Monica Hickmann Alves

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Hickmann and the second or paternal family name is Alves.

Mônica

File:Monica Hickmann Alves 2014 (cropped).jpg Mônica at the 2014 Copa América Femenina
Personal information
Full name	Monica Hickmann Alves
Date of birth	(1987-04-21) 21 April 1987
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Orlando Pride
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Internacional
	Marília
2007–2012	SV Neulengbach
2012	Botucatu
2013	Foz Cataratas
2013–2014	Ferroviária
2015	Flamengo
2016–	Orlando Pride	7	(0)
International career‡
2014–	Brazil	25	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015

Monica Hickmann Alves (born 21 April 1987), commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Orlando Pride in National Women's Soccer League and the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Between 2007 and 2012 Mônica played club football in Austria for SV Neulengbach, the dominant team in the ÖFB-Frauenliga. Upon returning to Brazil, she had a short spell with Botucatu Futebol Clube, then joined Ferroviária ahead of the 2013 season. She then joined the new expansion side, the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League for the 2016 season.

International career

At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, Mônica was part of the Brazilian team which finished third. She made her senior Brazil women's national football team debut on 11 June 2014, a 0–0 friendly draw with France staged in Guyana. She scored her first national team goal in Brazil's 7–1 win over Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games.

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	July 15, 2015	Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario	Ecuador	1–1	7–1	2015 Pan American Games
2.	October 21, 2015	CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington	United States	1–0	1–1	Friendly
3.	December 20, 2015	Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil	Canada	2–1	3–1	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
4.	December 20, 2015	Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil	Canada	3–1	3–1	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015

External links

• Monica Hickmann Alves at Soccerway
• Monica Hickmann Alves – FIFA competition record
• Monica Hickmann Alves – FIFA World Cup profile