Carolina Morace

Carolina Morace
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
15 July 2024
ConstituencyCentral Italy
Personal details
Born (1964-02-05) 5 February 1964 (age 60)
Venice, Italy
Political partyFive Star Movement
Association football career
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1979 Belluno
1979–1982 Bardolino
1982–1984 Lazio (27)
1985–1987 Trani
1987–1989 Lazio (66)
1989–1991 Reggiana 52 (67)
1991–1993 Milan Salvarani 55 (64)
1993–1994 Torres 30 (33)
1994–1995 Agliana 24 (31)
1995–1996 Verona 20 (39)
1996–1998 Modena 54 (88)
Total 315 (415)
International career
1978–1997 Italy 153 (105)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Lazio
1999 Viterbese (men's)
2000–2005 Italy
2009–2011 Canada
2016–2017 Trinidad and Tobago
2018–2019 Milan
2021 Lazio
2023–2024 London City Lionesses
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carolina Morace (Italian pronunciation: [karoˈliːna moˈraːtʃe]; born 5 February 1964) is an Italian politician and former footballer, who played as a striker. She was most recently the head coach of Lazio Women. She played for the Italian national team and for various clubs in women's Serie A. She was the top scorer in Serie A in the 1984–85 season, and for 11 consecutive years from 1987–88 to 1997–98, and she holds the distinction of scoring the first hat-trick in a FIFA Women's World Cup. She is also a registered lawyer.

After retiring as a player, she began a managing career with Lazio. She then managed the Italian national team from 2000 to 2005, and the Canadian national women's team from 2009 to 2011. In 2014, she was the first woman to be inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.[1] Morace was elected to the European Parliament in 2024.

  1. ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.