2021 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Catarina Albuquerque
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cardinal Wiseman RC School
- Hometown:
- London, England
Rice's All-Time Leader in Games Played - 94 Games (Tied with Mikala Furuto)
ATHLETIC HONORS
2024 Portugal Women's Under-23 Team
2022 Portugal Women’s Under-23 Team
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 AAC All-Academic Team
2024 CSC All-District
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023 Rice Honor Athlete
2023 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
SUPERLATIVES
AAC Defensive Player of the Week - 10-14-24
2024: Appeared in all 20 games, earning five starts...Finished the season with two goals and four assists for eight points...Scored game-winning goals in back-to-back matches against Temple and North Texas...Collected assists on the game-winning goal against Tulsa and on the game-winning goal in the AAC Quarterfinal against UAB...Had an assist on the final goal scored of the season against Memphis in the AAC Semifinal...Became Rice's all-time games played leader.
2023: Appeared in all 18 games, earning 16 starts...Had one goal and one assist for three points on six shots (four on goal)...Recorded her lone goal of the season against SMU...Played 1,372 minutes, with a full 90 minutes in 10 matches.
2022: Played in all 20 matches, making 19 starts … third on the team playing 1,601 total minutes … played all 90 minutes seven times … played at least 80 minutes 13 times … recorded eight shots and five shots on goal … had only assist on the year on the game-winning goal at Charlotte (10/16) … set or tied career-highs with four shots and three shots on goal against Loyola Maryland (8/15).
2021: Played and started in all 18 matches … has started all 36 matches in her career … played 1,542 minutes, including a career-best 104 against Texas (9/5) and at North Texas (10/28) … played 80 or more minutes 13 times … recorded only assist in the season opener against Sam Houston (8/19) … had a season-high three shots, including a career-high three shots on goal, in a 2-1 win against Texas State (9/2) … scored only goal of the year, which proved to be the game-winner, in the 80th minute against Louisiana Tech (9/24).
2020-2021: C-USA Academic Honor Roll; One of only five Owls, and the only freshman, to start all 18 games… Finished sixth on the team in minutes played (1,362), the most of the Owl freshmen… Played 80 or more minutes eight times and rarely came off the field during Rice’s NCAA Tournament run (all but two minutes of the team’s three most important matches)… Scored three goals in rookie season, including two in the game against crosstown foe Texas Southern (the first of which proved to be the game-winning goal)… Also notched the game-winning goal against C-USA foe UTEP to secure Rice’s West Division title… Contributed to Rice advancing in the C-USA Tournament by scoring a goal that does not go in the ledgers when she converted her shot attempt in the PK shootout of the semifinal vs. Southern Miss… Her goal in the shootout was the team’s fifth that night, clinching Rice’s trip to the C-USA Championship Final… Became the first Owl in ten years, and only the ninth in the 20-year history of the Rice Soccer program, to record an assist in her first collegiate game… Maintained a steady .500 shots-on-goal percentage.
Prior To Rice
International midfielder from London who played for Portugal since 2016… Earned five caps for the Portugal U-19 squad and 24 caps for U-17… Helped lead her team to a fourth place finish at the UEFA European U-17 Championship… Competes for Arsenal U-21 Academy, where she helped lead her U-16 team to the FA You Cup title… Dallas Cup Champions in 2016.
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| Major: Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology and Sport Management |
