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Cristiana Girelli

Cristiana Girelli (born 23 April 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), on loan from Serie A club Juventus, and the Italy national team.

Cristiana Girelli
Girelli with Italy in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth Gavardo, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bay FC (on loan from Juventus)
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2013 Bardolino 66 (60)
2013–2018 Brescia 115 (98)
2018– Juventus 155 (107)
2026– → Bay FC (loan) 3 (0)
International career‡
2013– Italy 130 (62)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 April 2026

Club career

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Girelli with Bay FC in 2026

Girelli joined Juventus in 2018, after five seasons with Brescia.[1] She is the top scorer of the Serie A 2019–20 season,[2] 2020–21 season[2] and the 2024–25 season.[2]

On 27 February 2026, NWSL club Bay FC announced that they had acquired Girelli on a loan deal through August 2026.[3]

International career

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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]

Girelli was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6]

Girelli was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

On 26 June 2022, Girelli was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[8]

On 2 July 2023, Girelli was called up to the 23-player Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9] In Italy's first game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Girelli scored the only goal against Argentina.[10]

On 25 June 2025, Girelli was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[11]

International goals

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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, Macedonia Macedonia2–011–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.3–0
5.6–0
6.17 May 2014Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Bahrain4–06–0Friendly
7.6 March 2015GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Scotland1–03–22015 Cyprus Women's Cup
8.3–0
9.18 September 2015Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy Georgia5–16–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
10.6–1
11.7 June 2016Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia Georgia6–07–0
12.7–0
13.16 September 2016Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–03–0
14.3–0
15.8 March 2017GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Czech Republic1–16–22017 Cyprus Women's Cup
16.2–1
17.25 July 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands Sweden3–23–2UEFA Women's Euro 2017
18.15 September 2017Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy Moldova3–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.5–0
20.24 October 2017Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy Romania1–03–0
21.2–0
22.20 January 2018Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France France1–01–1Friendly
23.28 January 2018Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Switzerland3–03–02018 Cyprus Women's Cup
24.2 March 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Wales1–03–0
25.2–0
26.10 April 2018Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy Belgium2–12–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27.8 June 2018Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Portugal1–03–0
28.4 September 2018Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Belgium1–11–2
29.6 March 2019GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus North Korea1–03–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
30.29 May 2019Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy Switzerland2–03–1Friendly
31.14 June 2019Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France Jamaica1–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup
32.2–0
33.3–0
34.29 August 2019Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–13–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
35.3 September 2019Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia1–01–0
36.4 October 2019Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta2–02–0
37.8 October 2019Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy Bosnia and Herzegovina1–02–0
38.8 November 2019Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy Georgia3–06–0
39.4 March 2020Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal Portugal2–12–12020 Algarve Cup
40.7 March 2020Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal New Zealand1–03–0
41.22 September 2020Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
42.3–0
43.4–0
44.24 February 2021Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Israel5–012–0
45.10 June 2021Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrera, Italy Netherlands1–01–0Friendly
46.17 September 2021Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy Moldova1–03–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
47.2–0
48.21 September 2021Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia Croatia4–05–0
49.22 October 2021Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy Croatia2–03–0
50.30 November 2021Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania Romania2–05–0
51.3–0
52.5–0
53.12 April 2022Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland Switzerland1–01–0
54.24 July 2023Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Argentina1–01–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup
55.25 October 2024Stadio Tre Fontane, Rome, Italy Malta1–05–0Friendly
56.8 April 2025MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark Denmark3–03–02025 UEFA Women's Nations League
57.3 June 2025Swansea Stadium, Swansea, Wales Wales2–04–1
58.4–0
59.7 July 2025Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Portugal1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2025
60.16 July 2025Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Norway1–02–1
61.2–1
62.14 April 2026Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac, Serbia Serbia1–06–02027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

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Bardolino

Brescia

Juventus

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 2011–12 squad Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine at Bardolino's website
  2. 1 2 3 "Italy – List of Women's Topscorers". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bay FC Acquires Forward Cristiana Girelli on Loan From Italian Side Juventus". Bay FC. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  4. ↑ FIGC
  5. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  6. ↑ "Ufficializzata la lista delle 23 Azzurre convocate per il Campionato Europeo". figc.it. 5 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Confirmed the 23 players for Euro 2022". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 26 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Cristiana Girelli's goal gives Italy 1–0 win over Argentina at the Women's World Cup". Ap News. 26 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Clancy, Conor (25 June 2025). "Confirmed: Italy's 23-player Women's Euro 2025 squad announced". Total Italian Football.
  12. ↑ "Late winner secures Bianconere glory in the Serie A Women's Cup". Juventus FC. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Simón, Juan Antonio (25 November 2019), "VAR Experiments in the Italian Serie A League", The Use of Video Technologies in Refereeing Football and Other Sports, Routledge, pp. 246–263, ISBN 978-0-429-45555-1, retrieved 8 August 2025
  14. ↑ "Glossary". Football Italia: 213–214. 2015. doi:10.5040/9781472519221.0015.
  15. ↑ "The Political Economy of Italian Football". Football Italia: 45–66. 2015. doi:10.5040/9781472519221.0008.
  16. ↑ Fonda, Alessandro (2025), "Serie numeriche e serie di funzioni", Una moderna introduzione all'Analisi Matematica, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 193–220, ISBN 978-3-031-75038-0, retrieved 8 August 2025
  17. ↑ "'Year Zero'". Football Italia: 197–21. 2015. doi:10.5040/9781472519221.0014.
  18. ↑ "Gran Galà del Calcio: The winners". Football Italia. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  19. ↑ "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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