Ivana Andrés

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.

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.

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.

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.

Youth
As an under-17 international, Ivana Andrés took part in the 2010 U-17 World Cup and achieved third place. 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. 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, the same year she was called up to the final squad for the 2015 World Cup, 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. At the 2019 World Cup she was again part of the squad but was not used during the tournament.

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.

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