Laura Giuliani

Laura Giuliani (born 5 June 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club AC Milan[2] and the Italy women's national team.

Laura Giuliani
Giuliani with Italy in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993[1]
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AC Milan
Number 1
Youth career
2008–2009 S.S. La Benvenuta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Como 2000 46 (0)
2012–2013 Gütersloh 2009 6 (0)
2013–2015 Herforder SV 29 (0)
2015–2016 FC Köln 13 (0)
2016–2017 SC Freiburg 0 (0)
2017–2021 Juventus 68 (0)
2021–0000 AC Milan 46 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Italy U-19 13 (0)
2012–2013 Italy U-20 3 (0)
2014– Italy 78 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2023

Club career

FCF Como 2000

In 2009, having finished her youth career for S.S. La Benvenuta, a club located in Bollate, a city to the north-west of Milan, Giuliani moved to Como to take part in the 2009–2010 Serie A2 season. Her debut came on 14 February 2010, against ACF Trento.[3] She was named on the starting XI for the 2010–2011 season and started all 22 league matches, conceding 15 goals. The team finished even on points with ACF Milan in Group A, as, during the final league match against the rossonere, a late goal handed the win to the Milanese club. At that point, a play-off match was held seven days later, lost at the 94th minute.[4] Como 2000, however, was later granted access to the Serie A as well when Reggiana withdrew.[5] Giuliani made her Serie A début on 9 October 2011, against Tavagnacco,[6] and marked 22 appearances out of the 26 league matches, conceding 37 goals as Como finished the season 9th.

FSV Gütersloh 2009

On 21 September 2012, Giuliani announced she would be moving to German Bundesliga team FSV Gütersloh 2009.[7] She started her first match for the team on 14 November 2012.

1. FC Köln

Giuliani moved to 1. FC Köln for the 2015–16 season; she started as a backup for Lena Nuding but gradually played more and more games, unable, however, to prevent her team from being demoted.

SC Freiburg

Before the 2015–16 season ended, with Koln already mathematically relegated to 2. Bundesliga, Giuliani was signed by SC Freiburg,[8] where she constantly was second-choice to Laura Benkarth, only one year older but also already a player for her national team.

Juventus

She signed for the newly created Juventus team in 2017.[9] Giuliani made her debut for Juventus on 30 September 2017, in a 3–0 win against Orobica.[10] On 20 May 2018, Giuliani won Juventus' first league of their history winning 5–4 after penalty shoot-out against Brescia.[11] On 24 May 2021, Giuliani announced that she would leave Juventus at end of the season.[12]

AC Milan

On 16 July 2021, Giuliani moved to AC Milan.[13]

International career

Under-19

Giuliani received her first call-up for the Italian U19 team on 5 March 2011, for a friendly. She made her UEFA début on 30 May 2011, in the 2011 Women's Euro, in the first group stage match against Russia,[14] as Italy reached the semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Norway.[15] She totalled 19 caps for the U-19 team.

Under-20

Giuliani made her FIFA début on 19 August 2012, during the first group stage match against Brazil[16] of the U-20 World Cup. Italy drew 1–1 with Brazil and lost the following two matches, leaving them out of the quarter-finals. Giuliani started all three group stage games, conceding seven goals.

Senior

Giuliani received her first call-up for the senior team as Italy faced Austria in a friendly held on 7 April 2013.[17] She was left out of the squad which took part in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013. She made her debut on 5 April 2014 against Spain in a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match.[18]

She started all games for Italy during the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Honours

Club
Juventus

Individual
  • AIC Best Women's XI: 2019[19]

References
  1. "FIFA Player Statistics: Laura GIULIANI". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. "Italy - L. Giuliani - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway". int.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. info@navynet.it. "Football.it". Femminile.football.it. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. info@navynet.it. "Football.it". Femminile.football.it. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  5. "La Como 2000 approda in serie A: ripescaggio dopo la beffa". Ciaocomo.it. 8 November 2001. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  6. info@navynet.it. "Football.it". Femminile.football.it. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. "Gütersloh holt italienische U20-Torhüterin". Womensoccer.de. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  8. "SC Freiburg holt koelns Laura Giuliani". Dfb.de. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  9. "Meet the new Juventus Women's team - Juventus". Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  10. "Atalanta vs. Juventus - 30 September 2017 - Women Soccerway". int.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  11. "Cronaca e tabellino Juventus v Brescia, Serie A Women. 20/05/18 | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. Juventus.com. "Grazie Laura, sono stati quattro anni favolosi! - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  13. JuventusNews24, Redazione (16 July 2021). "Laura Giuliani al Milan, ora è ufficiale: il comunicato sull'ex Juventus Women". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  14. "Women's Under-19 2011 – Italy-Russia –". Uefa.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  15. "Women's Under-19 2011 – Italy-Norway –". Uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  16. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Previous Tournaments". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  17. "Amichevole con l'Austria il 7 aprile, ultimo test prima dell'Europeo". Figc.it. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  18. "Laura Giuliani profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  19. "Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners". Football Italia. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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