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Ivana Andrés

Andrés in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Ivana Andrés Sanz
Date of birth	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Aielo de Malferit, Spain
Height	1.64 m
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Real Madrid
Number	5
Youth career
	Aielo CF
2007–2008	DSV Colegio Alemán
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2018	Valencia	247	(6)
2018–2020	Levante	49	(2)
2020–	Real Madrid	79	(0)
National team‡
2015–	Spain	46	(0)
Honours Women's football Representing  Spain FIFA Women's World Cup Winner 2023 Australia–New Zealand UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Winner 2010 Switzerland Winner 2011 Switzerland
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2023. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2023

Ivana Andrés Sanz (born 13 July 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga F club Real Madrid, which she captains, and the Spain national team.

Career

Club

After starting at her local team, Aielo CF, she joined the DSV Colegio Alemán school in the 2007–08 campaign and reached the Valencia CF first team in the 2009–10 season, playing in the First Division.

In 2009, the club signed an agreement with Valencia FC 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 FC Barcelona lost 2-1 to Sporting de Huelva. 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.

After several years in the team, being the club captain for the last seasons, she made a surprise transfer to city rivals Levante UD, with whom she finished third in the Spanish championship in two seasons behind the dominant teams of the time, FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid.

In the summer of 2020, she signed for Real Madrid's newly founded women's section and was named team captain in her first season.

International

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 Republic of Ireland. The following year she played in the European Championship again with the U17s, winning the gold medal with a 1-0 victory in the final against France. 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 Sweden.

Ivana Andrés made her debut in the senior squad on February 11, 2015 in a friendly match against Belgium, 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 Canada. Ivana Andrés played all four games. She missed the 2017 European Championship, which took place shortly afterwards, due to a broken collarbone. At the 2019 World Cup she was again part of the squad but was not used during the tournament. She won first place in the 2023 World Cup with her team.

Honours

Spain

• FIFA Women's World Cup: 2023
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2010, 2011
• Algarve Cup: 2017

Private life

Since June 2022 Andrés is married to her wife Anabel.

See also

In Spanish: Ivana Andrés para niños