Cris (footballer, born 1985)

In this Portuguese name, the surname is da Silva.

Not to be confused with the Portuguese men's footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cris

Personal information
Full name	Ana Cristina da Silva
Date of birth	(1985-12-12) 12 December 1985
Place of birth	Três Rios, RJ, Brazil
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, centre back
Team information
Current team	Ceará
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Olaria
	Santos
2007–2008	America Rio
2010–2011	Palmeiras
2012	XV de Piracicaba
2013	São Caetano
2014	Ferroviária	4	(0)
2015	São Paulo
2016–2018	Iranduba	14	(1)
2019–2020	São Paulo	15	(2)
2021	Botafogo	10	(0)
2022	Malabo Kings
2023–	Ceará	1	(0)
International career‡
2011–2016	Equatorial Guinea	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Ana Cristina da Silva (born 12 December 1985), commonly known as Cris, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Série A1 club Ceará.

Cris was part of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 5 October 2017, Cris and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.

Early life

Ana Cristina da Silva was born on 12 December 1985 in Três Rios, a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Club career

While playing for Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (commonly known as Ferroviária) in Brazil, she was a member of the team that won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino league and the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino cup double in 2014.

International career

After being nationalised as an Equatoguinean, she was selected as a member of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. At the time of being named in the squad, she was unattached at club level. When da Silva was a member of the Equatorial Guinea team that won the 2012 African Women's Championship, she was one of 11 out of the 21 players who were naturalized Brazilians playing as Equatoguineans.

She continued to play for the Equatoguinean women's team through the qualifying matches for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, the team were expelled from the tournament after fielding a player with fraudulent documentation.

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 June 2011	Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	5–0	8–0	Friendly

References

• Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (2014). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-41582-459-0.