Chiara Mele

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Chiara Mele
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Mantua, Italy
Position(s) Defender [1]
Team information
Current team
 Genoa [2]
Number 44
Youth career
2016–2020 Fortitudo Mozzecane
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2023 Fortitudo/Chievo 92 (1)
2023– Genoa 56 (0)
International career‡
2018 Italy U16 5 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U17 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 August 2025

Chiara Mele (born 23 January 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Genoa C.F.C. Women in the Italian Serie A.

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Career

Chiara Mele was born in Mantua and began to play as a full-back in the youth ranks of Fortitudo Mozzecane in 2016, a team that later changed its name to ChievoVerona, competing in Serie B throughout Mele's stay (from 2017 to 2023).

Chiara made exactly 100 appearances for ChievoVerona, scoring one goal (Fortitudo Mozzecane-Brixen 6-0, in December 2017, when she was only 15). [3]

In the summer of 2023, Genoa signed several players from ChievoVerona: alongside Mele, also Ferrato, Scuratti, and Tardini, in addition Massa returned from loan. [4]

In the 2024/2025 season, when both Genoa and Mele achieved their first historic promotion to Serie A, the full-back was named in the Serie B Team of the Season.

The following year, on August 22, 2025, Chiara Mele scored the first professional goal in Genoa's history, in a 1-2 defeat against Inter in the Serie A Women's Cup. [5]

International career

Chiara Mele has played for the Italian national team both at the Under-16 level, making 5 appearances in 2018, and at the Under-17 level, with 11 appearances between 2018 and 2019 (including 3 at the European Championship in May 2018, against Spain, Poland and Portugal). [6]

Achievements

She scored the first professional goal in Genoa's history (Genoa-Inter 1-2, 22 August 2025). [7]

Career statistics

As of 23 August 2025
SeasonTeamCompetitionDomestic CupEuropeanAltre coppeTotal
CompCapsGoalsCompCapsGoalsCompCapsGoalsCompCapsGoalsCapsGoals
2017-2018 Flag of Italy.svg Fortitudo/Chievo B191CI??------19+1
2018-2019B120CI10------130
2019-2020B80CI30------110
2020-2021B160CI00------160
2021-2022B140CI10------150
2022-2023B230CI30------260
Total Chievo9218+0----100+1
2023-2024 Flag of Italy.svg Genoa B280CI10------290
2024-2025B280CI10------290
2025-2026 A 00 CI 00---AWC1111
Total Genoa5602011591
Total career1482510+0--111592

Honours

Genoa

References

  1. ↑ "Chiara Mele". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Chiara Mele". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "La giovane Chiara Mele trova il suo primo gol". H&D Chievo Women (in Italian). 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. ↑ PianetaGenoa1893.net (2023-08-01). "UFFICIALE: Chiara Mele al Genoa Women, quinto arrivo dal Chievo". PianetaGenoa1893 (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Football, Redazione L. (2025-08-22). "Inter Women: 2-1 al Genoa in Serie A Women's Cup". L Football (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  6. ↑ FIGC (2023-05-26). "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  7. ↑ Football, Redazione L. (2025-08-22). "Inter Women: 2-1 al Genoa in Serie A Women's Cup". L Football (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  8. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
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