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Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva (born 15 May 1985), known as Cristiane [kɾis.ˈt͡ʃjɐ.ni], is a Brazilian footballer who plays for São Paulo FC 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 five FIFA Women's World Cups and four Olympics.
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. In 2003, Cristiane scored one goal during one appearance as a substitute, when Brazil successfully defended their title at the Sudamericano Femenino. 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.
Breakthrough
Cristiane had her international breakthrough at the Olympic football tournament in Athens 2004.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.
In February 2005, Cristiane transferred from Atlético Juventus to the German women's Bundesliga club 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. 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, but her problems to adapt to the style of play in Germany continued. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
In February 2008, she signed a five-month contract until the Summer Olympics with the Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC.
On 21 August 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 28 August 2008, Cristiane joined Corinthians to play in Campeonato Paulista. On 30 August 2008, during her debut as a Corinthians player, she scored her first goal for the club, helping her team beat São José 3–1 in the Campeonato Paulista.
To the United States
On 24 September 2008, the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) rights to Cristiane were acquired by the Chicago Red Stars at the inaugural International Draft. Cristiane completed her move to the Red Stars on 27 February 2009. On 12 July 2009, Cristiane scored the first hat-trick in WPS history, leading the Chicago Red Stars to a 3–1 victory against FC Gold Pride. 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. Chicago Red Stars suspended operations shortly afterwards and Cristiane decided to play the 2011 season in Brazil.
2009–present
Cristiane signed a three-month loan contract with Santos on 14 August 2009 to play in the Copa Libertadores. She helped her club win both competitions, and scored a goal in the Copa do Brasil final.
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.
In July 2017, Cristiane joined Changchun Zhuoyue on a transfer from Paris Saint-Germain Féminines.
In October 2017 Cristiane was one of five Brazil players to quit international football, disgruntled at pay and conditions, and the Brazilian Football Confederation's sacking of head coach Emily Lima. She soon relented and indicated a willingness to return to the national team in February 2018, ahead of the 2018 Copa América Femenina.
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 |
| Goal in match | Goal of total goals by the player in the match Sorted by total goals followed by goal number |
| # | 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 | |
| Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament | |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
Goal | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 April 2003 | Lima, Peru |  Colombia | 5250.02005 10–0 | 5450.04005 12–0 | Copa America 2003 |
| 2 | 20 July 2003 | Ottawa, Canada |  Haiti | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 1–2 | Friendly match |
| 3 | 8 August 2003 | San Cristóbal, Dominican Rep. |  Canada | 5250.02005 2–1 | 5450.04005 2–1 | 2003 Pan American Games |
| 4 | 17 August 2004 | Patras, Greece |  Greece | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 7–0 | Olympics 2004 |
| 5 | 5350.03005 4–0 | |||||
| 6 | 5350.03005 7–0 | |||||
| 7 | 20 August 2004 | Heraklio, Greece |  Mexico | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | Olympics 2004 |
| 8 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 9 | 11 November 2006 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Paraguay | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 4–1 | Copa America 2006 |
| 10 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 11 | 13 November 2006 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Peru | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 2–0 | Copa America 2006 |
| 12 | 17 November 2006 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Bolivia | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 6–1 | Copa America 203 |
| 13 | 5350.03005 4–0 | |||||
| 14 | 5350.03005 6–1 | |||||
| 15 | 19 November 2006 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Venezuela | 5250.02005 5–0 | 5450.04005 6–0 | Copa America 2006 |
| 16 | 22 November 2006 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Uruguay | 5250.02005 5–0 | 5450.04005 6–0 | Copa America 2006 |
| 17 | 24 November 2006 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Paraguay | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 6–0 | Copa America 203 |
| 18 | 5350.03005 2–0 | |||||
| 19 | 5350.03005 4–0 | |||||
| 20 | 5350.03005 5–0 | |||||
| 21 | 12 July 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Uruguay | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5450.04005 4–0 | 2007 Pan American Games |
| 22 | 14 July 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Jamaica | 5250.02005 5–0 | 5450.04005 5–0 | 2007 Pan American Games |
| 23 | 18 July 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Ecuador | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 10–0 | Copa America 203 |
| 24 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 25 | 5350.03005 4–0 | |||||
| 26 | 5350.03005 6–0 | |||||
| 27 | 26 July 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  United States | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | 2007 Pan American Games |
| 28 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 29 | 2 September 2007 | Chiba, Japan |  Japan | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 1–2 | Friendly match |
| 30 | 12 September 2007 | Wuhan, China |  New Zealand | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 31 | 15 September 2007 | Wuhan, China |  China PR | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 32 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 33 | 23 September 2007 | Tianjin, China |  Australia | 5250.02005 3–2 | 5550.05005 3–2 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 34 | 27 September 2007 | Hangzhou, China | United States | 5250.02005 3–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 35 | 19 April 2008 | Beijing, China |  Ghana | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 5–1 | Inter-continental play-off |
