Adriana Martín Santamaría (born 7 November 1986), commonly known as Adriana, is a Spanish international

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who plays as a forward for

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. She previously played for Chelsea Ladies in England and

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and

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in the United States, as well as

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, CE Sabadell,

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and

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in Spain. She has won three Spanish leagues and two national cups, and was the league's top scorer in 2007, 2010, and 2015.

Club career

Adriana played in the Champions League with Espanyol and Rayo Vallecano, scoring 10 goals in 12 games. In August 2012, Adriana agreed to play the last six games of the

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season with Chelsea Ladies. In early 2013, she signed with the

for the inaugural season of the

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. She played for Levante from 2014 to 2017. In the summer of 2017, she signed with

of the Spanish

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. She was the first signing under new coach Antonio Contreras, who she had also played under at Levante. Adriana agreed to sign for

in July 2020. She scored 26 goals in 26 games to secure the club's

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International career

Adriana has been a longstanding member of the Spanish national team. In the qualification stage for the 2011 World Cup she scored 16 goals. In October 2012 Adriana scored in Spain's 3–2

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win over

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in the second leg of the

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play-off. The Spanish looked to be heading out when Veró Boquete had missed a penalty three minutes before hitting the winning goal on 122 minutes. Adriana had also scored Spain's goal in the first leg, a 1–1 draw at

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. In June 2013, national team

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Ignacio Quereda confirmed Adriana as a member of his 23-player squad for the

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finals in Sweden. She was not named to the final Spanish roster for the

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, despite being named on a preliminary 35-player roster.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Martín goal.''

Honors

Western New York Flash *

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References

External links

* *
Western New York Flash player profile
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