Lydia Andrade

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Lydia Andrade
Personal information
Full name Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade
Date of birth (1999-02-20) 20 February 1999 (age 25)
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number 17
Youth career
FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 FC Zürich 46 (16)
2022–2023 SV Meppen 22 (1)
2023– RB Leipzig 17 (4)
International career
2024- Switzerland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2023

Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade is a Swiss footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.[2][3] Andrade had previously played for FC Zürich.[4][5]

Career[edit]

Having played for FC Zürich throughout her youth, Andrade made her senior team debut for the teams under-21s in October 2017. She progressed to the senior team in 2019 and remained with the team until 2022, winning a league and cup double in her final season.[6][7] In the summer of 2022, Andrade signed for newly-promoted Bundesliga side SV Meppen.[8] After finishing eleventh and being relegated on the final matchday, the Swiss player moved to RB Leipzig, penning a two-year contract.[9][10] She scored her first two goals for Leipzig in a second-round DFB-Pokal tie against Gütersloh, before marking her first league goal in a 1-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.[11][12]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 24 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Zürich 2019–20 Swiss Super League 13 1 2 1 2 0 17 2
2020–21 Swiss Super League 21 10 4 1 2 0 27 11
2021–22 Swiss Super League 12 5 4 1 2 0 5 2 23 8
Total 46 16 10 3 6 0 5 2 67 21
SV Meppen 2022–23 Bundesliga 22 1 2 0 24 1
RB Leipzig 2023–24 Bundesliga 17 4 2 2 19 6
Career total 85 21 14 5 6 0 5 2 110 28


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lydia Andrade". rbleipzig.com.
  2. ^ ""Stolzer" SV Meppen verstärkt sich mit FCZ-Torjägerin Andrade". kicker.
  3. ^ "Andrade wechselt zum Aufsteiger RB Leipzig". rheintal24.ch.
  4. ^ "Lydia Andrade vor Herausforderung". St. Galler Tagblatt. November 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "Der nächste Karriereschritt: Lydia Andrade spielt diese Saison in der Bundesliga".
  6. ^ "Der FC Zürich Frauen gewinnt das AXA Women's Cup Final 2022". football.ch. 30 April 2022.
  7. ^ "AWSL: FC Zürich gewinnt Playoff-Final im Penaltyschiessen". awsl.ch. 6 June 2022.
  8. ^ Pollmann, Wiebke (2022-07-19). "Lydia Andrade wechselt vom FC Zürich zum SV Meppen". Ems Vechte Welle (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  9. ^ "Frauen-Bundesliga: FC Bayern feiert Meisterschaft, SV Meppen steigt ab". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  10. ^ dpa (2023-05-16). "Neuzugang: Aufsteiger RB Leipzig holt Stürmerin Andrade aus Meppen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  11. ^ "Spieltag". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  12. ^ "Eintracht-Frauen mühen sich zum ersten Sieg". www.fr.de (in German). 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

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