Ivana Andrés Sanz (born 13 July 1994) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Spain national team.

Club career

Youth

Ivana Andrés began her career in her hometown of Aielo de Malferit in the local club Aielo CF. At age 12 she joined the DSV Colegio Alemán school in the 2007–08 campaign Here she went through the C and B teams before making it into the

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

first team in 2009, which was already playing in the First Division at the time.

Valencia

In 2009, the club signed an agreement with

and from then on operated as the women's football section of the renowned club. She would play at FC Valencia for nine more years, reaching, among other things, the final of the 2015 Copa de la Reina, where the team finally reached the final after a surprising 1-0 win in the semi-final against favorites

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lost 2-1 to

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. In the 2016/17 season, third place in the league was the best result in the club's history. In her final years at Valencia FC, Ivana Andrés was captain of the team.

Levante

After several years in the team, being the club captain for the last seasons, she made a surprise transfer to city rivals

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, with whom she finished third in the Spanish championship in two seasons behind the dominant teams of the time, FC Barcelona and

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Real Madrid

In the summer of 2020, she signed for

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's newly founded women's section and was named team captain in her first season. In the first match of the year for 2024, Andrés scored the equalizer in the 2-1 victory over Madrid CFF in the 91st minute.

Inter Milan

On 27 June 2024, Andrés was announced at Inter Milan on a three year contract.

International career

Youth

As an under-17 international, Ivana Andrés took part in the 2010 U-17 World Cup and achieved third place. She was in the starting line-up in all six final round matches. She won first place in the 2010 U-17 European Championship over the

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. The following year she played in the

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again with the U17s, winning the gold medal with a 1-0 victory in the final against

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. Andrés competed in both the semifinals and the final. With the U-19 national team she reached the final of the 2012 European Championship where they lost in the final after extra time against

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Senior

Ivana Andrés made her debut in the senior squad on February 11, 2015 in a friendly match against

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, the same year she was called up to the final squad for the 2015 World Cup, but did not make any appearances during the tournament. She won her first title with the national team at the 2017 Algarve Cup, where Spain prevailed 1-0 in the final against

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. Ivana Andrés played all four games. She missed the 2017 European Championship, which took place shortly afterwards, due to a broken collarbone. On 20 May 2019, Andrés was called up to the Spain squad for the

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. Andrés was part of the Spain squad called up for the

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. Andrés was called up to the 23-player Spain squad for the

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. She won first place in the 2023 World Cup with her team.

Personal life

Since June 2022 Andrés is married to her wife Anabel Moreno Barragán.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

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* UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

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