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.

Valentina Cernoia
Cernoia with Brescia in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Manerbio, Italy
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
AC Milan
Number -
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Manerbio Virtus
2008–2017 Brescia 180 (30)
2017–2023 Juventus 95 (24)
2023– AC Milan
International career
2007 Italy U-17 3 (0)
2008 Italy U-19 13 (4)
2013– Italy 68 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023

Career

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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.[1]

Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions
Competition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall
2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2014–09–13 Vercelli   Estonia 1 4–0 2
2014–09–17 Vercelli   North Macedonia 1 15–0
2017 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2015–09–18 La Spezia   Georgia 1 6–1 1

Honours

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Brescia

Juventus

Individual

  • AIC Best Women's XI: 2019[2]

Career statistics

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COMPETITION SEASON FOOTBALL CLUB
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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 September 2014 Vercelli, Italy   Estonia 3–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2. 17 September 2014   North Macedonia 11–0 15–0
3. 25 October 2014 Rieti, Italy   Ukraine 1–0 2–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
4. 11 March 2015 Larnaca, Cyprus   Mexico 1–1 2–3 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
5. 18 September 2015 La Spezia, Italy   Georgia 1–1 6–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
6. 6 March 2019 Larnaca, Cyprus   North Korea 3–3 3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
7. 5 April 2019 Lublin, Poland   Poland 1–? 1–1 Friendly
8. 12 November 2019 Castel di Sangro, Italy   Malta 1–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
9. 2–0
10. 21 September 2021 Karlovac, Croatia   Croatia 5–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11. 22 October 2021 Castel di Sangro, Italy   Croatia 1–0 3–0
12. 26 October 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania   Lithuania 1–0 5–0
13. 8 April 2022 Parma, Italy   Lithuania 4–0 7–0

References

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  1. ^ "VALENTINA CERNOIA JOINS AC MILAN". ACMilan.com. 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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