluss an die Spitzengruppe?. VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved February 19, 2008. (German)
8. Cristiane: It's an honour. FIFA.com. December 17, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
9. Pele congratulates Brazilian Pan Ams star Marta. USA Today. July 28, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
10. "King Kaka and Marta crowned". FIFA.com. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
11. Linköping signs Cristiane and Daniela. Damallsvenskan Newsblog. February 12, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
12. "Corinthians contrata Cristiane para time feminino" (in Portuguese). Estadão. August 28, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
13. "Cristiane marca na estréia pelo Corinthians" (in Portuguese). O Globo Online. August 30, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
14. Red Stars draft 4; will they sign?
15. "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.
16. Kennedy, Paul (13 July 2009). "Cristiane's hat trick is a first". Soccer America. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
17. "Released - Red Stars let Cristiane go". Chicagoland Soccer News. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
18. Kassouf, Jeff (16 February 2011). "Report: Cristiane signs with Santos". The Equalizer. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
19. "Santos contrata Cristiane para jogar ao lado de Marta" (in Portuguese). Estadão. August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
20. "Santos bate Botucatu e conquista a Copa do Brasil feminina" (in Portuguese). Estadão. December 1, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
21. "Erika and Cristiane sign for Paris". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

External links

• Cristiane Rozeira – FIFA competition record
• Video of an interview at FIFA headquarters in December 2007 (Portuguese)
• Santos player profile (Portuguese)
• WPS player profile
• Linköpings player profile (Swedish)