Isabella "Bella" Kresche (born 28 November 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the Austria women's national team, which she represents since 2022.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 23)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | SV Neulengbach | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | LUV Graz Damen | 17 | (0) |
2016–2022 | SKN St. Pölten | 34 | (0) |
2022– | Sassuolo | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
2013–2015 | Austria U-17 | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Austria U-19 | 3 | (0) |
2022- | Austria | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2022 |
Kresche was born in Graz in 1998. She began learning about goalkeeping at Roland Goriupp's camps and at the National Center for Women's Soccer. She learned from Reinhard Dietl who was a great teacher.[2]
After graduating from high school in 2017, she studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business[1] and she graduated with a bachelor's degree.
She has been playing for the Austrian national team since 2022 as a goalkeeper. She made her debut in a friendly match against Romania in February where the team won six goals to one.[3] She was invited to join the squad for the 2022 European Football Championship by Irene Fuhrmann, Manuela Zinsberger and Jasmin Pal.[4][5]
Austria squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | ||
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