Lady Patricia Andrade Rodríguez (born 10 January 1992) is a Colombian professional

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who plays for Spanish Primera División club

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and the Colombia women's national team. She is an

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who can also play as a striker.

Club career

Andrade signed for Finnish

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club PK-35 Vantaa in the spring of 2013. She was signed by the Western New York Flash of the NWSL on 7 July 2015. She was waived by the Flash on 20 May 2016. In September 2016, she moved to Turkey and signed a three-year contract with

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. In the first match of the

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's 2016–17 season, she scored two goals, and helped her team win the match 2–1. On 10 February 2017, She moved to the new Colombian Football League to play for Santa Fe, and won a championship. A season later she played for Atletico National and won the league again. On 16 July 2019, Andrade officially signed

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in the Italian

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. She had originally joined the team in August 2018 but visa complications prevented her from being signed.

International career

Andrade has represented Colombia at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, making 5 appearances and scoring one goal, at the 2011 Women's World Cup, making one appearance, at the

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, making four appearances and scoring two goals, and at the

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and

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Summer Olympics, making five total appearances. In a group match at the 2012 Olympics against the United States, she punched opposition player Abby Wambach in the right eye, resulting in a two-game ban. Andrade made her mark on the world stage during the 2015 Women's World Cup in

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. Andrade was Colombia's top scorer at the competition with two goals.

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