Sara Penzo

Sara Penzo
Personal information
Full nameSara Penzo
Date of birth16 December 1989
Place of birthChioggia, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
UPC Tavagnacco
Number1
Youth career
Chioggia Sottomarina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2007Gordige17(0)
2007–2008Torres Calcio Femminile19(0)
2008–2011Venezia 198463(0)
2011–2012FC Basel Frauen
2012–2013ACF Brescia30(0)
2013–UPC Tavagnacco10(0)
National team‡
2010–Italy7(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 7 December 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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

  1. ↑ "Goalkeepers". Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sara Penzo". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

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