Daniela Sabatino

Daniela Sabatino (born 26 June 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Italy women's national team.^[1] She previously played for AC Bojano and ACF Reggiana in Serie A and Rapid Lugano in the Swiss Nationalliga A.^[2] She was the 2011 Serie A's joint top scorer with 25 goals,^[3] and was top scorer outright in 2022 with 15 goals.

Daniela Sabatino

Sabatino as a Brescia player in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Isernia, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Sassuolo
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Bojano
2005–2006	Rapid Lugano
2006–2010	Reggiana	88	(61)
2010–2018	Brescia	200	(171)
2018–2019	Milan	22	(17)
2019–2020	Sassuolo	16	(12)
2020–2023	Fiorentina	52	(32)
2023–	Sassuolo	4	(3)
International career^‡
2011–2022	Italy	70	(32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2022

International career

She made her debut for the Italian national team in October 2011, in a 0–9 win over Macedonia where she scored a hat-trick.^[4] Euro 2017 marked her first appearance in a final tournament. The second of the two goals in Italy's 3–2 win over Sweden earned her a Best Goal nomination in the UEFA awards.^[5]

Sabatino went on the play at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and Euro 2021.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 October 2011	Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep, Macedonia	Macedonia	4–0	9–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2.				5–0
3.				9–0
4.	16 June 2012	Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin, Italy	Macedonia	8–0	9–0
5.	17 September 2014	Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy	Macedonia	1–0	15–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.				5–0
7.				6–0
8.				7–0
9.				8–0
10.				14–0
11.	18 September 2015	Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy	Georgia	4–1	6–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
12.	2 March 2016	Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia, Cyprus	Hungary	2–0	2–0	2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
13.	12 April 2016	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy	Northern Ireland	1–1	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
14.	7 June 2016	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia	Georgia	3–0	7–0
15.	3 March 2017	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Belgium	1–0	1–4	2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
16.	25 July 2017	De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands	Sweden	1–0	3–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
17.				2–1
18.	15 September 2017	Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy	Moldova	1–0	5–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.	28 November 2017	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	1–0
20.	4 March 2019	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Thailand	2–0	4–1	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
21.	6 March 2019	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	North Korea	2–2	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)
28.	8 November 2019	Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy	Georgia	4–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
29.				5–0
30.	12 November 2019	Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy	Malta	3–0	5–0
31.	24 February 2021	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy	Israel	8–0	12–0
32.				10–0
33.	8 April 2022	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy	Lithuania	5–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

ASD Reggiana CF

• Italian Women's Cup: Winner 2010

Brescia

• Serie A: Winner 2014, 2016
• Italian Women's Cup: Winner 2012, 2015, 2016
• Italian Women's Super Cup: Winner 2014, 2015, 2016^[6]

References

1. Profile in ACF Brescia's website
2. Profile in Football.it
3. 2010–11 results and tables in RSSSF.com
4. Profile in UEFA's website
5. . Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
6. Stynes, Trevor (28 January 2021). "Casa Calcio: Daniela Sabatino, Still Scoring After All These Years". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

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