Christina_Chang_(footballer)
Christina Chang (footballer)
Jamaican footballer (born 1985)
Christina Chang de Oliveira (formerly Dzegede, born Christina Diane Chang; 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 38)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Miami, Florida, U.S.[2] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 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) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Jamaica | 7+ | (2+) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
International goals
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 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 2 | 11 October 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States |  Cuba | 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 to fellow FAU alumn Samuel Dzegede.[10][11] She has since been remarried but to Ícaro de Oliveira.[12] Her husband is of Brazilian heritage. [13]
- Christina Chang at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "Christina Chang - Women's Soccer". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "2005 Women's Soccer Roster". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "Carrie Terrill - Amazon S3" (PDF). p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- "Christina Chang". FC Surge. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "Christina Chang". Women's Premier Soccer League. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "U.S. Women Defeat Jamaica, 6-0, to Open Olympic Qualifying; Wambach Scores Twice at USA is Through to Semifinals". US Soccer. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "Christina Chang takes Reggae Girlz dream to new heights". Jamaica Observer. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- "Women's semi-pro soccer: North Bay Wave FC roster, schedule". Marin Independent Journal. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- "Samuel Dzegede - Men's Soccer". Florida Atlantic University Athletics.
- "Christina Chang and Icaro De Oliveira's Wedding Website". The Knot. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- "'Here to Stay!'". 30 July 2023.
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