Serena Landa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Desio | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roma | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009-2018 | Real Meda | ||
| 2018-2019 | Roma C.F. | ||
| 2019-2020 | Roma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Roma | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → San Marino(loan) | 6 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Italy U19 | 5 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Serena Landa (born 29 March 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays as forward for the Italian club Roma[1]. She graduated to senior football from Roma's youth academy and has represented Italy at U-16, U-17 and U-19 level.
Club career
Landa began playing at eight years old with Real Meda, a Serie C football club based in Landa's native region of Monza-Brienza. Landa would remain with Real Meda for nine years and broke into Italy national youth teams during the same period[2]. Owing to her success in youth football at international level, Serie B club Roma C.F. decided to sign 17-year old forward Landa on a loan deal in 2018, with Landa commenting that the move "could open a lot of opportunities for her future"[2].
Landa was said to have "conquered everyone" with her play and goalscoring during her time with Roma C.F.[3], to the extent that Serie A club A.S. Roma used their links with Roma C.F. to take Landa on loan during the 2019-2020 season and field her in the A.S. Roma Primavera women's U-19 side for the Viareggio Women's Cup of 2020.
Landa would go on to score 4 goals for Roma Primavera and finish as the cup's topscorer, despite Roma Primavera losing the Viareggio cup final in a 3-2 loss to Juventus Primavera (in a game where Landa scored for Roma)[4]. By the end of the 2019-2020 season, Landa's prolific form at youth level convinced A.S. Roma to sign her permanently in the summer of 2020[5]. Landa then helped Roma Primavera to win the 2019-2020 Primavera women's league title in the 20 September 2020 victory over Juventus Primavera[6]. The game was re-scheduled as a one-off "winner takes all" final due to the suspension of league play during a global pandemic, with Roma Primavera winning the game 2-1 and going an entire league season undefeated.
During the 2020-2021 season, Landa made her first appearances at senior level with A.S. Roma during the club's Coppa Italia campaign. In February 2021, Landa agreed to move on a loan deal to Serie A club San Marino in order to continue getting game time at senior-level and try to help San Marino avoid relegation. Landa made her career Serie A debut on 7 February 2021 against A.C. Milan[7]. In the same month, Landa would score her first Serie A goal against Juventus[7]. In April 2021, Landa would suffer a major knee ligament injury during a league game against Hellas Verona. The injury put a premature end to Serena Landa's season and her loan spell with San Marino as the forward returned to parent club A.S. Roma to rehabilitate from injury.
- ^ "Serena Landa". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ a b "Colpo grosso della Roma cf: arriva la nazionale Serena Landa". www.gazzettaregionale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Serena Landa, la stellina pronta per la massima serie". app.tuttocalciofemminile.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "LANDA (ROMA) CAPOCANNONIERA DELLA WFC 2020 CON 4 GOL. BERTI (JUVE) MIGLIOR GIOCATRICE". archivio.viareggiocup.com. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Calciomercato | Ora è ufficiale: Serena Landa si trasferisce all'As Roma". Donne Nel Pallone (in Italian). 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Corelli and Petrara Goals Defeat Juventus as Roma Finish Undefeated Season as Primavera Champs". Chiesa Di Totti. 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Serena Landa (San Marino Academy) - Profilo Giocatore - FlashScore.it". www.flashscore.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-24.