Isabella Kresche

Isabella Kresche
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 32
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)
2022–2024 Sassuolo 20 (0)
2024– AS Roma
International career
2013–2015 Austria U-17 6 (0)
2015–2016 Austria U-19 3 (0)
2022– Austria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Isabella "Bella" Kresche (born 28 November 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club AS Roma, joining them in September 2024 from, US Sassuolo and the Austria women's national team, which she represents since 2022.

Biography

Kresche was born in Graz in 1998. She began learning about goalkeeping at Roland Goriupp's camps, and then at the National Center for Women's Football, where she learned from former goalkeeper Reinhard Dietl.[2]

After graduating from high school in 2017, she studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business[1] and graduated with a bachelor's degree.

Career

Kresche came through the ranks at SV Neulengbach in her teens, and spent a season at LUV Graz Damen before making her name domestically at SKN St. Pölten, playing there for six years from 2016 to 2022, competing in the UEFA Women's Champions League each season there.

She was brought to Italy by Serie A Femminile club Sassuolo in 2022,[3] and made an instant impact, saving two penalties against Parma in a 1-0 away win in March 2023.[4] However, she saw her first season there finish early due to a shoulder injury.[5]

Kresche spent two seasons at Sassuolo, finishing sixth in 2023 and fourth in 2024, before moving the capital to join champions AS Roma in September 2024.[6]

International career

Kresche was first called up to the senior Austrian national team in 2022, making her debut in a friendly match against Romania in February where the team won 6-1.[7] She was named in the squad for UEFA Euro 2022 by coach Irene Fuhrmann, as third goalkeeper behind Manuela Zinsberger and Jasmin Pal.[8][9]

With Zinsberger as first-choice, Kresche was a non-playing substitute for all four games at the tournament as Austria went out in the quarter-finals to Germany.[10] [11] [12] [13]

References

  1. ^ a b "» Isabella Kresche" (in German). Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Kresche: "Möchte schon nochmal weiterkommen"". weltfussball.at (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Sassuolo Femminile: presa Isabella Kresche, portiere della Nazionale austriaca (Sassuolo Women: Isabella Kresche, goalkeeper of the Austrian national team, signed)". Canale Sassuolo (in Italian). 24 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Kresche dopo Parma-Sassuolo Femminile 0-1: "Felice di aver aiutato la squadra parando i due rigori" (Kresche after Parma-Sassuolo Femminile 0-1: "Happy to have helped the team by saving the two penalties")". Canale Sassuolo (in Italian). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Sassuolo Femminile, stagione finita per Kresche: infortunio alla spalla (Sassuolo Women, season over for Kresche: shoulder injury)". Canale Sassuolo (in Italian). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Isabella Kresche signs for AS Roma". asroma.com. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Kresche im Interview: "Es waren sechs wunderbare Jahre"". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Frauen-Fußballnationalteam: Viel EM-Erfahrung im diesjährigen Euro-Kader Österreichs | Kleine Zeitung". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ Nachrichten, Salzburger (27 June 2022). "Fuhrmann nominierte 23 plus zwei Spielerinnen für die EURO". www.sn.at (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  10. ^ "UEFA Match report - England 1-0 Austria". UEFA.com. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  11. ^ "UEFA Match report - Austria 2-0 Northern Ireland". UEFA.com. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  12. ^ "UEFA Match report - Austria 1-0 Norway". UEFA.com. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  13. ^ "UEFA Match report - Germany 2-0 Austria". UEFA.com. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.


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