Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 April 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Gavardo, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2013 | Bardolino | 66 | (60) |
2013–2018 | Brescia | 115 | (98) |
2018– | Juventus | 74 | (61) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Italy | 102 | (53) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2023 |
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.
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]
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]
Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
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2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2013–09–26 | Bassano del Grappa | Romania | 1 | 1–0 | 4 |
2014–05–08 | Skopje | Macedonia | 3 | 11–0 | |||
2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–09–18 | La Spezia | Georgia | 2 | 6–1 | 7 |
2016–06–07 | Gori | Georgia | 2 | 7–0 | |||
2016–09–16 | Lurgan | Northern Ireland | 2 | 3–0 | |||
First Stage | 2017–07–25 | Doetinchem | Sweden | 1 | 3–2 | ||
2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2017–09–15 | La Spezia | Moldova | 2 | 5–0 | 10 |
2017–10–24 | Castel di Sangro | Romania | 2 | 3–0 | |||
2018–04–10 | Ferrara | Belgium | 1 | 2–1 | |||
2018-06-08 | Florence | Portugal | 1 | 3–0 | |||
2018-09-04 | Leuven | Belgium | 1 | 1–2 | |||
First Stage | 2019-06-14 | Reims | Jamaica | 3 | 5–0 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 September 2013 | Stadio Rino Mercante, Bassano del Grappa, Italy | Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2. | 7 March 2014 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Canada | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup |
3. | 8 May 2014 | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 2–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
4. | 3–0 | |||||
5. | 6–0 | |||||
6. | 6 March 2015 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Scotland | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup |
7. | 3–0 | |||||
8. | 18 September 2015 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Georgia | 5–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
9. | 6–1 | |||||
10. | 7 June 2016 | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia | Georgia | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
11. | 7–0 | |||||
12. | 16 September 2016 | Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
13. | 3–0 | |||||
14. | 8 March 2017 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |
15. | 2–1 | |||||
16. | 25 July 2017 | De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands | Sweden | 3–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
17. | 15 September 2017 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Moldova | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
18. | 5–0 | |||||
19. | 24 October 2017 | Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy | Romania | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
20. | 2–0 | |||||
21. | 20 January 2018 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | France | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
22. | 28 January 2018 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Switzerland | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup |
23. | 2 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Wales | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
24. | 2–0 | |||||
25. | 10 April 2018 | Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy | Belgium | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
26. | 8 June 2018 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Portugal | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
27. | 4 September 2018 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Belgium | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
28. | 6 March 2019 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | North Korea | 1–0 | 3–3 ( a.e.t. ) (6–7 p) | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
29. | 29 May 2019 | Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy | Switzerland | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
30. | 14 June 2019 | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France | Jamaica | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
31. | 2–0 | |||||
32. | 3–0 | |||||
33. | 29 August 2019 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Israel | 1–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
34. | 3 September 2019 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
35. | 4 October 2019 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Malta | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
36. | 8 October 2019 | Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
37. | 8 November 2019 | Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy | Georgia | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
38. | 4 March 2020 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Portugal | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
39. | 7 March 2020 | Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal | New Zealand | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
40. | 22 September 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
41. | 3–0 | |||||
42. | 4–0 | |||||
43. | 24 February 2021 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Israel | 5–0 | 12–0 | |
44. | 10 June 2021 | Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrera, Italy | Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
45. | 17 September 2021 | Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy | Moldova | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
46. | 2–0 | |||||
47. | 21 September 2021 | Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia | Croatia | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
48. | 22 October 2021 | Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy | Croatia | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
49. | 30 November 2021 | Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania | Romania | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
50. | 3–0 | |||||
51. | 5–0 | |||||
52. | 12 April 2022 | Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
53. | 24 July 2023 | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | Argentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
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