Sara Penzo

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Sara Penzo
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Personal information
Full name Sara Penzo
Date of birth (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Chioggia, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Chioggia Sottomarina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
20062007 Gordige 17 (0)
20072008 Torres Calcio Femminile 19 (0)
20082011 Venezia 1984 63 (0)
20112012 FC Basel Frauen
20122013 ACF Brescia 30 (0)
20132017 UPC Tavagnacco
20172018 Lazio
20182019 Roma C.F.
International career
20102014 Italy 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Sara Penzo (born 16 December 1989) is an Italian former football goalkeeper who played for women's Serie A club UPC Tavagnacco and the Italy women's national football team. In 2012, she signed for Serie A club ACF Brescia, following a season in the Swiss Nationalliga A playing for the women's section of FC Basel. She was part of the Italian squad at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

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International career

After helping Italy win the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, conceding one goal in four games, she was named in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 as an understudy to Anna Maria Picarelli. [2]

Penzo made her senior debut for Italy in March 2010, in a 3–2 defeat by England at the 2010 Cyprus Cup. [3]

National coach Antonio Cabrini named Penzo in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. [4]

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References

  1. "Goalkeepers". Italian Football Federation . Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. "Sara Penzo". uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.