Adriana Alvim Burke (née Viola; born 26 December 1968), commonly known as Adriana, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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for the

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. She was part of the team at the

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international gove ...

. At club level she played for

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in Brazil. While playing

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for St. John's Red Storm, Adriana set goal (40) and points (91) records which were not broken until 2015 by

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. She was inducted into the program's Hall of Fame in 2014. At the

, Adriana started two of three group games as Brazil were eliminated in the first round.

References

1968 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Brazilian women's footballers Women's association football forwards St. John's Red Storm women's soccer players EC Radar players Brazil women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub