Lydia Andrade
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Grabs, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2014 | FC Haag | ||
| 2014–2015 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 2015 | FC Haag | ||
| 2015–2016 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 2016–2019 | FC Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | FC Zürich | 46 | (16) |
| 2022–2023 | SV Meppen | 22 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | RB Leipzig | 37 | (5) |
| 2025– | 1. FC Köln | 24 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024- | Switzerland | 7 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 November 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:12, 10 October 2026 (UTC) | |||
Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade (born 20 February 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln[2] and the Switzerland national team.
Born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Angolan parents, Andrade holds dual Swiss and Angolan citizenship.[3]
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.[4][5] In the summer of 2022, Andrade signed for newly-promoted Bundesliga side SV Meppen.[6] After finishing eleventh and being relegated on the final matchday, the Swiss player moved to RB Leipzig, penning a two-year contract.[7][8] 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.[9][10] In 2025, she signed a two-year contract at fellow Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 9 November 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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[b] | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 11 | ||
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 8 | |
| Total | 46 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 21 | ||
| SV Meppen | 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7 | ||
| 1. FC Köln | 2025–26 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 5 | ||
| 2026–27 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| Total | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 109 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 156 | 37 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 9 October 2026[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | |||
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Lydia Andrade". rbleipzig.com.
- 1 2 "Internationale Fussball-News - Augsburg schasst Thorup und Jurendic – Andrade nach Köln". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 23 May 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ "Lydia Andrade verstärkt die FC-Frauen" [Lydia Andrade reinforces FC Köln's team]. 1. FC Köln's official website (in German). 23 May 2025. Archived from the original on 10 November 2026. Retrieved 10 November 2026.
Ihre Eltern stammen aus Angola, sodass sie sowohl die Schweizer als auch die angolanische Staatsbürgerschaft besitzt. [Her parents are from Angola, meaning she holds both Swiss and Angolan citizenship.]
- ↑ "Der FC Zürich Frauen gewinnt das AXA Women's Cup Final 2022". football.ch. 30 April 2022.
- ↑ "AWSL: FC Zürich gewinnt Playoff-Final im Penaltyschiessen". awsl.ch. 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Pollmann, Wiebke (19 July 2022). "Lydia Andrade wechselt vom FC Zürich zum SV Meppen". Ems Vechte Welle (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ "Frauen-Bundesliga: FC Bayern feiert Meisterschaft, SV Meppen steigt ab". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ dpa (16 May 2023). "Neuzugang: Aufsteiger RB Leipzig holt Stürmerin Andrade aus Meppen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ "Spieltag". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 27 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ "Eintracht-Frauen mühen sich zum ersten Sieg". www.fr.de (in German). 8 October 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ "Lydia Andrade". football.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 9 October 2026.
External links
[edit]- Lydia Andrade at Soccerway.com
- Lydia Andrade at WorldFootball.net
- Lydia Andrade at FBref.com
- Lydia Andrade at Kicker (in German)
- Lydia Andrade at the German Football Association
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Swiss people of Angolan descent
- Sportspeople of Angolan descent
- Swiss women's footballers
- Switzerland women's youth international footballers
- Switzerland women's international footballers
- Women's Super League (Switzerland) players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- FC Zürich Frauen players
- SV Meppen (women) players
- RB Leipzig (women) players
- 1. FC Köln (women) players
- Swiss expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century Swiss sportswomen