Valentina Cernoia

Valentina Cernoia (born 22 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Genoa and the Italy women's national football team, which she represents since 2013.

Career Cernoia first played in the Serie A with ACF Brescia in the 2009–10 season following the team's promotion. In the 2013–14 season she played the UEFA Champions League for the first time and made her debut in the Italian national team in the 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the summer of 2017 she played her first final tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and moved to the newly founded Juventus FC women's team after nearly a decade in Brescia.

On 8 July 2023, Cernoia joined AC Milan.

International career

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

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

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

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

+Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitionsCompetition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2014–09–13 Vercelli 1 4–0 2 2014–09–17 Vercelli 1 15–0 2017 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2015–09–18 La Spezia 1 6–1 1

Honours Brescia Serie A: 2013–14, 2015–16 Coppa Italia: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 Italian Women's Super Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Juventus Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 Coppa Italia: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22

Individual AIC Best Women's XI: 2019

Career statistics

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 September 2014 Vercelli, Italy 3–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2. 17 September 2014 11–0 15–0 3. 25 October 2014 Rieti, Italy 1–0 2–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs 4. 11 March 2015 Larnaca, Cyprus 1–1 2–3 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup 5. 18 September 2015 La Spezia, Italy 1–1 6–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 6. 6 March 2019 Larnaca, Cyprus 3–3 3–3 (6–7 p) 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup 7. 5 April 2019 Lublin, Poland 1–? 1–1 Friendly 8. 12 November 2019 Castel di Sangro, Italy 1–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 9. 2–0 10. 21 September 2021 Karlovac, Croatia 5–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 11. 22 October 2021 Castel di Sangro, Italy 1–0 3–0 12. 26 October 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania 1–0 5–0 13. 8 April 2022 Parma, Italy 4–0 7–0