Adriana Soares Parente (born 14 April 1980), known as Drika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Série A3 club Legião FC. She has been a member of the Brazil women's national team.

International career

Drika was called up to train with the senior Brazil women's national football team in 2000 and 2009.

Adriana Parente

Controversy

From 2008 to 2016, Drika made appearances for Equatorial Guinea despite having no connection with the African nation. She was a member of the squads that won two Africa Women Cup of Nations editions (2008 and 2012). On 5 October 2017, she and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.

Adriana Parente

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1980 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Tocantins

Brazilian women's footballers

Women's association football central defenders

FC Energy Voronezh players

FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women) players

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) players

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women) players

Legião FC players

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players

Equatorial Guinea women's international footballers

Brazilian expatriate women's footballers

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Expatriate women's footballers in Russia

20th-century Brazilian women

21st-century Brazilian women

Adriana Parente