Sofia Cantore

Sofia Cantore
Cantore kicking a penalty shoot-out for Juventus Women in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Lecco, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Juventus
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Fiammamonza
2017– Juventus 21 (4)
2019–2020Hellas Verona (loan) 14 (3)
2020–2021Florentia (loan) 22 (9)
2021–2022Sassuolo (loan) 14 (8)
International career
2015–2017 Italy U17 8 (6)
2017–2018 Italy U19 11 (4)
2020– Italy 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2023

Sofia Cantore (born 30 September 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as forward for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.

Club career[edit]

Cantore helped Fiammamonza gain promotion to Serie B in the 2016–17 season.[citation needed]

In August 2017, she moved to Juventus.[1] On 12 March 2018, Cantore scored her first goal for Juventus in a 2–0 away win against Verona.[2] She scored four goals in 19 matches in the 2017–18 season,[3] also winning the 2017–18 league title.[4] On 9 June 2018, she suffered a knee injury which prevented her to play in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[5][6] The injury also affected the following season in which she only played one match.[7]

In July 2019, she moved to Hellas Verona on loan,[8] where she scored three goals in 14 appearances.[3] In July 2020, she moved on loan to Florentia,[9] scoring nine goals in 22 appearances.[3] On 9 July 2021, she was loaned to Sassuolo.[10] She fractured her tibula on 18 February 2022, ending her season prematurely.[11]

International career[edit]

On 1 December 2020, Cantore made her senior debut with Italy in a 0–0 draw against Denmark.[12]

International goals[edit]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 February 2023 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England  England 1–1 2–1 2023 Arnold Clark Cup

Honours[edit]

Fiammamonza

Juventus

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tre nuove bianconere - Juventus.com". 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ Parrotto, Antonio (12 March 2018). "Verona-Juventus Women 0-2: con Rosucci e Cantore le bianconere fanno 15 su 15". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Italia - S. Cantore - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Calcio femminile, Juventus campione d'Italia. Brescia battuto ai rigori". Calcio - La Repubblica (in Italian). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. ^ Munno, Mauro (8 June 2018). "Infortunio Sofia Cantore, tegola per la Primavera della Juventus Women". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ^ "L'Indiscrezione | Juventus, tegola Cantore: infortunio al ginocchio". Donne Nel Pallone (in Italian). 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (20 April 2019). "Verona-Juventus Women 0-3: il secondo scudetto consecutivo è realtà! – VIDEO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Juventus.com. "Cantore e Glionna all'Hellas Verona Women - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Sofia Cantore arriva sotto le Torri!". Florentia San Gimignano (in Italian). 9 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  10. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (9 July 2021). "Sofia Cantore Sassuolo: ufficiale il prestito dalla Juventus Women. Il comunicato". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Sassuolo Femminile, frattura del perone per Sofia Cantore". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  12. ^ UEFA.com. "Denmark-Italy | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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