Valentina Bergamaschi

Valentina Bergamaschi (; born 22 January 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club AS Roma and the Italy women's national team. She mainly plays as a right-sided midfielder but can also play as a winger or a right-back.

She started her career in Switzerland, playing for Rapid Lugano, FF Lugano 1976 and FC Neunkirch, before returning to Italy to play for ACF Brescia Femminile. With Neunkirch she won the Nationalliga A championship and the Swiss Women's Cup, both in the 2016–2017 season.

A member of the senior Italy women's national football team since 2016, Bergamaschi also has third place medals from the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Club career Bergamaschi, who was born in Varese but grew up and lived with her parents in Cittiglio, began competitive activity by joining FC Caravate, a club that promotes football in the homonymous Italian town, playing with boys from the age of nine years old.

In May 2011, Bergamaschi was called up to the representative under-15 team of Lombardy to participate in the Torneo delle Regioni (Tournament of the Regions) held in Chianciano Terme from 26 June to 3 July 2011. During the tournament, which the representative of Lombardy won by beating the Veneto in the final, Bergamaschi scored one of the goals and was noticed by the selectors of the Italy women's national under-17 football team, being called at the end of the tournament for a training camp with coaches Enrico Sbardella and Rita Guarino.

As a promising young player from Lombardy, Bergamaschi was contacted by a number of football clubs in higher divisions, but decided to sign for Alto Verbano, a club that was about to compete in the 2011–2012 Serie D Italian regional Championship, then at the lowly fifth level of Italian women's football. With Bergamaschi showing her qualities from the first match of the season Alto Verbano topped the league table,

Juventus On 25 June 2024, Bergamaschi signed a three-year contract with Juventus.

International career She was called into the senior national team for the 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus.

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

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

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

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 7 December 2016 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 2–0 3–0 Torneio Internacional 2016 2. 15 September 2017 Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy 4–0 5–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3. 28 February 2018 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 2–0 3–0 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup 4. 27 February 2019 1–0 5–0 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup 5. 8 April 2022 Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy 2–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 6. 7–0 7. 1 July 2022 Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy 1–0 1–1 Friendly 8. 14 July 2022 New York Stadium, Rotherham, England 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 9. 5 June 2026 Arena Garibaldi, Pisa, Italy 1–0 3–0 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours FC Neunkirch Nationalliga A: Winner 2017 Swiss Women's Cup: Winner 2017

Brescia Calcio Femminile Italian Women's Super Cup: Winner 2017

Statistics Here is list of teams and seasons in which Valentina Bergamaschi has played. It includes the total number of appearances (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards.