Aurora Galli

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Aurora Galli

| image = FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification Italy - Belgium, 2018-04-10 0619 - Aurora Galli (cropped).jpg

| caption = Galli with the Italian national team in 2018

| fullname =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|12|13}}

| birth_place = Tromello, Italy

| height = 161 cm

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Everton

| clubnumber = 22

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 2011–2013

| clubs1 = Inter Milano

| caps1 = 30

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2013–2015

| clubs2 = Torres Calcio

| caps2 = 45

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2015–2016

| clubs3 = Mozzanica

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = Verona

| caps4 = 22

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2017–2021

| clubs5 = Juventus

| caps5 = 67

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2021–

| clubs6 = Everton

| caps6 = 58

| goals6 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2013

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2015

| nationalyears3 = 2014–

| nationalteam1 = Italy U-17

| nationalteam2 = Italy U-19

| nationalteam3 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalcaps3 = 66

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 6

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 02:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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Aurora Galli ({{IPA|it|awˈrɔ.ra ˈɡal.li|lang}}; born 13 December 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton{{Cite web |title=Player Profiles {{!}} Everton Football Club |url=https://www.evertonfc.com/players/77083/aurora-galli |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.evertonfc.com |language=en}} and the Italy national team.

Career

On 28 July 2021, Galli signed for Everton, in doing so she became the first Italian player to sign for a Women's Super League club, as well as the first ever Italian female footballer to play professional football following the transition to professionalism of the Women's Super League in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/esteri/2021/07/28/news/premier_femminile_aurora_galli_firma_per_l_everton_e_diventa_professionista-312121958/|title=Aurora Galli firma per l'Everton: è la prima italiana in Premier|work=la Repubblica |date= 28 July 2021|accessdate=28 July 2021|language=Italian}}

On 2 March 2022, Galli scored her first Women's Super League goal for Everton against Aston Villa.{{Cite web |last=Waite |first=Ben |date=2022-03-02 |title=WSL: Everton back to winning ways with Aston Villa victory |url=https://herfootballhub.com/wsl-everton-back-to-winning-ways-with-aston-villa-victory/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}} On 23 July 2024, she extended her deal with the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/july/23/galli-extends-everton-deal/|title=Galli Extends Everton Deal|website=www.evertonfc.com}} On the opening day of the 2024–25 Women's Super League season against Brighton & Hove Albion, Galli suffered an ACL injury.{{cite web|url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/september/25/aurora-galli-injury-update/|title=Aurora Galli Injury Update|website=www.evertonfc.com}}

International career

Galli was called up to the 30-player squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/teams/players/250041879--aurora-galli/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714141357/http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/teams/player=250041879/index.html|url-status=live|archive-date=14 July 2017|title=Aurora Galli – Italy – WEURO|last=UEFA.com|website=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/2538254/2017/06/News.shtml|title=Verso l’Europeo: iniziata la prima fase del raduno, dal 26 giugno il gruppo al completo|date=19 June 2017|work=figc.it}} She was part of the final squad called up.{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/2538463/2017/07/News.shtml|title=Ufficializzata la lista delle 23 Azzurre convocate per il Campionato Europeo|date=5 July 2017|work=figc.it}}

Galli was selected in the provisional 26-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/nazionale-femminile-parte-da-coverciano-l-avventura-mondiale-26-convocate-per-la-prima-fase-del-raduno/ |title=Parte da Coverciano l'avventura Mondiale: 26 convocate per la prima fase del raduno|trans-title=The World Adventure starts from Coverciano: 26 convened for the first phase of the rally |language=it |publisher=Italian Football Federation |date=30 April 2019}} She was selected in the final 23-player squad.{{cite news |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/nazionale-femminile-ecco-le-23-convocate-per-il-mondiale-il-2-giugno-la-partenza-per-la-francia/ |title=Ecco le 23 convocate per il Mondiale: il 2 giugno la partenza per la Francia|trans-title=Here are the 23 convened for the World Cup: on 2 June the departure for France |language=it |publisher=Italian Football Federation |date=24 May 2019}}

Galli was included in the Italian squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.{{cite web |title=Confirmed the 23 players for Euro 2022 |url=https://figc.it/en/national-teams/news/ufficializzata-la-lista-delle-23-azzurre-che-parteciperanno-all-europeo-domani-il-via-all-ultima-fase-del-raduno/ |website=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio |language=en |date=26 June 2022}}

Career statistics

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="9"\|Italy \|2015	1	0
2016	7	0
2017	8	0
2018	9	0
2019	19	5
2020	5	1
2021	2	0
2022	10	0
2023	5	0
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|66	6

:Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Galli goal.

class="wikitable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Aurora Galli
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
align=center\|1 \|4 March 2019 \|AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus \|{{fbw\|THA}} \|align=center\|3–0 \|align=center\|4–1 \|2019 Cyprus Women's Cup \|
align=center\|2 \|29 May 2019 \|Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy \|{{fbw\|SWI}} \|align=center\|1–0 \|align=center\|3–1 \|Friendly \|
align=center\|3 \|rowspan="2"\|14 June 2019 \|rowspan="2"\|Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France \|rowspan="2"\|{{fbw\|JAM}} \|align=center\|4–0 \|rowspan="2" align=center\|5–0 \|rowspan="3"\|2019 FIFA Women's World Cup \|rowspan="2"\|
align=center\|4 \|align=center\|5–0
align=center\|5 \|25 June 2019 \|Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France \|{{fbw\|CHN}} \|align=center\|2–0 \|align=center\|2–0 \|
align=center\|6 \|22 September 2020 \|Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina \|{{fbw\|BIH}} \|align=center\|1–0 \|align=center\|5–0 \|UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying \|

class="wikitable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Aurora Galli

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

align=center|1

|4 March 2019

|AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus

|{{fbw|THA}}

|align=center|3–0

|align=center|4–1

|2019 Cyprus Women's Cup

align=center|2

|29 May 2019

|Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy

|{{fbw|SWI}}

|align=center|1–0

|align=center|3–1

|Friendly

align=center|3

|rowspan="2"|14 June 2019

|rowspan="2"|Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|JAM}}

|align=center|4–0

|rowspan="2" align=center|5–0

|rowspan="3"|2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

|rowspan="2"|

align=center|4

|align=center|5–0

align=center|5

|25 June 2019

|Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France

|{{fbw|CHN}}

|align=center|2–0

align=center|6

|22 September 2020

|Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina

|{{fbw|BIH}}

|align=center|1–0

|align=center|5–0

|UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Honours

Torres

Italian Women's Super Cup: 2013

Juventus

Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Coppa Italia: 2018–19
Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21

Individual

AIC Best Women's XI: 2019{{Cite web |url=https://www.football-italia.net/147169/gran-gala-del-calcio-2019-winners|title=Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners |publisher=Football Italia |date=2 December 2019|accessdate=2 December 2019}}
Everton Spirit of the blues award: 2022

Personal life

Galli is in a relationship with Swedish footballer Nathalie Björn.[https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/das-sind-die-50-lesbischen-stars-der-fussball-em-2022.html L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German)], July 2022