Ivana Andrés
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.

Club career

Youth 
Ivana Andrés began her career in her hometown of Aielo de Malferit in the local club Aielo CF. At age 12 she joined the DSV Colegio Alemán school in the 2007–08 campaign  Here she went through the C and B teams before making it into the Valencia CF first team in 2009, which was already playing in the First Division at the time.

Valencia 
In 2009, the club signed an agreement with Valencia CF 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.

Levante 
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.

Real 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.

In the first match of the year for 2024, Andrés scored the equalizer in the 2-1 victory over Madrid CFF in the 91st minute.

International career

Youth 
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.

Senior 
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.

Personal life
Since June 2022 Andrés is married to her wife Anabel.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

References

External links
 
 
 Profile at Valencia CF
 
Profile at Txapeldunak.com 

1994 births
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Living people
Spanish women's footballers
Liga F players
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Valencia CF Femenino players
Spain women's international footballers
Footballers from the Valencian Community
Women's association football defenders
Levante UD Femenino players
Real Madrid Femenino players
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
Spanish LGBT footballers
Spanish lesbian sportswomen
21st-century Spanish LGBT people
Spain women's youth international footballers
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
People from Vall d'Albaida
Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia
FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players