| 36 | 5350.03005 4–0 | |||||
| 37 | 12 August 2008 | Beijing, China |  Nigeria | 5250.02005 1–1 | 5550.05005 3–1 | Olympics 2008 |
| 38 | 5350.03005 2–1 | |||||
| 39 | 5350.03005 3–1 | |||||
| 40 | 18 September 2008 | Shanghai, China |  Germany | 5250.02005 2–1 | 5550.05005 4–1 | 2008 Olympics |
| 41 | 5350.03005 4–1 | |||||
| 42 | 25 April 2009 | Gothenburg, Sweden |  Sweden | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 1–3 | Friendly match |
| 43 | 9 December 2009 | São Paulo, Brazil |  Chile | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 3–1 | Torneio Internacional 2009 |
| 44 | 5350.03005 3–1 | |||||
| 45 | 13 December 2009 | São Paulo, Brazil | Mexico | 5250.02005 3–1 | 5550.05005 3–2 | Torneio Internacional 2009 |
| 46 | 24 October 2010 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Haiti | 5250.02005 4–0 | 5550.05005 7–0 | Friendly match |
| 47 | 5350.03005 5–0 | |||||
| 48 | 5350.03005 6–0 | |||||
| 49 | 5 November 2010 | Loja, Ecuador | Venezuela | 5250.02005 3–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | Copa America 2010 |
| 50 | 7 November 2010 | Loja, Ecuador | Uruguay | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | Copa America 2010 |
| 51 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 52 | 11 November 2010 | Cuenca, Ecuador | Colombia | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 2–1 | Copa America 2010 |
| 53 | 13 November 2010 | Cuenca, Ecuador | Paraguay | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 3–0 | Copa America 2010 |
| 54 | 5350.03005 2–0 | |||||
| 55 | 17 November 2010 | Latacunga, Ecuador |  Argentina | 5250.02005 4–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | Copa America 2010 |
| 56 | 19 November 2010 | Latacunga, Ecuador | Colombia | 5250.02005 5–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | Copa America 2010 |
| 57 | 9 December 2010 | São Paulo, Brazil | Mexico | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 3–0 | Torneio Internacional 2010 |
| 58 | 6 July 2011 | Frankfurt, Germany |  Equatorial Guinea | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 3–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 59 | 5350.03005 3–0 | |||||
| 60 | 8 December 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil |  Italy | 5250.02005 3–1 | 5550.05005 5–1 | Torneio Internacional 2011 |
| 61 | 25 July 2012 | Cardiff, Wales |  Cameroon | 5250.02005 4–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | Olympics 2012 |
| 62 | 28 July 2012 | Cardiff, Wales | New Zealand | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 1–0 | Olympics 2012 |
| 63 | 9 December 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil |  Portugal | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | Torneio Internacional 2012 |
| 64 | 22 December 2013 | Brasilia, Brazil | Chile | 5250.02005 4–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | Torneio Internacional 2013 |
| 65 | 10 March 2014 | Santiago, Chile | Venezuela | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 5–0 | Football at the 2014 South American Games |
| 66 | 5350.03005 5–0 | |||||
| 67 | 16 June 2014 | Auckland, New Zealand | New Zealand | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 1–1 | Friendly match |
| 68 | 14 September 2014 | Loja, Ecuador | Paraguay | 5250.02005 2–1 | 5550.05005 4–1 | 2014 Copa América Femenina |
| 69 | 5350.03005 3–1 | |||||
| 70 | 18 September 2014 | Loja, Ecuador | Chile | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5550.05005 2–0 | 2014 Copa América Femenina |
| 71 | 24 September 2014 | Quito, Ecuador | Ecuador | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 4–0 | 2014 Copa América Femenina |
| 72 | 5350.03005 2–0 | |||||
| 73 | 26 September 2014 | Quito, Ecuador | Argentina | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5550.05005 6–0 | 2014 Copa América Femenina |
| 74 | 15 July 2015 | Toronto, Canada | Ecuador | 5250.02005 2–1 | 5550.05005 7–1 | 2015 Pan American Games |
| 75 | 5350.03005 3–1 | |||||
| 76 | 5350.03005 4–1 | |||||
| 77 | 5350.03005 5–1 | |||||
| 78 | 5350.03005 6–1 | |||||
| 79 | 19 July 2015 | Toronto, Canada | Canada | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5450.04005 2–0 | 2015 Pan American Games |
| 80 | 22 July 2015 | Toronto, Canada | Mexico | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 4–2 | 2015 Pan American Games |
| 81 | 25 October 2015 | Orlando, United States | United States | 5250.02005 1–1 | 5450.04005 3–1 | Friendly game |
| 82 | 4 March 2016 | Santo António, Portugal | Portugal | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 3–1 | Algarve Cup 2016 |
| 83 | 9 March 2016 | Parchal, Portugal | Canada | 5250.02005 1–2 | 5450.04005 1–2 | Algarve Cup 2016 |
| 84 | 4 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | China PR | 5250.02005 3–0 | 5450.04005 3–0 | Olympics 2016 |
| 85 | 6 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Sweden | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5450.04005 5–1 | Olympics 2016 |
| 86 | 9 April 2017 | Manaus, Brazil | Bolivia | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5450.04005 6–0 | Friendly match |
| 87 | 5 April 2018 | Coquimbo, Chile | Argentina | 5250.02005 2–1 | 5450.04005 3–1 | 2018 Copa América Femenina |
| 88 | 7 April 2018 | Coquimbo, Chile | Ecuador | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 8–0 | 2018 Copa América Femenina |
| 89 | 5250.02005 8–0 | |||||
| 90 | 19 April 2018 | La Serena, Chile | Argentina | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 3–0 | 2018 Copa América Femenina |
| 91 | 9 June 2019 | Grenoble, France | Jamaica | 5250.02005 1–0 | 5450.04005 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 92 | 5250.02005 2–0 | |||||
| 93 | 5250.02005 3–0 | |||||
| 94 | 13 June 2019 | Montpellier, France | Australia | 5250.02005 2–0 | 5450.04005 2–3 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
Honours
Club football
- Santos
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
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 history: 14 goals
- 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.
- FIFA Women's World Cup Goal of the Tournament: 2019
Personal life
Cristiane is openly lesbian, having a relationship with Ana, a lawyer, since February 2019.