Valentina Cernoia


Valentina Cernoia 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.

International career

Cernoia was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.
Cernoia was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
On 26 June 2022, Cernoia was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.
On 2 July 2023, Cernoia was called up to the 23-player Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2014–09–13Vercelli14–02
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2014–09–17Vercelli115–02
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–09–18La Spezia16–11

Honours

Brescia
Juventus
Individual
  • AIC Best Women's XI: 2019