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Elena Linari (born 15 April 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club AS Roma and the Italy women's national team. She has also played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Atlético Madrid, Fiorentina and Brescia,[1] and she has won four league titles, four cups and two supercups.[2][3] She has represented Italy internationally since 2013.[4]

Elena Linari

Linari playing for Fiorentina in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Fiesole, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Roma
Number	32
Youth career
	Atletica Castello
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Firenze	107	(8)
2013–2016	Brescia	70	(3)
2016–2018	Fiorentina	44	(13)
2018–2020	Atlético Madrid	33	(1)
2020	Bordeaux	3	(0)
2021–	Roma	31	(3)
National team‡
2013–	Italy	45	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 May 2017

On 14 January 2021, she joined AS Roma on a free transfer and signed a contract until June 2021.[5]

Club career

Linari started her youth career with Atletica Castello and played in inter-gender training matches until she moved to Claudio Desolati's football academy in Florence when Linari was fourteen years old. She then played for her region's football club Firenze for five seasons, beginning in the 2008-2009 season and making her Serie A debut at sixteen years of age with the club. Linari would also win a Primavera title with Firenze in the 2012-2013 season.

The Italian defender would make a total 107 appearances for Firenze until Linari moved to Brescia in the summer of 2013. She won more team titles with Brescia, including winning the Serie A league title in her first season with the club. Linari also made her UEFA Champions League debut with Brescia on 9 October 2014. She would later with the Coppa Italia in 2014-15, and win two Supercoppa trophies in 2014 and 2015. In the summer of 2016, Linari decided to return to her home region and play for Fiorentina, which is the club she has supported since she was a child.[6]

Linari would go on to win a league title and two Coppa Italia trophies during her two seasons playing for Fiorentina, before she chose to become the first female Italian football player to sign a professional contract when she signed with Atlético Madrid in the summer of 2018.

During her two-year stay in Spain, Linari won a Liga title and made the cup final with Atletico before moving to France to sign with Bordeaux in 2020. Her brief stay with Bordeaux was not successful, and Linari the offer to return to her native Italy and play with Roma from January 2021 onwards.[7]

During Linari's first six months of playing for Roma, the team's goal-concession rate dropped from 1.21 goals conceded per game to 0.88 goals conceded per game.[8] Linari's arrival is widely credited with re-installing Roma's belief in their long-term goals as well as helping lead Roma to the club's first major trophy in the women's side of the game.

On 30 May 2021, the Italian defender racked up 16 ball recoveries, completed 111 passes and won 5 aerial duels for Roma in their 2021 Coppa Italia final victory over AC Milan.[9] That victory resulted in the fourth Coppa Italia winner's medal won by Linari in her playing career.

Career statistics

COMPETITION	SEASON	FOOTBALL CLUB
Euro Women	2021	Italy W	630	7	0	0	2	0	0	0
Coppa Italia Women	2020/2021	Roma W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Division 1 Women	2020/2021	Bordeaux W	205	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Serie A Women	2020/2021	Roma W	900	10	0	0	1	0	1	0
Algarve Cup Women	2020	Italy W	134	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Champions League Women	2019/2020	Atletico Madrid W	181	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Copa de la Reina	2019/2020	Atletico Madrid W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Primera Division Women	2019/2020	Atletico Madrid W	1123	17	6	1	0	0	1	0
Friendly International Women	2019	Italy W	406	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
International Tournament (Cyprus) Women	2019	Italy W	166	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
World Cup Women	2019	Italy W	450	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Champions League Women	2018/2019	Atletico Madrid W	360	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Primera Division Women	2018/2019	Atletico Madrid W	1215	16	3	1	1	0	3	0
Friendly International Women	2018	Italy W	190	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Champions League Women	2017/2018	Fiorentina W	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 November 2019	Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy	Georgia	1–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.	22 September 2020	Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5–0	5–0

References

External links

• Elena Linari at Soccerway

На других языках

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- [en] Elena Linari

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[es] Elena Linari

Elena Linari (Fiesole; 15 de abril de 1994) es una futbolista italiana. Juega como defensa en la Roma de la Serie A de Italia y es internacional con Selección femenina de fútbol de Italia.[1]

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[it] Elena Linari

Elena Linari (Fiesole, 15 aprile 1994) è una calciatrice italiana, difensore della Roma e della nazionale italiana. Detiene il primato di maggior numero di presenze (16) nella nazionale Under-19.

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