Cecilia Salvai

Cecilia Salvai

Salvai playing the Quarter final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013
Personal information
Full name	Cecilia Salvai
Date of birth	(1993-12-02) 2 December 1993
Place of birth	Pinerolo, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	ACF Brescia
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Canavese	4	(1)
2009–2012	Torino	60	(4)
2012–2013	Lugano	?	(?)
2013–2016	Verona	54	(5)
2016–	ACF Brescia	4	(0)
National team
2010–2012	Italy U-19	9	(1)
2012	Italy U-20	3	(0)
2013–	Italy	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 November 2016.

Cecilia Salvai (born 2 December 1993^[1] in Pinerolo) is an Italian football defender currently playing for ACF Brescia Femminile in Serie A. As a junior international she played the 2011 U-19 European Championship.^[2]

Club career

Salvai started her professional career with Canavese in 2008, and after a single season she moves to Torino, where she developed to become a regular for the Turinese club. The team's website describes her as "without doubt, the player with most appeal in Torino's roster."^[3] She plays primarily as a left-back, but she can move to become a centre-back when needed. Before the start of the 2012-13 season, she moved to Swiss club Rapid Lugano, and left at the end of the season to return to Italy, as she signed with Veronese club Bardolino Verona.^[4] On 11 July 2016, ahead of the 2016–17 season, she joined ACF Brescia Femminile.^[5]

International career

Under-19

During the 2011 Championship Salvai was named on the starting XI of the opening group stage match against Russia.^[6] She did no play in the second group stage match against Switzerland,^[7] but she scored the equalizer against Belgium in an eventual 3-1 win for the azzurre.^[8] Italy reached the semi-finals unbeaten, but eventually lost 2-3 to Norway.^[9]

She was also called for the first qualifying round for the 2012 Championship, and she started all three matches^[10][11][12] as Italy advanced to the second qualifying round, where, again, she was a regular and started all three matches.^[13][14][15] Italy, however, finished second in its group and last amongst the runners-up, and therefore did not advance to the final tournament.

Under-20

Salvai was called by Italy's U-20 coach Corrado Corradini to take part in the 2012 World Cup, where she was a starter in all three group stage matches. As Italy finished last in Group B, they did not play any other match.

Senior

Salvai made her début for the senior team on the 19th of September, 2012, as Italy faced Greece in the final qualification match before UEFA Women's Euro 2013.^[16] She started the first two group stage matches against Finland and Denmark but did not play against Sweden, as Italy advanced to the quarter-finals.

References

External links

• Profile on the UEFA website
• Profile on womensoccerway.com

Italy squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013
1 Penzo 2 Gama 3 D'Adda 4 Tuttino 5 Di Criscio 6 Neboli 7 Domenichetti 8 Gabbiadini 9 Panico 10 Girelli 11 Parisi 12 Marchitelli 13 Camporese 14 Iannella 15 Mauro 16 Bartoli 17 Rosucci 18 Stracchi 19 Brumana 20 Manieri 21 Motta 22 Schroffenegger 23 Salvai Coach: Cabrini