Andrea Pereira

Andrea Pereira
	Pereira with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Andrea Pereira Cejudo
Date of birth	19 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Pachuca
Number	19
Youth career
	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Espanyol B
2011–2016	Espanyol
2016–2018	Atlético Madrid
2018–2022	Barcelona
2022–2024	América
2024–	Pachuca
International career‡
2010–2012	Spain U19
2016–2022	Spain
2014–2017	Catalonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Andrea Pereira Cejudo (born 19 September 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil side Pachuca and the Spain women's national team.^[1]

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Pereira made her senior debut with the reserves of RCD Espanyol in 2009. Two years later, she played her first game in Primera División with the first team.

Pereira continued playing for Espanyol during five seasons, until 2016, when she signs a new contract with Atlético de Madrid.

International career

Pereira made her senior international debut in March 2016, starting a 0–0 friendly draw with Romania in Mogoșoaia.^[2]

She was one of Las 15, a group of players who made themselves unavailable for international selection in September 2022 due to their dissatisfaction with head coach Jorge Vilda, and among the dozen who were not involved 11 months later as Spain won the World Cup.^[3]^[4]