Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 28 November 1998||
Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | SV Neulengbach | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | LUV Graz Damen | 17 | (0) |
2016–2022 | SKN St. Pölten | 34 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Sassuolo | 20 | (0) |
2024– | AS Roma | ||
International career | |||
2013–2015 | Austria U-17 | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Austria U-19 | 3 | (0) |
2022– | Austria | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022 |
Isabella "Bella" Kresche (born 28 November 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club AS Roma, joining them in September 2024 from, US Sassuolo and the Austria women's national team, which she represents since 2022.
Kresche was born in Graz in 1998. She began learning about goalkeeping at Roland Goriupp's camps, and then at the National Center for Women's Football, where she learned from former goalkeeper Reinhard Dietl. [2]
After graduating from high school in 2017, she studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business [1] and graduated with a bachelor's degree.
Kresche came through the ranks at SV Neulengbach in her teens, and spent a season at LUV Graz Damen before making her name domestically at SKN St. Pölten, playing there for six years from 2016 to 2022, competing in the UEFA Women's Champions League each season there.
She was brought to Italy by Serie A Femminile club Sassuolo in 2022, [3] and made an instant impact, saving two penalties against Parma in a 1-0 away win in March 2023. [4] However, she saw her first season there finish early due to a shoulder injury. [5]
Kresche spent two seasons at Sassuolo, finishing sixth in 2023 and fourth in 2024, before moving the capital to join champions AS Roma in September 2024. [6]
Kresche was first called up to the senior Austrian national team in 2022, making her debut in a friendly match against Romania in February where the team won 6-1. [7] She was named in the squad for UEFA Euro 2022 by coach Irene Fuhrmann, as third goalkeeper behind Manuela Zinsberger and Jasmin Pal. [8] [9]
With Zinsberger as first-choice, Kresche was a non-playing substitute for all four games at the tournament as Austria went out in the quarter-finals to Germany. [10] [11] [12] [13]
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