Giulia Domenichetti

Giulia Domenichetti (born 29 April 1984) is an Italian former football midfielder and futsal player, both in the highest leagues in Italy. Before ending a three-year spell out of football in 2018, she mainly played for Sassari Torres in Italy's Serie A. She was a member of the Italian national team for nearly a decade, taking part in three European Championships.

Giulia Domenichetti

Personal information
Full name	Giulia Domenichetti
Date of birth	29 April 1984
Place of birth	Ancona, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Number	14
Youth career
	ACF Ancosped Ancona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Vigor Senigallia	67	(17)
2003–2011	Torres CF	156	(29)
2011–2012	Chiasiellis	26	(4)
2012–2015	Torres CF	77	(16)
2018–2019	C.F. Florentia	7	(0)
National team^‡
2005–2014	Italy	90	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Career

Aside from eleven seasons with Torres, where she won three Serie A winner's medals, she also played in Serie A with Calcio Chiasiellis[2] A versatile midfielder, Domenichetti was a longstanding member of the Italy women's national football team with 90 caps. She is a veteran of Italy's 2005, 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship campaigns.

Coinciding with Torres' exclusion from Serie A for financial reasons, in 2015 she left association football for futsal. She signed with Città di Montesilvano, a Serie A Elite club based in Montesilvano, Italy.[3] The club won the championship in 2015-2016 the season.[4]

Torres played one more season in Serie A football, signing with Florentia San Gimignano S.S.D. for the 2018–19 season.

International career

Domenichetti made her senior debut for Italy on 13 April 2005, in a 1–0 home friendly win over Denmark.[5] Included in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England,[6] she played in all three games as Italy made a group stage exit.

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland, Domenichetti played in all four games as the Italians reached the quarter-finals.[7] Four years later, national coach Antonio Cabrini named Domenichetti in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8]

Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions

Competition	Stage	Date	Location	Opponent	Goals	Result	Overall
2011 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2010–06–19	Montereale	Slovenia	1	6–0	2
		2010–09–15	Gubbio	France	1	2–3
2013 UEFA Euro	Qualifiers	2011–11–23	Trani	Greece	1	2–0	1
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2014–02–13	Novara	Czech Republic	1	6–1	1

Record

Club

Titles

• Serie A (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
• Coppa Italia (4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana (4): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13

Best performance in other competitions

• UEFA Champions League (Quarterfinals): 2004–05, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14

National team

Best performance

• UEFA Euro (quarterfinals): 2009, 2013

References

1. "Midfielders". Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
2. Colpo del Chiasiellis: arriva l'azzurra Giulia Domenichetti Messaggero Veneto
3. "Montesilvano". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
4. "Calcio a 5 femminile: Il Comune di Montesilvano premia la squadra campione d'Italia". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
5. "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
6. Turner, Georgina (26 May 2005). "Italy An Azzurre masterclass". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
7. "Giulia Domenichetti". uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
8. "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

External links

Giulia Domenichetti – FIFA competition record

• Giulia Domenichetti at Football.it (in Italian)