Elisabetta Tona

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Elisabetta Tona
Personal information
Full name Elisabetta Tona
Date of birth (1984-01-22) 22 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Lecco, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1997–1999 Fiammamonza
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2003 Fiammamonza
2003 Torres
2007 → Indiana (loan) 20 (3)
2008–2015 Torres 117 (40)
2015–2016 Fiorentina 20 (5)
2016–2017 Chieti 21 (3)
2017–2019 Florentia 40 (14)
International career‡
Italy U19
2002–2013 Italy 97 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Elisabetta Tona (born 22 January 1984) is an Italian former football defender who played for Florentia. She previously enjoyed a long association with Torres CF, where she won four Italian leagues, four nationals cups and two Italy Women's Cups in twelve seasons. She has also won the 2007 WPSL, playing for FC Indiana. [2] As a member of the Italy national team she played at the 2005 and 2009 UEFA Women's Championships. [3]

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A commanding centre back, Tona's powerful heading ability makes her an important attacking player for her teams. [4]

Club career

In summer 2003 Tona transferred from her first club ASD Fiammamonza to Torres Calcio Femminile. [5]

International career

Tona made her senior debut for the Italy women's national football team in June 2002, in a 6–0 friendly win over Yugoslavia. [6] She competed at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England and conceded a penalty kick in the Italians' 4–0 defeat to perennial champions Germany. [7]

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland, Tona played in all four games as the Italians reached the quarter-finals. She had scored a hat-trick against Hungary during the qualification round. [8] National coach Antonio Cabrini named Tona in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden, [9] but replaced her with Federica Di Criscio when she was injured on the eve of the tournament. [10]

Honours

Torres Calcio

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References

  1. ↑ "Defender". Italian Football Federation . Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine WPSL
  3. ↑ UEFA
  4. ↑ Radaelli, Roberta (4 September 2009). "Tona eyes upset for Germany". uefa.com. UEFA . Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Usai, Sandra (11 August 2003). "Le ragazze rossoblù con la Pedersen e tante altre novità" (in Italian). La Nuova Sardegna. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Turner, Georgina (9 June 2005). "Holders tighten their grip". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Elisabetta Tona". uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Europeo: domani l'esordio con la Finlandia. Tona out, arriva Di Criscio" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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