Cecilia Salvai

Cecilia Salvai

File:UEFA13 IT 23 Salvai Cecilia 130721 ITA-GER 0-1 181035 5441.jpg Salvai playing the Quarter final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013
Personal information
Full name	Cecilia Salvai
Date of birth	(1993-12-02) 2 December 1993
Place of birth	Pinerolo, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Verona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Canavese	4	(1)
2009–2012	Torino	60	(4)
2012-2013	Lugano	?	(?)
2013-	Verona	0	(0)
International career
2010-2012	Italy U-19	9	(1)
2012	Italy U-20	3	(0)
2013-	Italy	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2013

Cecilia Salvai (born 2 December 1993 in Pinerolo) is an Italian football defender currently playing for Bardolino Verona in Serie A. As a junior international she played the 2011 U-19 European Championship.

Club career

Salvai started her professional career with Canavese in 2008, and after a single season she moves to Torino, where she developed to become a regular for the Turinese club. The team's website describes her as "without doubt, the player with most appeal in Torino's roster." She plays primarily as a left-back, but she can move to become a centre-back when needed. Before the start of the 2012-13 season, she moved to Swiss club Rapid Lugano, and left at the end of the season to return to Italy, as she signed with Veronese club Bardolino Verona.

International career

Under-19

During the 2011 Championship Salvai was named on the starting XI of the opening group stage match against Russia. She did no play in the second group stage match against Switzerland, but she scored the equalizer against Belgium in an eventual 3-1 win for the azzurre. Italy reached the semi-finals unbeaten, but eventually lost 2-3 to Norway.

She was also called for the first qualifying round for the 2012 Championship, and she started all three matches as Italy advanced to the second qualifying round, where, again, she was a regular and started all three matches. Italy, however, finished second in its group and last amongst the runners-up, and therefore did not advance to the final tournament.

Under-20

Salvai was called by Italy's U-20 coach Corrado Corradini to take part in the 2012 World Cup, where she was a starter in all three group stage matches. As Italy finished last in Group B, they did not play any other match.

Senior

Salvai made her début for the senior team on the 19th of September, 2012, as Italy faced Greece in the final qualification match before UEFA Women's Euro 2013. She started the first two group stage matches against Finland and Denmark but did not play against Sweden, as Italy advanced to the quarter-finals.

External links

• Profile on the UEFA website
• Profile on womensoccerway.com