Adriana Parente


Adriana Soares Parente, known as Drika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Série A3 club Capital CF. She has been a member of the Brazil women's national team.

International career

Drika was called up to train with the senior Brazil women's national football team in 2000 and 2009.

Controversy

From 2008 to 2016, Drika made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was a member of the squads that won two Africa Women Cup of Nations editions. On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.