Sofia Cantore

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Sofia Cantore
Supercoppa di calcio femminile 2022, fine partita, tiri di rigore 21 - Cantore (cropped).jpg
Cantore kicking a penalty shoot-out for Juventus Women in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Lecco, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Juventus
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Fiammamonza
2017– Juventus 21 (4)
2019–2020Hellas Verona (loan) 14 (3)
2020–2021Florentia (loan) 22 (9)
2021–2022Sassuolo (loan) 14 (8)
International career
2015–2017 Italy U17 8 (6)
2017–2018 Italy U19 11 (4)
2020– Italy 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2023

Sofia Cantore (born 30 September 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as forward for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.

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Club career

Cantore helped Fiammamonza gain promotion to Serie B in the 2016–17 season.[ citation needed ]

In August 2017, she moved to Juventus. [1] On 12 March 2018, Cantore scored her first goal for Juventus in a 2–0 away win against Verona. [2] She scored four goals in 19 matches in the 2017–18 season, [3] also winning the 2017–18 league title. [4] On 9 June 2018, she suffered a knee injury which prevented her to play in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. [5] [6] The injury also affected the following season in which she only played one match. [7]

In July 2019, she moved to Hellas Verona on loan, [8] where she scored three goals in 14 appearances. [3] In July 2020, she moved on loan to Florentia, [9] scoring nine goals in 22 appearances. [3] On 9 July 2021, she was loaned to Sassuolo. [10] She fractured her tibula on 18 February 2022, ending her season prematurely. [11]

International career

On 1 December 2020, Cantore made her senior debut with Italy in a 0–0 draw against Denmark. [12]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 February 2023 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England Flag of England.svg  England 1–12–1 2023 Arnold Clark Cup

Honours

Fiammamonza

Juventus

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