Melania Gabbiadini

Melania Gabbiadini
Personal information
Full nameMelania Gabbiadini
Date of birth28 August 1983
Place of birthCalcinate, Italy
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
AGSM Verona
Number8
Youth career
Bolgare
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2004Bergamo
2004–AGSM Verona
National team‡
2003–Italy86(30)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:17, 8 December 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Melania Gabbiadini (born 28 August 1983) is an Italian football forward who plays for AGSM Verona of Serie A.[2] She has won four Scudetti.[3] A fast winger or forward, Gabbiadini is an experienced member of the Italy women's national football team with over 85 caps. She is a veteran of Italy's 2005, 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship campaigns. Her younger brother Manolo Gabbiadini is also an Italian international footballer, currently playing for Napoli.

International career

Gabbiadini made her senior debut for Italy on 16 April 2003, in a 5–0 away friendly win over the Netherlands.[4] Included in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England,[5] she scored twice in a 5–3 defeat to Norway as Italy made a group stage exit.

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland, Gabbiadini played in all four games and scored in a 2–0 win over Russia as the Italians reached the quarter-finals.[6] Four years later, national coach Antonio Cabrini named Gabbiadini in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[7] After scoring goals against Denmark and hosts Sweden in the group stage, she played the entire match in the Italians' 1–0 quarter-final defeat to perennial champions Germany.

Personal life

As well as being a footballer, Gabbiadini is a tattoo designer.[8]

Her younger brother Manolo is also a forward, for S.S.C. Napoli, and has represented Italy's male national team.

References

  1. ↑ "Forwards". Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Soccerway
  3. ↑ ASD Bardolino
  4. ↑ "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Turner, Georgina (26 May 2005). "Italy An Azzurre masterclass". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Melania Gabbiadini". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Vernazza, Sebastiano (1 July 2012). "Frasi, smile e corone: gli azzurri campioni di tatuaggi Tutti marchi garantiti" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2013.