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. Andréia was in Brazil's squad at the

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, at which time she was playing for

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. She was a member of the Brazilian team that won the silver medal at the

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and the

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. Andréia was a member of the Brazil Women's Squad at the

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. The next year Brazil were the runner-up at the

. In 2007 Brazil were the runner-up in the

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after losing 2–0 in the final to Germany. The next year in the

Andréia lost her starting spot to Barbara, because Barbara "Would give Brazil a better chance to claim "Their First Ever Major Title". But Brazil failed to capitalize, they lost the final 1–0 against the United States in Extra Time. After the Game Andréia and Barbara were seen hugging each other and lying on the ground crying. In 2011 the Brazil squad were ready to get in level terms on the world stage. They walked through their group winning all the games. They once again meet the USA squad in the Quarter Finals. In the second minute of the game a cross was sent in on the ground from Shannon Boxx, and then kicked into the Brazilian goal by a Brazilian defender Daiane. Marta went on to score twice to give Brazil the lead. Brazil thought they had a time management plan, but in the 122' minute USA midfielder Megan Rapinoe sent a ball into the Brazilian box. Andréia came way off her line missing the ball allowing US striker

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to score the game tying header with just seconds left. The two teams went into a PK shoot out. On the first kick by

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, Andréia appeared to save the PK, but actually was many yards off her line. Boxx took another PK and slipped it right past Andréia. Then

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, Megan Rapinoe, and

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scored their PK's to beat the Brazilian and send them out of the World Cup. In 2015 Andréia wasn't selected for the

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Brazilian squad.

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1977 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Women's association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Sportspeople from Paraná (state) 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic medalists in football Santos FC (women) players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate women's footballers Zaragoza CFF players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players São Paulo FC (women) players Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub