Andreia de Jesus Jacinto (born 8 June 2002) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...
and the
Portugal national team.
Club career
Jacinto first joined
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...
in 2016 and signed her first professional contract with the club on 25 September 2019, at the age of 17.
International career
Jacinto made her debut for the Portugal national team on 7 March 2020 against
Belgium
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in the
2020 Algarve Cup
The 2020 Algarve Cup was the 27th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational Women's association football, women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 4-11 March 2020.
The final was scratched and Germany was awarded ...
.
References
2002 births
Living people
Women's association football midfielders
Portuguese women's footballers
Portugal women's international footballers
Sportspeople from Cascais
Sporting CP (women's football) players
Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players
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