Alice Tortelli

{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1998)}}

{{EngvarB|date=September 2022}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alice Tortelli

| fullname =

| image = Alice Tortelli Fiorentina Women's FC vs UPC Tavagnacco 2018-06-16 01.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|22}}{{Soccerway|id=323209|accessdate=2 February 2021}}

| birth_place = Florence, Italy

| height =

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Fiorentina

| clubnumber = 5

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2013–2015

| clubs1 = Firenze

| caps1 = 38

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2015–

| clubs2 = Fiorentina

| caps2 = 127

| goals2 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2014

| nationalyears2 = 2015–2017

| nationalyears3 = 2018

| nationalyears4 = 2020–

| nationalteam1 = Italy U17

| nationalteam2 = Italy U19

| nationalteam3 = Italy U23

| nationalteam4 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalcaps2 = 13

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalcaps4 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| pcupdate = 28 August 2022

| ntupdate = 09:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

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Alice Tortelli (born 22 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club ACF Fiorentina and the Italy women's national team.

Early life

Tortelli has two brothers, who are twins, and was born and raised in Florence. Tortelli started playing football for her brother Lapo's team. She played in defence alongside Lapo and both were often captain.{{cite web |url=https://tuttosesto.net/fiorentina-womens-il-babbo-della-scudettata-sestese-alice-tortelli-mia-figlia-si-rende-conto-di-aver-fatto-qualcosa-dimportante/|title=Fiorentina Women's, il babbo della scudettata sestese Alice Tortelli: "Mia figlia si rende conto di aver fatto qualcosa d'importante"|publisher=TuttoSesto |date=8 May 2017|access-date=2 February 2021|language=Italian|last=Niccoli|first=Stefano}}

Career

Tortelli made her debut for the former Firenze club in 2013 and transferred across to Fiorentina when the men's club took up the licence for the women's club.

Tortelli played 18 of the 22 games when Fiorentina won their only Serie A Femminile season in 2016-17, plus Coppa Italia successes in 2017 and 2018.

She made her debut for the Italy national team on 22 September 2020 against Bosnia and Herzegovina, starting the match.{{cite web |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2020-09-22/bosnia-herzegovina-vs-italy/1630649/|title=Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Italy|publisher=Global Sports Archive |access-date=2 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/alice-tortelli/150019/|title=Alice Tortelli|publisher=Global Sports Archive |access-date=2 February 2021}}

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