Sara Gama

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Sara Gama
Sara Gama, DF Brescia Calcio Femminile 08 2016 (cropped).jpg
Gama with Brescia in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-27) 27 March 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Trieste, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 3
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Tavagnacco 52 (4)
2009–2012 Chiasiellis 50 (2)
2010 → Pali Blues (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2013 Brescia 25 (3)
2013–2015 Paris Saint-Germain 11 (0)
2015–2017 Brescia 39 (3)
2017– Juventus 76 (3)
International career‡
2006–2022 Italy 126 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Sara Gama (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back and captains the Serie A club Juventus FC, until 2023 also the Italy women's national team.

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Club career

Gama has also played for PSG of Division 1 Féminine, UPC Tavagnacco [1] and Calcio Chiasiellis of Serie A, [2] [3] as well as American W-League team Pali Blues. [4]

International career

She is a member of the Italian national team, [5] and took part in the 2009 European Championship. [6] As an Under-19 international she won the 2008 U-19 European Championship serving as the team's captain, and was named the tournament's MVP. [7]

Gama made her senior debut for the Italy women's national football team in June 2006, in a 2–1 defeat by Ukraine in qualifying for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. [8]

National coach Antonio Cabrini named Gama in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. [9]

Despite being captain, Gama was not called up to the Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the coach wanting to include more younger players. [10]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 September 2021 Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1–05–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.26 October 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4–05–0

Personal life

Gama's mother is Italian, while her father is Congolese. [11]

In 2017, she graduated in Languages at the Università degli Studi di Udine. [12] She speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish. [13]

In 2018, for the International Women's Day, Mattel presented the Sara Gama Barbie doll as part of the Barbie Sheroes doll line. [14]

Honours

Brescia

Juventus

Individual

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Statistics in Football.it
  2. ↑ 2011-12 squad in Chiasiellis' website
  3. ↑ Statistics in Soccerway
  4. ↑ 2010 squad Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine in Pali Blues' website
  5. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  6. ↑ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
  7. ↑ 2008 U19WC MVP: Sara Gama. UEFA
  8. ↑ "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Italy captain Gama omitted from Women's World Cup squad". Reuters. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Marco Pasonesi (5 November 2013). "L'altra metà del calcio". gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Juventus, una laurea in difesa. Chiellini? No, Sara Gama". tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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