Lúcia Catarina de Sousa Alves (born 22 October 1997) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Campeonato Nacional Feminino club
SL Benfica
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " B ...
and the
Portugal women's national team.
International career
On 17 June, Lúcia Alves replaced
Mariana Azevedo who withdrew following a knee ligament injury sustained in training. Alves would join the Portuguese national team to the
UEFA Women's Euro 2022
The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champio ...
.
On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.
Honours
Benfica
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Campeonato Nacional Feminino:
2020–21
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,
2021–22,
2022–23
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,
2023–24
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Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
: 2023–24
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Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...
: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
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Supertaça de Portugal: 2019, 2022, 2023
Individual
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Cosme Damião
Cosme Damião (2 November 1885 – 12 June 1947) was a Portuguese football player-coach for S.L. Benfica.
A former midfielder, he is remembered as the main force behind the birth of Benfica and one of the first great Portuguese football players ...
Awards – Women's Footballer of the Year: 2025
International goals
:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.''
References
1997 births
Living people
Portuguese women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
S.L. Benfica (women) footballers
Campeonato Nacional Feminino players
Portugal women's international footballers
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
21st-century Portuguese sportswomen
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