Lúcia Catarina de Sousa Alves (born 22 October 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club SL Benfica and the Portugal women's national team.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
.png) Alves with Benfica in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lúcia Catarina de Sousa Alves | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1997[1] | ||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | S.C. Freamunde | 2 | (2) |
| 2017–2019 | Valadares Gaia | 39 | (15) |
| 2019– | Benfica | 88 | (11) |
| 2020–2021 | → Valadares Gaia (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Portugal | 24 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 March 2025 | |||
International career
editOn 17 June, Lúcia Alves replaced Mariana Azevedo who withdrew following a knee ligament injury sustained in training. Alves would join the Portuguese national team to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[9]
On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[10]
On 24 June 2025, Alves was called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[11]
Honours
editBenfica
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- Taça de Portugal: 2023–24, 2025–26
- Taça da Liga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- Supertaça de Portugal: 2019, 2022, 2023
Individual
- Cosme Damião Awards – Women's Footballer of the Year: 2025,[12] 2026
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 May 2023 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal |  Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 2. | 4–0 | |||||
| 3. | 3 March 2026 | Estádio Capital do Móvel, Pacos de Ferreira, Portugal |  Finland | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
References
edit- ↑ "Lúcia Alves". FPF.
- ↑ "Lucia Alves - Benfica - UWCL". UEFA.
- ↑ "Lúcia Alves returns to Benfica". www.slbenfica.pt.
- ↑ "Benfica anuncia renovação de Lúcia Alves". www.record.pt.
- ↑ "Lúcia Alves e Beatriz Cameirão estreiam-se na convocatória da seleção feminina". www.record.pt.
- ↑ "Lúcia Alves: "Trabalhei muito para aqui chegar, era um sonho de criança"". www.ojogo.pt.
- ↑ "Lúcia Alves é campeã nacional pelo Benfica - Imediato - Jornal Regional". 25 May 2021.
- ↑ "Catarina Amado e Lúcia Alves renovam pelas águias". www.jn.pt.
- ↑ "Suzane Pires chamada". FPF.
- ↑ White, Mark (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ↑ "Lista final com Kika Nazareth: as 23 convocadas de Portugal para o Europeu feminino" (in European Portuguese). Record. 24 June 2025.
- ↑ "Gala Cosme Damião: Otamendi, Álvaro Carreras e Lúcia Alves entre os premiados". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 20 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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