Érika

Personal information
Full name	Érika Cristiano dos Santos
Date of birth	(1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Santos
2009	FC Gold Pride	7	(0)
2009–2011	Santos	5	(6)
National team‡
	Brazil U-20
	Brazil
Honours Competitor for  Brazil Olympic Games – Women's Football Silver 2008 Beijing Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 4 February 1988 in São Paulo), commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Santos and the Brazilian Women's National Team.

Before being drafted by FC Gold Pride in the 2008 WPS International Draft, Érika was a member of Santos FC. Despite appearing in 7 games for FC Gold Pride, Érika was deemed surplus to requirements at season's close by Albertin Montoya.^[1]

Érika has represented Brazil at both the U-20 and senior international levels.

Controversy

As part of the 2011 Brazilian world cup team, Erika was involved in a controversial play near the end of Brazil's game with the United States. At 115th minute of the game, with only a few minutes left in the game, Erika suddenly dropped to the field in apparent agony from a back spasm. After being attended to and being removed from the field on a stretcher, she suddenly jumped up and began running, clutching her back. This created controversy among sports analysts regarding the validity of her injury, with some assuming the injury was "faked" to quench a US rally. As a result of the delay, the referee, Jacqui Melksham, gave Erika a yellow card and added 3 minutes to the game as additional time, during which the US scored the game-tying goal, and went on to win the game on penalty kicks.^[2]

Career statistics

Club career

References

External links

• Érika – FIFA competition record
• 2008 Olympics player profile
• Santos FC player profile
• Women's Professional Soccer player profile

v t e Brazil squad – 2008 Summer Olympics (Women's Football) - Silver Medal 1 Andréia 2 Simone 3 Andréia Rosa 4 Tânia 5 Renata Costa 6 Maycon 7 Daniela 8 Formiga 9 Ester 10 Marta 11 Cristiane 12 Bárbara 13 Francielle 14 Pretinha 15 Fabiana 16 Érika 17 Maurine 18 Rosana Coach: Barcellos

v t e Brazil squad – 2010 International Tournament City of São Paulo 1 Andréia 2 Marina 3 Aline (c.) 4 Renata Costa 5 Ester 6 Rosana 7 Joicinha 8 Formiga 9 Grazielle 10 Marta 11 Cristiane 12 Thaís 13 Andreia Rosa 14 Vânia 15 Stephane 16 Gabriela 17 Fabiana 18 Dai 19 Daniele 20 Érika 21 Francielle 22 Thaís G. Coach: Lima

v t e Brazil squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Andréia 2 Maurine 3 Daiane 4 Aline (c.) 5 Renata Costa 6 Rosana 7 Ester 8 Formiga 9 Beatriz 10 Marta 11 Cristiane 12 Bárbara 13 Érika 14 Fabiana 15 Francielle 16 Elaine 17 Daniele 18 Thaís G. 19 Grazielle 20 Roseane 21 Thaís Coach: Lima

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