Valentina Cernoia

{{short description|Italian footballer}}

{{EngvarB|date=August 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Valentina Cernoia

| image = Valentina Cernoia, MF Brescia Calcio Femminile 08 2016 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Cernoia with Brescia in 2016

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manerbio, Italy

| currentclub = AC Milan

| clubnumber = 5

| height = {{convert|1.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Manerbio Virtus

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2008–2017

| clubs2 = Brescia

| caps2 = 180

| goals2 = 30

| years3 = 2017–2023

| clubs3 = Juventus

| caps3 = 95

| goals3 = 24

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = AC Milan

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalyears2 = 2008

| nationalyears3 = 2013–

| nationalteam1 = Italy U-17

| nationalteam2 = Italy U-19

| nationalteam3 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalcaps2 = 13

| nationalcaps3 = 68

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 13

| pcupdate = 20 July 2023

| ntupdate = 20 July 2023

}}

Valentina Cernoia (born 22 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Italy women's national football team, which she represents since 2013.

Career

Cernoia first played in the Serie A with ACF Brescia in the 2009–10 season following the team's promotion. In the 2013–14 season she played the UEFA Champions League for the first time and made her debut in the Italian national team in the 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the summer of 2017 she played her first final tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and moved to the newly founded Juventus FC women's team after nearly a decade in Brescia.

On 8 July 2023, Cernoia joined AC Milan.{{cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/media/2023-07-08/valentina-cernoia-joins-ac-milan|title=VALENTINA CERNOIA JOINS AC MILAN|website=ACMilan.com |date=8 July 2023}}

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|+Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions

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| rowspan=2|2015 FIFA World Cup

rowspan=2|Qualifiers2014–09–13Vercellialign=left|{{fbw|EST}}1bgcolor=#CCFFCC|4–0rowspan=2|2
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| 2014–09–17

Vercellialign=left|{{fbw|MKD}}1bgcolor=#CCFFCC|15–0
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| 2017 UEFA Euro

Qualifiers2015–09–18La Speziaalign=left|{{fbw|GEO}}1bgcolor=#CCFFCC|6–11

Honours

Brescia

Juventus

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|access-date=2 December 2019}}

Career statistics

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!COMPETITION

!SEASON

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Euro Women

|2021

|Italy W

|809

|9

|0

|1

|2

|0

|0

|0

Champions League Women

|2020/2021

|Juventus W

|180

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

Coppa Italia Women

|2020/2021

|Juventus W

|90

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

Serie A Women

|2020/2021

|Juventus W

|1009

|16

|5

|6

|6

|1

|4

|0

Algarve Cup Women

|2020

|Italy W

|159

|2

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

Champions League Women

|2019/2020

|Juventus W

|180

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

Coppa Italia Women

|2019/2020

|Juventus W

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

Serie A Women

|2019/2020

|Juventus W

|1178

|14

|0

|5

|6

|0

|0

|0

Friendly International Women

|2019

|Italy W

|377

|5

|1

|1

|1

|0

|0

|0

International Tournament (Cyprus) Women

|2019

|Italy W

|265

|4

|1

|2

|1

|1

|0

|0

World Cup Women

|2019

|Italy W

|450

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

Champions League Women

|2018/2019

|Juventus W

|90

|1

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

Serie A Women

|2018/2019

|Juventus W

|1470

|20

|2

|7

|4

|2

|1

|0

Friendly International Women

|2018

|Italy W

|152

|2

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

International goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 September 2014rowspan=2| Vercelli, Italy{{fbw|EST}}align=center|3–0align=center| 4–0rowspan=2| 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.17 September 2014{{fbw|MKD}}align=center|11–0align=center| 15–0
3.25 October 2014Rieti, Italy{{fbw|UKR}}align=center|1–0align=center| 2–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
4.11 March 2015Larnaca, Cyprus{{fbw|MEX}}align=center|1–1align=center| 2–32015 Cyprus Women's Cup
5.18 September 2015La Spezia, Italy{{fbw|GEO}}align=center|1–1align=center| 6–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
6.6 March 2019Larnaca, Cyprus{{fbw|PRK}}align=center|3–3align=center| 3–3 {{aet}} (6–7 p)2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
7.5 April 2019Lublin, Poland{{fbw|POL}}align=center|1–?align=center| 1–1Friendly
8.rowspan=2| 12 November 2019rowspan=2| Castel di Sangro, Italyrowspan=2| {{fbw|MLT}}align=center|1–0rowspan=2 align=center| 5–0rowspan=2| UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
9.align=center|2–0
10.21 September 2021Karlovac, Croatia{{fbw|CRO}}align=center|5–0align=center| 5–0rowspan=4| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11.22 October 2021Castel di Sangro, Italy{{fbw|CRO}}align=center|1–0align=center| 3–0
12.26 October 2021Vilnius, Lithuania{{fbw|LTU}}align=center|1–0align=center| 5–0
13.8 April 2022Parma, Italy{{fbw|LTU}}align=center|4–0align=center| 7–0

References

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