Sara Gama
.jpg) Gama in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Gama | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Trieste, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Tavagnacco | 52 | (4) |
| 2009–2012 | Chiasiellis | 50 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Pali Blues (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | ACF Brescia | 25 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Paris Saint-Germain | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | ACF Brescia | 39 | (3) |
| 2017– | Juventus | 46 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006– | Italy | 112 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:40, 16 January 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 | |||
Sara Gama (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Juventus of the Italian Serie A and the Italy women's national football team, for which she serves as captain. She 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]
Personal life
She is of mixed Italian (mother) and Congolese (father) descent.[10]
Honours
Club
- ACF Brescia
- Serie A Winner 2015–16
- Coppa Italia: Winner 2015–16
- Italian Women's Super Cup: Winner 2015, 2016
- Juventus FC
- Serie A Winner 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019-20
- Coppa Italia: Winner 2018–19
- Italian Women's Super Cup: Winner 2019
Individual
- AIC Best Women's XI: 2019[11]
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2019[12]
See also
References
- ^ Statistics in Football.it
- ^ 2011-12 squad in Chiasiellis' website
- ^ Statistics in Soccerway
- ^ 2010 squad Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine in Pali Blues' website
- ^ Profile in UEFA's website
- ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
- ^ 2008 U19WC MVP: Sara Gama. UEFA
- ^ "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Marco Pasonesi (November 5, 2013). "L'altra metà del calcio". gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Pirlo, Mazzone, Boniek in Hall of Fame". Football Italia. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
External links
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Italian women's footballers
- Italy women's international footballers
- Sportspeople from Trieste
- Pali Blues players
- Paris Saint-Germain Féminine players
- USL W-League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Italian footballers
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Women's association football defenders
- A.C.F. Brescia Calcio Femminile players
- UPC Tavagnacco players
- Italian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Juventus F.C. Women players
- Division 1 Féminine players
- A.S.D. Calcio Chiasiellis players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- FIFA Century Club
- Italian women's football biography stubs