Isabella Kresche

Isabella "Bella" Kresche (born 28 November 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the Austria women's national team, which she represents since 2022.

Isabella Kresche
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998[1]
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 32
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 SV Neulengbach 2 (0)
2015–2016 LUV Graz Damen 17 (0)
2016–2022 SKN St. Pölten 34 (0)
2022– Sassuolo 20 (0)
International career
2013–2015 Austria U-17 6 (0)
2015–2016 Austria U-19 3 (0)
2022– Austria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Life

Kresche was born in Graz in 1998. She began learning about goalkeeping at Roland Goriupp's camps, and then at the National Center for Women's Football, where she learned from former goalkeeper Reinhard Dietl.[2]

After graduating from high school in 2017, she studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business[1] and graduated with a bachelor's degree.

She has been playing for the Austrian national team since 2022 as a goalkeeper. She made her debut in a friendly match against Romania in February where the team won six goals to one.[3] She was invited to join the squad for the 2022 European Football Championship by Irene Fuhrmann, Manuela Zinsberger and Jasmin Pal.[4][5]

References
  1. "» Isabella Kresche" (in German). Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. "Kresche: "Möchte schon nochmal weiterkommen"". weltfussball.at (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. "Kresche im Interview: "Es waren sechs wunderbare Jahre"". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. "Frauen-Fußballnationalteam: Viel EM-Erfahrung im diesjährigen Euro-Kader Österreichs | Kleine Zeitung". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. Nachrichten, Salzburger (27 June 2022). "Fuhrmann nominierte 23 plus zwei Spielerinnen für die EURO". www.sn.at (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.


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