Cristiana Girelli

Cristiana Girelli (born 23 April 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the Italy women's national team.

Cristiana Girelli
Girelli with Juventus in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthGavardo, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)Striker
Team information
Current team
Juventus
Number10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2013Bardolino66(60)
2013–2018Brescia115(98)
2018–Juventus74(61)
International career
2013–Italy102(53)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2023

Girelli joined Juventus in 2018, after five seasons with Brescia.[1] She was the second top scorer of the 2014–15 season with 27 goals,[2] the top scorer of the 2019–20 season with 16 goals,[3] and the top scorer of the 2020–21 season.[3]

International career

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She made her debut for the senior Italian national team in a March 2013 friendly against England,[4] and soon afterwards she was selected for the 2013 UEFA Euro's final tournament. She led the Italian scoring in the qualifiers for the 2017 UEFA Euro, where she scored a late winner against Olympic runner-up Sweden. She has also been an Under-19 international.[5]

In Italy's first game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Girelli scored the only goal against Argentina.[6]

Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2013–09–26Bassano del Grappa  Romania11–04
2014–05–08Skopje  Macedonia311–0
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–09–18La Spezia  Georgia26–17
2016–06–07Gori  Georgia27–0
2016–09–16Lurgan  Northern Ireland23–0
First Stage2017–07–25Doetinchem  Sweden13–2
2019 FIFA World CupQualifiers2017–09–15La Spezia  Moldova25–010
2017–10–24Castel di Sangro  Romania23–0
2018–04–10Ferrara  Belgium12–1
2018-06-08Florence  Portugal13–0
2018-09-04Leuven  Belgium11–2
First Stage2019-06-14Reims  Jamaica35–0

International goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 September 2013Stadio Rino Mercante, Bassano del Grappa, Italy  Romania1–01–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.7 March 2014GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Canada1–31–32014 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.8 May 2014Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia2–011–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.3–0
5.6–0
6.6 March 2015GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Scotland1–03–22015 Cyprus Women's Cup
7.3–0
8.18 September 2015Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy  Georgia5–16–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
9.6–1
10.7 June 2016Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia  Georgia6–07–0
11.7–0
12.16 September 2016Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland1–03–0
13.3–0
14.8 March 2017GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Czech Republic1–16–22017 Cyprus Women's Cup
15.2–1
16.25 July 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Sweden3–23–2UEFA Women's Euro 2017
17.15 September 2017Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy  Moldova3–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18.5–0
19.24 October 2017Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy  Romania1–03–0
20.2–0
21.20 January 2018Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  France1–01–1Friendly
22.28 January 2018Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland3–03–02018 Cyprus Women's Cup
23.2 March 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Wales1–03–0
24.2–0
25.10 April 2018Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy  Belgium2–12–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26.8 June 2018Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy  Portugal1–03–0
27.4 September 2018Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Belgium1–11–2
28.6 March 2019GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  North Korea1–03–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
29.29 May 2019Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy  Switzerland2–03–1Friendly
30.14 June 2019Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France  Jamaica1–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup
31.2–0
32.3–0
33.29 August 2019Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel1–13–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
34.3 September 2019Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia1–01–0
35.4 October 2019Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta2–02–0
36.8 October 2019Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy  Bosnia and Herzegovina1–02–0
37.8 November 2019Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy  Georgia3–06–0
38.4 March 2020Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal  Portugal2–12–12020 Algarve Cup
39.7 March 2020Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal  New Zealand1–03–0
40.22 September 2020Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
41.3–0
42.4–0
43.24 February 2021Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy  Israel5–012–0
44.10 June 2021Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrera, Italy  Netherlands1–01–0Friendly
45.17 September 2021Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy  Moldova1–03–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
46.2–0
47.21 September 2021Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia  Croatia4–05–0
48.22 October 2021Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy  Croatia2–03–0
49.30 November 2021Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania  Romania2–05–0
50.3–0
51.5–0
52.12 April 2022Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland  Switzerland1–01–0
53.24 July 2023Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand  Argentina1–01–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

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Bardolino

Brescia

Juventus

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2011–12 squad Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine in Bardolino's website
  2. ^ 2014–15 Serie A table in Soccerway
  3. ^ a b "Italy - List of Women's Topscorers". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ FIGC
  5. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  6. ^ "Cristiana Girelli's goal gives Italy 1-0 win over Argentina at the Women's World Cup". Ap News. 26 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Gran Galà del Calcio: The winners". Football Italia. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano". Sky Italia (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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