Cristiana Girelli
Girelli with Juventus in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990
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 Apps (Gls)
2005–2013 Bardolino 66 (60)
2013–2018 Brescia 115 (98)
2018– Juventus 74 (61)
International career‡
2013– Italy 102 (53)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2023

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]

At Italy's first game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Girelli scored the only goal against Argentina.[6]

Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2013–09–26Bassano del Grappa Romania11–04
2014–05–08Skopje Macedonia311–0
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–09–18La Spezia Georgia26–17
2016–06–07Gori Georgia27–0
2016–09–16Lurgan Northern Ireland23–0
First Stage2017–07–25Doetinchem Sweden13–2
2019 FIFA World CupQualifiers2017–09–15La Spezia Moldova25–010
2017–10–24Castel di Sangro Romania23–0
2018–04–10Ferrara Belgium12–1
2018-06-08Florence Portugal13–0
2018-09-04Leuven Belgium11–2
First Stage2019-06-14Reims Jamaica35–0

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 September 2013Stadio Rino Mercante, Bassano del Grappa, Italy Romania1–01–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.7 March 2014GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Canada1–31–32014 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.8 May 2014Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia North Macedonia2–011–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.3–0
5.6–0
6.6 March 2015GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Scotland1–03–22015 Cyprus Women's Cup
7.3–0
8.18 September 2015Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy Georgia5–16–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
9.6–1
10.7 June 2016Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia Georgia6–07–0
11.7–0
12.16 September 2016Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–03–0
13.3–0
14.8 March 2017GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Czech Republic1–16–22017 Cyprus Women's Cup
15.2–1
16.25 July 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands Sweden3–23–2UEFA Women's Euro 2017
17.15 September 2017Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy Moldova3–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18.5–0
19.24 October 2017Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy Romania1–03–0
20.2–0
21.20 January 2018Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France France1–01–1Friendly
22.28 January 2018Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland3–03–02018 Cyprus Women's Cup
23.2 March 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Wales1–03–0
24.2–0
25.10 April 2018Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy Belgium2–12–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26.8 June 2018Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Portugal1–03–0
27.4 September 2018Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Belgium1–11–2
28.6 March 2019GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus North Korea1–03–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
29.29 May 2019Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy  Switzerland2–03–1Friendly
30.14 June 2019Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France Jamaica1–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup
31.2–0
32.3–0
33.29 August 2019Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–13–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
34.3 September 2019Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia1–01–0
35.4 October 2019Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta2–02–0
36.8 October 2019Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy Bosnia and Herzegovina1–02–0
37.8 November 2019Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy Georgia3–06–0
38.4 March 2020Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal Portugal2–12–12020 Algarve Cup
39.7 March 2020Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal New Zealand1–03–0
40.22 September 2020Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
41.3–0
42.4–0
43.24 February 2021Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Israel5–012–0
44.10 June 2021Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrera, Italy Netherlands1–01–0Friendly
45.17 September 2021Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy Moldova1–03–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
46.2–0
47.21 September 2021Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia Croatia4–05–0
48.22 October 2021Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy Croatia2–03–0
49.30 November 2021Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania Romania2–05–0
50.3–0
51.5–0
52.12 April 2022Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland  Switzerland1–01–0
53.24 July 2023Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Argentina1–01–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

Bardolino

Brescia

Juventus

Individual

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2011–12 squad Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine in Bardolino's website
  2. ↑ 2014–15 Serie A table in Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Italy - List of Women's Topscorers". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ↑ FIGC
  5. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  6. ↑ "Cristiana Girelli's goal gives Italy 1-0 win over Argentina at the Women's World Cup". Ap News. 26 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gran Galà del Calcio: The winners". Football Italia. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano". Sky Italia (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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