Tiga (footballer)


Adriana Aparecida Costa, known as Tiga and Tiganinha, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. She is also a former futsal player who operated as a pivot.

Club career

Tiga has exclusively played for Brazilian clubs in both football and futsal.
In futsal, Tiga played for.

Controversy

From 2011 to 2016, Tiga made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was first recruited to play at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was later a member of the squad that won the 2012 Women's African Football Championship. On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 June 2011Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg1–08–0Friendly
217 June 2011Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg2–08–0Friendly
317 June 2011Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg3–08–0Friendly
423 June 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–03–0Friendly
525 June 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–02–1Friendly
63 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea3–05–02012 African Women's Championship
711 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–04–02012 African Women's Championship
810 April 2016Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–12–12016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification