Tiga (footballer)
Adriana Aparecida Costa, known as Tiga or Tiganinha, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. She was born on 16 April 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil, and is 1.67 meters tall. She also played futsal as a pivot and spent her career in Brazilian clubs.
In football, Tiga played for several Brazilian teams, including Palmeiras, Portuguesa, Corinthians, XV de Piracicaba, São Caetano, São Paulo, and Audax. In futsal, she played for UNIP and other Brazilian clubs.
Internationally, she represented Equatorial Guinea from 2011 to 2016, earning 6 caps and scoring 8 goals. She was part of the Equatorial Guinea squad at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and helped the team win the 2012 Africa Women Cup of Nations. On 5 October 2017, FIFA ruled that she and nine other Brazilian players were ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.
Tiga is now retired from professional football.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 17:42 (CET).