Cristiana Girelli

Cristiana Girelli
	File:Cristiana Girelli 2017.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth	23 April 1990 (age 34)
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
2005–2013	Bardolino
2013–2018	ACF Brescia Femminile
2018–	Juventus
International career‡
2013–	Italy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2021

Cristiana Girelli (born 23 April 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.

Girelli joined Juventus in 2018, after five seasons with ACF Brescia Femminile.^[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]

International career

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]

Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions
Competition	Stage	Date	Location	Opponent	Goals	Result	Overall
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2013–09–26	Bassano del Grappa	Romania	1	1–0	4
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2014–05–08	Skopje	Macedonia	3	11–0	4
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