Barbara Bonansea

Barbara Bonansea (born 13 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.

Club career After more than a 100 games for A.C.F. Torino, Bonansea moved to ACF Brescia in 2012. Bonansea helped ACF Brescia two league titles and two domestic cups. She also won three Italian women's super cups in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In 2016, Bonansea was named Serie A female footballer of the year.

In 2017, Bonansea joined Juventus on a free transfer. She made her debut against Atalanta scoring twice in a 3–0 win. Bonansea won the league title in her first year at the club. In the 2018–19 season, she helped Juventus secure the double, winning the league title and domestic cup.

International career After 15 appearances and 7 goals for Italy at youth level, in September 2012 Bonansea made her Italy senior national team debut in a 0–0 draw against Greece in Athens, in a Euro 2013 qualifier. She was not called up to be part of the Italian squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, however.

During Italy's 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign, she made six appearances, scoring seven goals, including a hat-trick in a 15–0 home victory over Macedonia. In November 2015, she was included by manager Antonio Cabrini in Italy's squad for a double friendly against the Chinese national team, appearing in both the match in Guiyang on 3 December, and in the match in Qujing on 6 December.

In November 2016, she was included in Italy's squad for the 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus, which was held from 7 to 18 December.

Bonansea was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

Bonansea was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 26 June 2022, Bonansea was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

On 2 July 2023, Bonansea was called up to the 23-player Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 23 February 2024, Bonansea made her 100th appearance for Italy during a 0–0 draw against Republic of Ireland.

On 25 June 2025, Bonansea was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 March 2013 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 1–0 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup 2. 20 September 2013 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 5–0 5–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3. 13 February 2014 Stadio Silvio Piola, Italy 4–1 6–1 4. 8 May 2014 Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia 8–0 11–0 5. 13 September 2014 Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy 1–0 4–0 6. 17 September 2014 10–0 15–0 7. 13–0 8. 15–0 9. 4 March 2015 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 2–1 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup 10. 9 March 2016 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 2–1 3–1 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup 11. 7 June 2016 Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 12. 4–0 13. 18 December 2016 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 3–4 3–5 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus 14. 8 March 2017 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 4–1 6–2 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup 15. 15 September 2017 Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy 2–0 5–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 16. 24 October 2017 Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy 3–0 3–0 17. 28 February 2018 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 3–0 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup 18. 8 June 2018 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy 3–0 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 19. 27 February 2019 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 2–0 5–0 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup 20. 4 March 2019 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 4–1 21. 9 June 2019 Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France 1–0 2–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 22. 2–1 23. 7 March 2020 Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal 2–0 3–0 2020 Algarve Cup 24. 24 February 2021 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy 2–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 25. 11–0 26. 26 November 2021 Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy 1–0 1–2 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 27. 30 November 2021 Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania 5–0 28. 16 February 2022 Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal 1–0 2022 Algarve Cup 29. 22 July 2025 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 1–2 UEFA Euro 2025 30. 5 June 2026 Arena Garibaldi, Pisa, Italy 3–0 3–0 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Style of play FIFA described Bonansea as “pacey and snake-hipped” and “able to balletically slalom past opponents on grass like Alberto Tomba did poles,” comparing her to Paulo Futre and Ryan Giggs in their primes. Bonansea is renowned for scoring wonder goals, including the knuckleball free-kicks pioneered by Juninho Pernambucano. Bonansea enjoys reading Dan Brown books, watching romance and thriller films, and learning to play the guitar. Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023

Individual AIC Serie A Female Footballer of the Year: 2016 AIC Best Women's XI: 2019 FIFA FIFPro Women's World11: 2020, 2021 Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2021 Serie A Goal of the Year: 2021