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Daniela Sabatino
	Sabatino as a Brescia player in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	26 June 1985 (age 39)
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
2002–2005	Bojano
2005–2006	Rapid Lugano
2006–2010	Reggiana
2010–2018	Brescia
2018–2019	Milan
2019–2020	Sassuolo
2020–2023	Fiorentina
2023–	Sassuolo
International career
2011–2022	Italy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
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.	25 July 2017	De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands	Sweden	2–1	3–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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)	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
28.	8 November 2019	Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy	Georgia	4–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
29.	8 November 2019	Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy	Georgia	5–0	6–0
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.	24 February 2021	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy	Israel	10–0	12–0
33.	8 April 2022	Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy	Lithuania	5–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification