Patrizia_Panico

Patrizia Panico

Patrizia Panico

Italian footballer

Patrizia Panico (Italian pronunciation: [paˈtrittsja paˈniːko]; born 8 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who is formerly the manager of Fiorentina in the Italian women's Serie A.[2] A prolific goalscorer, Panico is a longstanding member of the Italy women's national team; she won over 185 caps for Italy, and also served as her national side's captain. She is a veteran of Italy's 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship campaigns and played at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. In a club career that spanned more than two decades, Panico won ten Scudetti and collected five Coppa Italia winner's medals with her various clubs. She was Serie A's top scorer on 14 occasions (an Italian record for her category) and spent part of 2010 in the United States, representing Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Sky Blue. Panico is nicknamed "The Scorpion" due to her deadly goalscoring instincts.[3]

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Club career

In addition to Torres, Panico played for Lazio, Torino, Modena Amadio, Milan and Bardolino, as well as Sky Blue of the United States' Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She was the Serie A's top scorer for ten seasons.[4]

At Modena in 1997–98, Panico won her first Serie A title. She played alongside Carolina Morace, and came to be seen as the heir apparent to Morace's title as Italy's best female player.[5]

In the months before the professional Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) began play in 2001, Panico was pursued by Philadelphia Charge. She had agreed terms, but the move was eventually derailed by red tape.[6]

International career

Panico made her senior international debut on 8 April 1996, in Italy's 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying win over Portugal in Mestre. She started the match and scored Italy's first goal after five minutes of play.[note 1] Panico was selected for the final tournament in Norway. She scored in a 2–2 group stage draw with Denmark, as Italy reached the final which they lost 2–0 to Germany.

At the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, Panico gave Italy the lead in their first game against Germany. The match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California finished 1–1.[7] The Italians were eliminated after a 2–0 defeat by Brazil in their next game, but recovered to beat Mexico 2–0. Panico scored the first goal and was hailed as "one of the world's most explosive players" by CNN Sports Illustrated.[8]

On 11 November 1999, Panico scored a notable hat-trick against Germany in a 4–4 UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying draw.[9] At the final tournament, player of the match Panico scored twice in Italy's opening 2–1 win over Denmark at the Waldstadion in Aalen.[10] The Italians narrowly failed to qualify from the group after a 1–1 draw with Norway and a 2–0 defeat by France.

Four years later, Panico was included in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England.[11] She played in the Italians' 4–0 defeat to perennial champions Germany, which intersected defeats to France and Norway and preceded another first round exit.[12]

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland, Panico played in all four games and added two goals as the Italians went out to Germany in the quarter-finals.[9] Four years later, national coach Antonio Cabrini named Panico in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[13] At 38, Panico entered her fifth European finals and admitted it was likely to be her last.[14] She was left disappointed by another defeat by the Germans in the quarter-final at Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö.[15]

On 2 October 2010, she scored against Ukraine for the FIFA Women's World Cup qualification at the Stadion Yuri Gagarin in Chernihiv.[16]

Career statistics

Club

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International goals

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Honours

Modena

Lazio

Bardolino

  • Italian Women's Cup: 2007, 2009
  • Italian Women's Super Cup: 2007, 2008

AGSM Verona

  • Serie A: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015

Torres

  • Serie A: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Italian Women's Cup: 2011
  • Italian Women's Super Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Individual

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Italian Football Federation (FIGC) sources list Panico's debut as Italy's earlier 4–1 win over Portugal at the 1995 Algarve Cup. This is contradicted by RSSSF and Panico's official website.

References

  1. [1]
    "Goalscorers" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). AGSM Verona. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. [3]
    "U.S. Women Set to Face Italy on Thursday, June 19". United States Soccer Federation. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. [4]
    Profile Archived 22 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine in Sky Blue's web
  5. [5]
    Padovan, Giancarlo (28 February 2001). "La ragazza dal gol facile va in America La Panico a Philadelphia: "Non ho il mito degli Usa, ma lì c' è la pari dignità"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    Padovan, Giancarlo (25 April 2001). "Sfuma il sogno di Patrizia "Ho perso l' America, ma mi rifarò in nazionale"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    Hersh, Philip (21 June 1999). "Italy's Panico Gladly Takes Quality Goal Over Quantity". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    "Women's World Cup Soccer Recap (Mexico-Italy)". CNN Sports Illustrated. 28 June 1999. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    "Patrizia Panico". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    "Panico strikes twice to give Italy winning start". uefa.com. UEFA. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    Turner, Georgina (26 May 2005). "Italy An Azzurre masterclass". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    Turner, Georgina (9 June 2005). "Holders tighten their grip". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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    Saffer, Paul (29 June 2013). "Panico hoping for happy Italy ending". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  15. [15]
    Holyman, Ian (21 July 2013). "Panico: Italy lacked courage". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  16. [16]
    "Ukraine 0–3 Italy". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  17. [17]
    "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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