Carolina Pini
{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carolina Pini
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Carolina Pini
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|6|13}}
| birth_place = Firenze, Italy
| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2002–2003
| years2 = 2003–2007
| years3 = 2007–2011
| years4 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = Firenze
| clubs2 = Agliana
| clubs3 = Bayern Munich
| clubs4 = Bardolino
| caps1 = 10
| caps2 = 91
| caps3 = 10
| caps4 =
| goals1 = 4
| goals2 = 7
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalyears2 = 2006–
| nationalteam1 = Italy U19
| nationalteam2 = Italy
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalgoals2 =
}}
Carolina Pini (born 13 June 1988) is an Italian soccer player who most recently played as a midfielder for ASDCF Bardolino and the Italian national team.
Career
Pini began playing soccer as a kid. Her first team was Floriagafir (together with boys), when 12 years old, she went to ACF Firenze where she stayed two years. Then she played in Agliana for four years, in 2007 she went to the women team of Bayern Munich.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcbayern-frauenfussball.de/steckbriefe/sb.php?s=carolina_pini&t=2&y=2007 |title=Frauenfußball FC Bayern München |access-date=2008-04-11 |archive-date=2007-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022064942/http://www.fcbayern-frauenfussball.de/steckbriefe/sb.php?s=carolina_pini&t=2&y=2007 |url-status=dead }} After spending four seasons in the Frauen-Bundesliga in 2011 she returned to the Serie A, signing for ASDCF Bardolino.
In 2013 Pini did not extend her deal with Bardolino and left the club.[http://www.mondopallone.it/2013/08/18/il-bardolino-verona-comincia-la-sua-preparazione/ Il Bardolino Verona comincia la sua preparazione] Mondo Pallone, 18.08.13
International career
Pini played in the juvenile Italian national team ("under 19", first match in January 2005 vs Portugal), since 2006 she has been playing for the Italian national team, her first game being a 7-0 win against Serbia Montenegro.[http://www.nove.firenze.it/vediarticolo.asp?id=a6.06.22.13.40 Calcio femminile: esordio e gol in nazionale per la fiorentina Carolina Pini • Nove.Firenze.it]
On 2 October 2010, he scored against Ukraine for the FIFA Women's World Cup qualification at the Stadion Yuri Gagarin in Chernihiv.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/85483--ukraine-vs-portugal/?referrer=%2Fwomenseuro%2Fseason%3D2009%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D2381%2Fmatch%3D85483%2Findex |title=Ukraine 0-3 Italy |website=UEFA |access-date=8 May 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{DFB|carolina-pini}}
{{Italy squad 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship}}
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Category:Footballers from Florence
Category:Italian women's footballers
Category:Italy women's international footballers
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:FC Bayern Munich (women) players
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Category:Serie A (women's football) players
Category:A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen
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