Paola Brumana

{{short description|Italian footballer}}

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| name = Paola Brumana

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| fullname = Paola Brumana

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|26}}

| birth_place = Como, Italy

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| position = Striker

| years1 = 1999–2003

| clubs1 = FCF Como 2000

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| years2 = 2003–2004

| clubs2 = Foroni Verona FC

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| years3 = 2004–2006

| clubs3 = Bardolino Verona

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| years4 = 2006–2018

| clubs4 = UPC Tavagnacco

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| nationalyears1 = 2004–2014

| nationalteam1 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 21:18, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 21:18, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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Paola Brumana (born 26 November 1982) is an Italian former football striker who played for several women's Serie A clubs and the Italy national team.

Club career

She has played for UPC Tavagnacco from 2006{{cite web|last1=Montanelli|first1=Alessandro|title=Calcio donne: Paola Brumana, un tesoretto lariano "sbocciato" in Friuli|url=http://alexmonta.altervista.org/calcio-donne-paola-brumana-3/?doing_wp_cron=1432876565.4925460815429687500000|website=alexmonta l'AlterBlog|access-date=26 September 2015|language=Italian|date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927191208/http://alexmonta.altervista.org/calcio-donne-paola-brumana-3/?doing_wp_cron=1432876565.4925460815429687500000|archive-date=27 September 2015|url-status=dead}} until June 2018.{{cite news |last1=De Michielis |first1=Silvia |title=Le strade di Tavagnacco e Paola Brumana si dividono |url=https://www.ilfriuli.it/articolo/Sport_news/Le_strade_di_Tavagnacco_e_Paola_Brumana_si_dividono_/22/182775 |access-date=14 June 2022 |publisher=Il Friuli |date=28 June 2018 |language=Italian}}

International career

Brumana made her senior debut for Italy on 13 November 2004, in a 3–2 friendly win over the Czech Republic.{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/other/Brochure2013/ITALIA_EuropeoFemminile2013_Bassa.pdf|publisher=Italian Football Federation|language=Italian|page=13|access-date=7 December 2013|title=Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013}} Not rated by national coach Pietro Ghedin, Brumana spent several years in the international wilderness before being recalled by Ghedin's successor Antonio Cabrini. She was selected by Cabrini to be part of the national team for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.{{cite web|title=Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020b-0e141b067d60-461134da16e5-1000--cabrini-finalises-italy-s-women-s-euro-squad/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=10 July 2013}}

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| 2015 FIFA World Cup

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Honours

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References

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