Melissa Bellucci

Melissa Bellucci
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Pedaso, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 23
Youth career
Pedaso 1969
2016–2017 Jesina
2018–2020 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Jesina
2018– Juventus 7 (0)
2020–2022 → Empoli (loan) 40 (0)
2022–2023 → Sassuolo (loan) 22 (0)
2024 → Fiorentina (loan) 7 (0)
2024– → Napoli (loan) 8 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Italy U17 9 (2)
2018–2019 Italy U19 7 (4)
2021– Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2024

Melissa Bellucci (born 8 February 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays as midfielder for Napoli.

Career

Belluci started playing football in Pedaso 1969, a males' football team in which she was the only female on the team.[1] She moved to Jesina in 2016. Bellucci moved to Juventus in 2018. She made her first appearance for Juventus on 23 September, in a 6–0 victory against Verona.[2] In 2020, she moved to Empoli.[3]

International career

On 14 June 2021, she made her first appearance for Italy in a 3–2 victory against Austria.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Da Pedaso alla maglia della Nazionale, la storia di Melissa Bellucci". Marcheingol.it il portale del calcio dilettantistico marchigiano. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Juventus vs. Chievo Verona – 23 September 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Melissa Bellucci, Margherita Brscic e Martina Toniolo sono tre nuove calciatrici dell'Empoli Ladies". www.empoliladies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ FIGC (14 June 2021). "Doppietta di Soffia e rigore di Linari, l'Italia batte l'Austria 3–2 e chiude la stagione in bellezza". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 17 June 2021.


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