Sara Penzo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sara Penzo | ||
Date of birth | 16 December 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Chioggia, Italy | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | UPC Tavagnacco | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Chioggia Sottomarina | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Gordige | 17 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Torres Calcio Femminile | 19 | (0) |
2008–2011 | Venezia 1984 | 63 | (0) |
2011–2012 | FC Basel Frauen | ||
2012–2013 | ACF Brescia | 30 | (0) |
2013– | UPC Tavagnacco | 31 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010– | Italy | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 1 July 2013 (UTC) |
Sara Penzo (born 16 December 1989) is an Italian football goalkeeper who plays for women's Serie A club UPC Tavagnacco and the Italy women's national football team. In 2012, she signed for Serie A club ACF Brescia, following a season in the Swiss Nationalliga A playing for the women's section of FC Basel. She was part of the Italian squad at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.
International career[]
After helping Italy win the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, conceding one goal in four games, she was named in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 as an understudy to Anna Maria Picarelli.[2]
Penzo made her senior debut for Italy in March 2010, in a 3–2 defeat by England at the 2010 Cyprus Cup.[3]
National coach Antonio Cabrini named Penzo in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Goalkeepers". Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Sara Penzo". uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Sara Penzo UEFA profile
- Sara Penzo FC Basel profile
- Sara Penzo at Football.it (in Italian)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
- Italian women's footballers
- Italy women's international footballers
- People from Chioggia
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Torres Calcio Femminile players
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Italian footballers
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- U.P.C. Tavagnacco players
- Italian women's football biography stubs