page_title: Érika
section_title: International
hierarchical_section_title: Érika / Career statistics / International
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Érika Cristiano dos Santos - Match de phase de groupes de la coupe du monde entre le Brésil et la Norvège le 3 juillet 2011 à Wolfsbourg
context_page_description: Érika Cristiano dos Santos, commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Versatile Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's youth teams, but mainly as a central defender or "volante" for the senior national team. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.
  At club level Érika enjoyed three successful spells with Santos and was hurt when the male parent club disbanded the female section in 2012. She also spent the 2009 season with American Women's Professional Soccer franchise FC Gold Pride. After the demise of Santos, Érika and nine other former Santos players agreed to join Centro Olímpico. She played for Paris Saint-Germain between 2015 and 2018, before returning to Brazil with Corinthians.
context_section_description: Updated 31 December 2018.
caption: At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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