Christina Chang de Oliveira (formerly Dzegede, born Christina Diane Chang on 13 June 1985), known as Christina Chang, is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a defender for the Jamaica women's national team.
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Full name | Christina Chang de Oliveira | ||||||||||||
Birth name | Christina Diane Chang | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1985-06-13) 13 June 1985 (age 37)[1] | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender, forward[1][3] | ||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2003–2006 | Florida Atlantic Owls | 81 | (17) | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
Florida Sol | |||||||||||||
California Storm | |||||||||||||
North Bay Wave | |||||||||||||
Palm Beach United | |||||||||||||
2018 | FC Surge | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
2008– | Jamaica | 7+ | (2+) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Chang attended Florida Atlantic University.[2][4]
Chang played for several Women's Premier Soccer League teams, with FC Surge being the most recent.[5][6]
Chang represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers and more recently at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[7]
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 25 August 2018 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
2 | 11 October 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | ![]() | 6–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
Chang is of both Afro-Jamaican and Chinese Jamaican descent.[8] Her parents hail from Harbour View, Jamaica.[9] She was married with fellow FAU alumn Samuel Dzegede.[10][11] She has since remarried to Ícaro de Oliveira.[12]
Jamaica squad – 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship third place | ||
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