Erika de Souza

Erika de Souza
Érika de Souza (2013)
Information about the player
Full name	Erika Cristina de Souza
birthday	March 3, 1982
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
size	196 cm
position	Forward / Center
Jersey number	14th
Clubs as active
2002-2003	MiZo Pécs 2010
2003-2006	University of FC Barcelona
2006-2010	Ros Casares Valencia
2010–2012	CB Avenida
2015-2016	Adana Aski
WNBA clubs as active
2002	Los Angeles Sparks
2007	Connecticut Sun
2008-2015	Atlanta Dream
2015–	Chicago Sky
1 As of August 5, 2016

Érika de Souza medal table
Basketball (women)
Brazil
American Championship
gold	2003 Culiacan
silver	2005 Hato Mayor
gold	2011 Neiva
Pan American Games
bronze	2011 Guadalajara

Érika Cristina de Souza (born March 3, 1982 in Brazil ) is a professional basketball player. After many years with the Atlanta Dream , she joined the Chicago Sky within the Women's National Basketball Association in 2015 .

Career

Women's National Basketball Association

Érika de Souza was never selected in a WNBA draft , but was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002 . In the 2002 season, she played eleven games for the Sparks, who won the WNBA title that season. After a hiatus, she returned to the WNBA in 2007 and played for the Connecticut Sun in the 2007 season . On February 6, 2008, she was selected by the Atlanta Dream in the Expansion Draft . So she has been playing for Dream since the 2008 season . With this team she was active until 2015 and was in the starting line-up in almost all games. During this time, the team from Atlanta reached the WNBA finals three times, but failed there each time. During the 2015 season, she then moved to the Chicago Sky .

Europe

After the 2002 season she left the WNBA and played for the UB-Barça in the Spanish women's basketball league. In the 2005/06 season she was named MVP of the league. Since 2007 she has played regularly both in Europe and in the WNBA

National team

Érika de Souza played at the 2004 Olympic Games for the first time in an international tournament for the Brazilian women's basketball team . In fourth place, the team narrowly missed the medals. Also in 2012 in London she was Olympic active in basketball. In four world championships from 2002 to 2014, fourth place in 2006 was the best team result. In the continental competitions she was more successful with the national team. In 2006 the South America title and in 2011 even the Pan America title was won.

Web links

• Erika de Souza - profile on the website of the WNBA ( English )
• Erika de Souza - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• Érika de Souza - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)
• FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments