Martina Rosucci is an Italian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Juventus and the Italian national team. She is the 2008 European Under-19 champion. She is the Italian champion and Italian Cup winner, as well as
Martina Rosucci was born on May 9, 1992, in Torino, Italy. She started playing in local mixed teams and showed great skills. Thus, she was signed by Carrara, a Serie D team, with which she soon became a top scorer, scoring a total of 81 goals in the championship and Piedmont Cup in a single season, at just sixteen years old.
Martina Rosucci signed with the Serie A team Torino in 2008. She made her debut in the championship on October 18, 2008, while on January 25, 2009, she scored her first goal in Serie A against Venezia, in a 2-1 victory. Meanwhile, she debuted for the Italian Under-17 national team and made her debut in a friendly match against Switzerland. Attending the match is the coach of the Under-19 national team, Corrado Corradini, who decides to call her up in his selection, despite being three years younger than her teammates. Thus, she played at the 2008 European Under-19 championship winning the first European women’s gold in Italy’s history.
In the following season, Torino changed coach, but Martina Rosucci remained in the team’s starting lineup, playing 21 games in the league out of 22 in total, missing only one match due to disqualification and scoring three goals. In the third season with Torino, Martina Rosucci sees a new change on the bench for the team, with the championship also seeing an increase in the participating teams, which go from twelve to fourteen, for a fight for salvation that involves a greater number of teams including Torino, despite finishing seventh. Martina Rosucci appeared in 25 matches and scored two goals during the championship, while in the Italian Cup, the team repeated the bad run of the previous season, exiting immediately, with Martina Rosucci making only one appearance in the event. Totally for the team of Torino, she had 65 matches and scored 6 goals.
Martina Rosucci signed with Brescia in 2011. She made her debut against Chiasiellis on October 8, 2011, entering in the field in the eighth minute of the second half and scoring her first goal five minutes before the end of the match. The following year, after gaining some experience in the USA, Martina Rosucci returned to play only on April 21, 2012, due to an injury, taking to the pitch at her former team Torino. On June 2, she won the Italian Cup by beating Napoli 3-2 in extra time in the final. The following season, after the defeat in the 2012 Italian Super Cup, Brescia finished without any trophies. In the 2013/2014 season, Brescia won the championship with a record of 25 victories and only one defeat, which was the second trophy for Martina Rosucci. This was the best season in her career with twenty-seven league appearances and twelve goals scored, plus three appearances and three goals in the Italian Cup. Meanwhile, Martina Rosucci made her debut for the Italian senior women’s national football team in the Sweden UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 against Denmark with her team winning by 2-1 victory. The team reached the Round of 16, losing to Germany.
In the 2014/2015 season, Martina Rosucci made her debut in the UEFA Women’s Champions League took place in October in the match against Olympique Lyon, with Brescia immediately eliminated from the competition. In the championship, Brescia finished second behind Bardolino Verona, losing the decisive points against San Zaccaria, the only match where Martina Rosucci was absent due to suspension. The season ends with Martina Rosucci winning her second Italian Cup, with Brescia beating Tavagnacco in the final, and with Martina Rosucci scoring the third goal for the final 4-0.
The 2015/2016 season was fantastic for Brescia and Martina Rosucci, winning all three national trophies as a starter starting from the Supercoppa Italia against Verona, continuing with the scudetto to end with the Italian Cup won again over Verona. Martina Rosucci was also the top player for the team and recorded a historical quarter-final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, collecting a total of 31 appearances during the season with two goals.
In 2017, Martina Rosucci was one of the first players of the newly formed Juventus women’s team. Here she won the third Serie A title of her career. The following season, a serious injury to the cruciate ligament of her right knee caused her to miss much of the competitive season. She returned to the field only in the 2019/2020 season playing 6 matches for the team and scoring 5 goals, but also appeared in two matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Meanwhile, Martina Rosucci was called for the 2019 France World Cup and took part in the Italian national team’s World Cup qualifiers, facing in order Moldova, and Belgium, where she scored a goal, and Portugal as a starter. She made her debut in the Round of 16 of the final phase of the championship, replacing a tired Barbara Bonansea in the second half. The match then ended 2-0 in favor of the Azzurre. However, they lost in the quarter-finals to the Netherlands.
In the next seasons, Martina Rosucci was a key player for Juventus, while the team dominated the Italian Serie A, winning two Serie A titles, two times Super Cup and the Italian Cup, but also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2021/2022.
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