Carolina Morace

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Carolina Morace
Personal information
Full name	Carolina Morace
Date of birth	(1964-02-05) 5 February 1964
Place of birth	Venezia, Italy
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1978–1979	Belluno
1979–1982	Bardolino
1982–1984	Lazio		(27)
1985–1987	Trani
1987–1989	Lazio		(66)
1989–1991	Reggiana	52	(67)
1991–1993	Milan	55	(64)
1993–1994	Torres	30	(33)
1994–1995	Agliana	24	(31)
1995–1996	Verona	20	(39)
1996–1998	Modena	54	(88)
National team
1978–1997	Italy	150	(105)
Teams managed
1998–1999	Lazio
1999	Viterbese (M)
2000–2005	Italy
2009–2011	Canada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Carolina Morace (Italian pronunciation: [karoˈlina moˈratʃe]; born 5 February 1964) is a retired Italian football player. She played for the Italian women's national team and for various clubs in women's Serie A. She was the top scorer in Serie A in the 1984–85 season, and for 11 consecutive years from 1987–1988 to 1997–1998.

After retiring as a player, she began a managing career with Lazio. She then managed the Italian women's national team from 2000 to 2005, and the Canadian national women's team from 2009 to 2011.

Playing career

International

Born in Venice, Morace debuted for the Italian women's national team in 1978, against Yugoslavia, at the age of 14.^[1] During her career, she made 153 appearances for Italy, scoring 105 goals. While playing in the Italian national women's league, she scored more than 550 goals.^[1] She took part in six European Championships as well as the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991, where she scored four goals,^[2] including a hat-trick in the 5–0 win against Chinese Taipei.^[3]

As a curtain-raiser to the 1990 FA Charity Shield, Italy played the England women's national football team at Wembley Stadium. Morace scored all four goals in England's 4–1 defeat and featured on the front page of the following day's La Gazzetta dello Sport.^[4]

Coaching career

Morace is probably best known in Italy for having been the only woman to coach a professional men's football team, Viterbese of Italian Serie C1, a post she took in June 1999.^[1] She eventually resigned from her position after only two matches, because of heavy media pressures.

Until June 2005, she was head coach for Italy's national women's team. In February 2009 she was announced as the new head coach of the Canadian national women's team.^[5] Under her guidance, Canada won the 2010 CONCACAF Women's championship and earned a last place finishing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She formally announced her resignation as the coach of the Canadian national women's team on Friday 22 July 2011.

Personal life

Morace gained a law degree in 1996 and practised at a legal studio in Rome.^[1]^[6] She also works as football pundit for Italian television channel La7.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frances Kennedy (199—06-28). "Letter from Rome:Morace takes on the men". The Independent. Retrieved 5 November 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Italy:Carolina Morace". FIFA. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
↑ "Chinese Taipei – Italy 0:5". FIFA. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
↑ Tiziana Bottazzo (19 August 1990). "Carolina Morace, quattro gol per far girare la testa a Wembley". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
↑ "Italian star taking over Canadian women's soccer team: reports". CBC.ca. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
↑ "Carolina Morace interview". Free Kick. Retrieved 5 November 2009.

External links

Unofficial fans' website (Italian)

v t e Italy squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Antonini 2 Bonato 3 Cordenons 4 Mariotti 5 Salmaso 6 Furlotti 7 Fiorini 8 D'Astolfo 9 Morace 10 Ferraguzzi 11 Marsiletti 12 Brenzan 13 Iozzelli 14 Bavagnoli 15 Mega 16 Correra 17 Pedersoli 18 Guarino Coach: Guenza

v t e Italy squad – 2001 Women's European Championship

1 Brenzan 2 Caprini 3 Tavalazzi 4 Perelli 5 Masia 6 Frollani 7 Deiana 8 Pellizzer 9 Panico 10 Zorri 11 Guarino e Parejo 12 Comin 13 Tesse 14 D'Astolfo 15 Duo 16 Maglio 17 Tagliacarne 18 Marsico 19 Ceroni 20 Brunozzi Coach: Morace

v t e Italy squad – 2005 Women's European Championship

1 Brunozzi 2 Domenichetti 3 Zorri 4 Di Filippo 5 Tona 6 Perelli 7 Gazzoli 8 Deiana 9 Panico 10 Camporese 11 Pasqui 12 Cupido 13 Masia 14 Lanzieri 15 Schiavi 16 Ficarelli 17 Gabbiadini 18 Conti 19 Boni 20 Marchitelli Coach: Morace

v t e Canada squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 LeBlanc 2 Zurrer 3 Parker 4 Moscato 5 Gayle 6 Kyle 7 Wilkinson 8 Matheson 9 Chapman 10 Robinson 11 Scott 12 Sinclair 13 Schmidt 14 Tancredi 15 Julien 16 Filigno 17 Timko 18 McLeod 19 Stewart 20 Nault 21 Labbé Coach: Morace

Persondata
Name	Morace, Carolina
Alternative names
Short description	Association football player
Date of birth	1964-02-05
Place of birth	Venezia, Italy
Date of death
Place of death

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