Alia Guagni

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Alia Guagni
Alia Guagni, Italy vs Belgium women's, Ferrara 2018-04-10 100.jpg
Guagni in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Florence, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Como
Number 3
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2015 ACF Firenze 115 (47)
2013 → Pali Blues (loan)
2015–2020 Fiorentina 75 (19)
2020–2022 Atlético Madrid 18 (0)
2022–2024 AC Milan 41 (1)
2024–2025 Como 20 (0)
International career‡
2009–2022 Italy 74 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:18, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2019

Alia Guagni (born 1 October 1987) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. [1]

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During her career, Guagni won the Serie A Female Footballer of the Year twice (in 2017 [2] and 2018 [3] ) and was named in the AIC Best Women's XI twice (in 2019 [4] and 2020). She spent most of her career in Italy, apart from a spell in Spain with Atlético Madrid. Guagni also appeared for Italy at two major competitions, appearing at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

She previously played for ACF Firenze and Fiorentina.

Guagni scored her first career hattrick against Torino Women ASD on 19 January 2013. [5]

In summer 2013, Guagni joined Pali Blues on loan. [6]

On 8 July 2020, Guagni was announced at Atlético Madrid on a three year contract. [7]

On 3 January 2022, Guagni was announced at AC Milan on a one and a half year contract. [8]

On 12 August 2024, Guagni was announced at Como on a one year contract. [9]

On 6 May 2025, Guagni announced her retirement from football. [10] She played the last match of her career against Napoli on 11 May 2025, retiring as Como's captain. [11]

International career

In November 2016, Guagni was called up to the Italy squad for the Torneo Internazionale Manhaus 2016. [12]

Guagni was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. [13]

Guagni was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [14]

Guagni scored her last international goal against Georgia on 8 November 2019. [15]

After football

After retiring, Guagni and Como co-founded the Beyond project, which aims to support players who have retired in their life after football. [16]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 November 2019 Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–06–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Honours

ACF Firenze

Fiorentina

Atlético Madrid

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Squadra" (in Italian). Fiorentina Women's FC. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Buffon named best player". Football Italia. 27 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Gran Galà del calcio AIC 2018: Icardi il miglior giocatore 2017-2018. Tutti i premi" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Torino vs Fiorentina - 19 January 2013". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ↑ "THE OSA GROUP STARTS AGAIN FROM OSA FC". Archived from the original on 10 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Alia Guagni, nuevo refuerzo para la defensa rojiblanca" [Alia Guagni, a new reinforcement for the red and white defense]. www.atleticodemadrid.com (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: ALIA GUAGNI" [OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: ALIA GUAGNI]. www.acmilan.com (in Italian).
  9. ↑ "I primi tre colpi di mercato per il Como Women" [The first three transfer market moves for Como Women]. www.lfootball.it (in Italian).
  10. ↑ Cardinale, Miriana. "Alia Guagni saluta il calcio giocato in esclusiva a INDIVISA: 'È stato tutto molto bello. Spero di aver lasciato qualcosa alle nuove generazioni'" [Alia Guagni bids farewell to football played exclusively at INDIVISA: 'It was all very beautiful. I hope I left something to the new generations']. www.goal.com (in Italian).
  11. ↑ "Como Women's captain retires, spotlighting uncertain future for female footballers". www.nytimes.com.
  12. ↑ "Torneo in Brasile dal 7 dicembre. Bottaro: "Ringrazio le società per la collaborazione"" [Tournament in Brazil from December 7th. Bottaro: “I thank the clubs for their collaboration”] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ufficializzata la lista delle 23 Azzurre convocate per il Campionato Europeo". figc.it. 5 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Ecco le 23 convocate per il Mondiale: il 2 giugno la partenza per la Francia" [Here are the 23 convened for the World Cup: on 2 June the departure for France] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 24 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Italy vs Georgia - 8 November 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  16. ↑ "Una maglia che parla: l'addio di Alia Guagni diventa un appello per il futuro. F.C. Como Women e Guagni trasformano l'addio al calcio in un messaggio sulla vita delle atlete dopo la carriera sportiva" [A jersey that speaks: Alia Guagni's farewell becomes a plea for the future. FC Como Women and Guagni transform her farewell to football into a message about the life of athletes after their sporting careers]. comowomen.it (in Italian).
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