.jpg) Gabbiadini with AGSM Verona in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melania Gabbiadini | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Calcinate, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bolgare | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Bergamo | 146 | (150) |
| 2004–2017 | AGSM Verona | 150 | (153) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2017 | Italy | 114 | (45) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 July 2017 | |||
Melania Gabbiadini (born 28 August 1983) is an Italian former football forward. After beginning her career with Bergamo in 2000, she later joined AGSM Verona in 2004 and went on to captain the team, until her retirement in 2017.[2] She won five Scudetti with the club.[3]
Gabbiadini was an experienced player at international level who made over 100 caps for the Italy women's national football team.[4] She is a veteran of Italy's 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 UEFA Women's Championship campaigns, being voted to the Squad of the Tournament in the 2013 edition of the tournament.[5] She was voted the Serie A Female Footballer of the Year in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015,[6][7][8] and was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
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- ^ [1] Soccerway
- ^ "Calcio Femminile Bardolino - Prima squadra". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011. ASD Bardolino
- ^ Enea Zampoleri (26 May 2012). "Il senso dei Gabbiadini per il gol – Manolo e Melania si raccontano a Sportweek" (in Italian). Tutto Atalanta. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Paul Saffer (28 July 2013). "UEFA Women's EURO 2013 roll of honour". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Melania Gabbiadini migliore calciatrice italiana 2013". 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Teo Lerro (16 December 2014). "Galà Aic: Conte miglior tecnico, Pirlo re dei calciatori". Il Quotidiano Italiano. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Oscar del Calcio, dominio Juve. Buffon: "Donnarumma ha doti da grande"" [Serie A Oscars, Juve dominate. Buffon: "Donnarumma has the characteristics to be great"] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.