Raffaella Manieri

Raffaella Manieri
Personal information
Full name	Raffaella Manieri
Date of birth	26 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Pesaro, Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	A.C Milan Women
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	ACF Torino
2007–2008	ASD Bardolino
2008–2013	Torres CF
2013–2016	Bayern Munich
2013–2016	Bayern Munich II
2016–2018	ACF Brescia
International career‡
2007–	Italy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2016

Raffaella Manieri (born 26 November 1986) is an Italian football defender, currently playing for A.C. Milan Women in the Italian Serie A. She previously played for ACF Brescia Femminile, Torres CF, ACF Torino and ASD Bardolino in Italy's Serie A and Bayern Munich in Germany.^[1]

Career

She is a member of the Italian national team. As an Under-19 international she scored against Nigeria in the 2004 U-19 World Championship, earning Italy its only point in the competition.^[2] In July 2007 she played her first match for the senior team against Mexico. She was included in the call-up for the 2009 European Championship as a reserve^[3] and subsequently consolidated herself in the team throughout the 2011 World Cup qualifying.^[4]

Manieri's transfer to Bayern Munich was announced in August 2013.^[5]

Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions
Competition	Stage	Date	Location	Opponent	Goals	Result	Overall
2013 UEFA Euro	Qualifiers	2012–06–16	Turin	North Macedonia	2	9–0	2
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2014–02–13	Novara	Czech Republic	1	6–1	4
		2014–05–08	Skopje	North Macedonia	1	11–0
		2014–06–14	Prague	Czech Republic	1	4–0
		2014–09–13	Vercelli	Estonia	1	4–0
2017 UEFA Euro	Qualifiers	2015–09–18	La Spezia	Georgia	1	6–1	3
		2015–10–27	Chomutov	Czech Republic	1	3–0
		2016–06–07	Gori	Georgia	1	7–0

^ Profile in Torres' website
^ Statistics of the match in FIFA.com
^ Profile Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today in UEFA 2009 Euro webpage
^ Statistics in UEFA.com
^ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Raffaella Manieri". fcbayern-frauenfussball.de (in German). 26 August 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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