Valentina Cernoia (born 22 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Italy women's national football team, which she represents since 2013.
.jpg) Cernoia with Brescia in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Manerbio, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Milan | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Manerbio Virtus | |||
| 2008–2017 | Brescia | 180 | (30) |
| 2017–2023 | Juventus | 95 | (24) |
| 2023– | AC Milan | 34 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Italy U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Italy U-19 | 13 | (4) |
| 2013– | Italy | 68 | (13) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:04, 26 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 July 2023 | |||
Career
editCernoia first played in the Serie A with ACF Brescia in the 2009–10 season following the team's promotion. In the 2013–14 season she played the UEFA Champions League for the first time and made her debut in the Italian national team in the 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the summer of 2017 she played her first final tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and moved to the newly founded Juventus FC women's team after nearly a decade in Brescia.
International career
editCernoia was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[2]
Cernoia was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]
On 26 June 2022, Cernoia was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[4]
On 2 July 2023, Cernoia was called up to the 23-player Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5]
| Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–09–13 | Vercelli |  Estonia | 1 | 4–0 | 2 |
| 2014–09–17 | Vercelli |  North Macedonia | 1 | 15–0 | |||
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–09–18 | La Spezia |  Georgia | 1 | 6–1 | 1 |
Honours
editBrescia
- Serie A: 2013–14, 2015–16
- Coppa Italia: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Italian Women's Super Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Juventus
- Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Coppa Italia: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22
Individual
- AIC Best Women's XI: 2019[6]
Career statistics
edit| COMPETITION | SEASON | FOOTBALL CLUB | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro Women | 2021 | Italy W | 809 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champions League Women | 2020/2021 | Juventus W | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coppa Italia Women | 2020/2021 | Juventus W | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serie A Women | 2020/2021 | Juventus W | 1009 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Algarve Cup Women | 2020 | Italy W | 159 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champions League Women | 2019/2020 | Juventus W | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Coppa Italia Women | 2019/2020 | Juventus W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serie A Women | 2019/2020 | Juventus W | 1178 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Friendly International Women | 2019 | Italy W | 377 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Tournament (Cyprus) Women | 2019 | Italy W | 265 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| World Cup Women | 2019 | Italy W | 450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Champions League Women | 2018/2019 | Juventus W | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serie A Women | 2018/2019 | Juventus W | 1470 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Friendly International Women | 2018 | Italy W | 152 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 September 2014 | Vercelli, Italy | Estonia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 17 September 2014 | North Macedonia | 11–0 | 15–0 | ||
| 3. | 25 October 2014 | Rieti, Italy |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |
| 4. | 11 March 2015 | Larnaca, Cyprus |  Mexico | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 5. | 18 September 2015 | La Spezia, Italy | Georgia | 1–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 6. | 6 March 2019 | Larnaca, Cyprus |  North Korea | 3–3 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 7. | 5 April 2019 | Lublin, Poland |  Poland | 1–? | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 8. | 12 November 2019 | Castel di Sangro, Italy |  Malta | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 9. | 2–0 | |||||
| 10. | 21 September 2021 | Karlovac, Croatia |  Croatia | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 22 October 2021 | Castel di Sangro, Italy | Croatia | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 12. | 26 October 2021 | Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 13. | 8 April 2022 | Parma, Italy | Lithuania | 4–0 | 7–0 | |
References
edit- ↑ "VALENTINA CERNOIA JOINS AC MILAN". ACMilan.com. 8 July 2023.
- ↑ "Ufficializzata la lista delle 23 Azzurre convocate per il Campionato Europeo". figc.it. 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Ecco le 23 convocate per il Mondiale: il 2 giugno la partenza per la Francia" [Here are the 23 convened for the World Cup: on 2 June the departure for France] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 24 May 2019.
- ↑ "Confirmed the 23 players for Euro 2022". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 26 June 2022.
- ↑ "Ufficializzata la lista delle 25 Azzurre in partenza per la Nuova Zelanda" [The list of 25 players leaving for New Zealand has been made official] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
External links
edit
- Valentina Cernoia at Soccerway
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