Lydia Andrade

Lydia Andrade
Personal information
Full name Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade
Date of birth (1999-02-20) 20 February 1999 (age 27)
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Köln
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2014 FC Haag
2014–2015 FC St. Gallen
2015 FC Haag
2015–2016 FC St. Gallen
2016–2019 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 FC Zürich 46 (16)
2022–2023 SV Meppen 22 (1)
2023–2025 RB Leipzig 37 (5)
2025– 1. FC Köln 23 (5)
International career‡
2024- Switzerland 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:12, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Lydia Nunes Martins Andrade (born 20 February 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and the Switzerland national team.

Career

Having played for FC Zürich throughout her youth, Andrade made her senior team debut for the teams under-21s in October 2017. She progressed to the senior team in 2019 and remained with the team until 2022, winning a league and cup double in her final season. In the summer of 2022, Andrade signed for newly-promoted Bundesliga side SV Meppen. After finishing eleventh and being relegated on the final matchday, the Swiss player moved to RB Leipzig, penning a two-year contract. She scored her first two goals for Leipzig in a second-round DFB-Pokal tie against Gütersloh, before marking her first league goal in a 1-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2025, she signed a two-year contract at fellow Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Zürich 2019–20 Swiss Super League 13 1 2 1 2 0 — 17 2
2020–21 Swiss Super League 21 10 4 1 2 0 — 27 11
2021–22 Swiss Super League 12 5 4 1 2 0 5 2 23 8
Total 46 16 10 3 6 0 5 2 67 21
SV Meppen 2022–23 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 1 2 0 — — 24 1
RB Leipzig 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 4 2 2 — — 24 6
2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga 15 1 1 0 — — 16 1
Total 37 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 40 7
1. FC Köln 2025–26 Frauen-Bundesliga 15 4 1 1 — — 16 5
2026–27 Frauen-Bundesliga 8 1 0 0 — — 8 1
Total 235110000246
Career total 108 26 15 6 6 0 5 2 155 35

International

As of match played 9 October 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland
202450
202500
202620
Total70

References

  1. ↑ "Lydia Andrade". rbleipzig.com.
  2. 1 2 "Internationale Fussball-News - Augsburg schasst Thorup und Jurendic – Andrade nach Köln". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 23 May 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Der FC Zürich Frauen gewinnt das AXA Women's Cup Final 2022". football.ch. 30 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "AWSL: FC Zürich gewinnt Playoff-Final im Penaltyschiessen". awsl.ch. 6 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Pollmann, Wiebke (19 July 2022). "Lydia Andrade wechselt vom FC Zürich zum SV Meppen". Ems Vechte Welle (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Frauen-Bundesliga: FC Bayern feiert Meisterschaft, SV Meppen steigt ab". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  7. ↑ dpa (16 May 2023). "Neuzugang: Aufsteiger RB Leipzig holt Stürmerin Andrade aus Meppen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Spieltag". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 27 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Eintracht-Frauen mühen sich zum ersten Sieg". www.fr.de (in German). 8 October 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Lydia Andrade". football.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 9 October 2026.