Sofia Cantore (born 30 September 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as forward for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Lecco, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Fiammamonza | ||
2017– | Juventus | 21 | (4) |
2019–2020 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2020–2021 | → Florentia (loan) | 22 | (9) |
2021–2022 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 14 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2017 | Italy U17 | 8 | (6) |
2017–2018 | Italy U19 | 11 | (4) |
2020– | Italy | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2022 |
Cantore helped Fiammamonza gain promotion to Serie B in the 2016–17 season.[citation needed]
In August 2017, she moved to Juventus.[1] On 12 March 2018, Cantore scored her first goal for Juventus in a 2–0 away win against Verona.[2] She scored four goals in 19 matches in the 2017–18 season,[3] also winning the 2017–18 league title.[4] On 9 June 2018, she suffered a knee injury which prevented her to play in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[5][6] The injury also affected the following season in which she only played one match.[7]
In July 2019, she moved to Hellas Verona on loan,[8] where she scored three goals in 14 appearances.[3] In July 2020, she moved on loan to Florentia,[9] scoring nine goals in 22 appearances.[3] On 9 July 2021, she was loaned to Sassuolo.[10] She fractured her tibula on 18 February 2022, ending her season prematurely.[11]
On 1 December 2020, Cantore made her senior debut with Italy in a 0–0 draw against Denmark.[12]
Fiammamonza
Juventus
Juventus F.C. (women) – current squad | |
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