Sara Gama

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Sara Gama
Gama with Brescia in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-27) 27 March 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Trieste, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Juventus
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Tavagnacco 52 (4)
2009–2012 Chiasiellis 50 (2)
2010Pali Blues (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2013 Brescia 25 (3)
2013–2015 Paris Saint-Germain 11 (0)
2015–2017 Brescia 39 (3)
2017– Juventus 76 (3)
International career
2006–2022 Italy 126 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Sara Gama (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back and captains the Serie A club Juventus FC, until 2023 also the Italy women's national team.

Club career[edit]

Gama 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[edit]

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]

Despite being captain, Gama was not called up to the Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the coach wanting to include more younger players.[10]

International goals[edit]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 September 2021 Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia  Croatia 1–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2. 26 October 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 4–0 5–0

Personal life[edit]

Gama's mother is Italian, while her father is Congolese.[11]

In 2017, she graduated in Languages at the Università degli Studi di Udine.[12] She speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish.[13]

In 2018, for the International Women's Day, Mattel presented the Sara Gama Barbie doll as part of the Barbie Sheroes doll line.[14]

Honours[edit]

Brescia

Juventus

Individual

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics in Football.it
  2. ^ 2011-12 squad in Chiasiellis' website
  3. ^ Statistics in Soccerway
  4. ^ 2010 squad Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine in Pali Blues' website
  5. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  6. ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
  7. ^ 2008 U19WC MVP: Sara Gama. UEFA
  8. ^ "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Italy captain Gama omitted from Women's World Cup squad". Reuters. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  11. ^ Marco Pasonesi (5 November 2013). "L'altra metà del calcio". gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Juventus, una laurea in difesa. Chiellini? No, Sara Gama". tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ^ Stefanini, Maurizio (9 June 2019). "Chi è Sara Gama, capitana della Nazionale". Lettera43 (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Barbie rende omaggio a Sara Gama - Juventus.com". 10 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Pirlo, Mazzone, Boniek in Hall of Fame". Football Italia. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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