Ivana Andrés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Andrés and the second or maternal family name is Sanz.

Ivana Andrés Sanz (born 13 July 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Spain national team.

Ivana Andrés

Andrés in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Ivana Andrés Sanz[1]
Date of birth	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Aielo de Malferit, Spain[2]
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Inter Milan
Number	5
Youth career
	Aielo CF
2007–2008	DSV Colegio Alemán
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2018	Valencia	237	(6)
2018–2020	Levante	49	(2)
2020–2024	Real Madrid	105	(2)
2024–	Inter Milan	25	(2)
International career‡
2015–2023	Spain	53	(0)
Medal record 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
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:37, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Inter Milan

On 27 June 2024, Andrés was announced at Inter Milan on a three year contract.^[5]

International career

Youth

As an under-17 international, Ivana Andrés took part in the 2010 U-17 World Cup and achieved third place.^[6] 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.^[7] 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,^[8] the same year she was called up to the final squad for the 2015 World Cup,^[1] 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.^[9]

On 20 May 2019, Andrés was called up to the Spain squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[10]

Andrés was part of the Spain squad called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.^[11]

Andrés was called up to the 23-player Spain squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[12] She won first place in the 2023 World Cup with her team.

Personal life

Since June 2022 Andrés is married to her wife Anabel Moreno Barragán.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		Continental[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Valencia	2009–10	Superliga Femenina	18	0	–		–		–		18	0
	2010–11	Superliga Femenina	22	1	2	0	–		–		24	1
	2011–12	Primera División	29	1	–		–		–		29	1
	2012–13	Primera División	24	1	–		–		–		24	1
	2013–14	Primera División	25	1	–		–		–		25	1
	2014–15	Primera División	30	1	3	0	–		–		33	1
	2015–16	Primera División	30	1	2	0	–		–		32	1
	2016–17	Primera División	30	0	1	0	–		–		31	0
	2017–18	Primera División	29	0	2	0	–		–		31	0
	Total		237	6	10	0	–		–		247	6
Levante	2018–19	Primera División	28	2	1	0	–		–		29	2
	2019–20	Primera División	21	0	1	0	–		1[c]	0	23	0
	Total		49	2	2	0	–		1	0	52	2
Real Madrid	2020–21	Primera División	31	0	1	0	—		—		32	0
	2021–22	Primera División	27	0	1	0	8	0	1[c]	0	37	0
	2022–23	Liga F	22	0	4	1	6	0	1[c]	0	33	1
	2023–24	Liga F	25	2	2	0	7	0	1[c]	0	35	2
	Total		105	2	8	1	21	0	3	0	137	3
Career total			391	10	20	1	21	0	4	0	436	11

1. Includes Copa de la Reina
2. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
3. Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain	2015	2	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	8	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	6	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	12	0
	2023	11	0
Total		53	0

Honours

Spain

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