Rita_Guarino
Rita Guarino
Italian footballer and manager
Maria Rita Guarino (Italian pronunciation: [maˈriːa ˈriːta ɡwaˈriːno]; born 31 January 1971) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Italian club Inter Women. As a player, she represented the Italy national team as a striker.
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Guarino in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Rita Guarino | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-01-31) 31 January 1971 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1992 | Juventus Piedmont | ||
| 1986–1987 | → Torino | 4 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Reggiana | 29 | (15) |
| 1993–1996 | Fiammamonza | 58 | (38) |
| 1994–1995 | → Torres | 25 | (19) |
| 1996–1998 | Cascine Vica | 56 | (27) |
| 1998–2000 | Torres | 48 | (72) |
| 2000 | Maryland Pride | 7 | (8) |
| 2000–2001 | Lazio | ||
| 2001–2002 | Foroni Verona | 23 | (35) |
| 2002–2006 | Torres | ||
| International career | |||
| 1991–2004 | Italy | 99 | (35) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Italy U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Italy U17 | ||
| 2017–2021 | Juventus | ||
| 2021– | Inter Milan | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Throughout her career she played as a striker for Juventus, Torino, Reggiana, Fiammamonza, Torres, Lazio and Foroni Verona in Serie A, and Maryland Pride in the W-League.[1]
She was a member of the Italian national team, and took part in the 1991 and 1999 World Cups,[2] and the 1993, 1997 and 2001 European Championships. She scored Italy's last goal in the 1991 World Cup, forcing the extra time in the quarterfinals against Norway. She again scored a goal against Norway in the 2001 Euro.[3]
Italy youth
Since 2015, Guarino has served as Italy's under-17 national team's assistant manager[4] and Manager of Football – Individual Training System.[5]
Juventus
On 16 June 2017, Guarino was appointed head coach of Juventus Women.[6] She led the team to their first ever Scudetto: both Juventus and Brescia finished the season tied at 60 points atop the League thus making a tie-breaker necessary. On 20 May 2018 in Novara Juventus beat Brescia 5–4 at penalty shoot-out winning the championship following their debut season in the league.[7][8]
In 2018–19 they won their second consecutive league title and their first Coppa Italia. The following season, Juventus won their first Supercoppa Italiana and their third consecutive league title. In 2020–21, Juventus won their second Supercoppa Italiana and their fourth consecutive league title, making a perfect season with 22 victories out 22.[9]
Inter Milan
On 21 May 2021, Guarino announced that she would leave Juventus at end of the season.[10] On 17 June 2021, Guarino was appointed head coach of Inter Women.[11]
In 2017, she co-authored the book Train in women's football. Technical, tactical, physical aspects and estimates.[12]
Managerial
- As of matches played 12 December 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Italy U17 | September 2015 | June 2017 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 038.89 | [13] |
| Juventus | 16 June 2017 | 23 May 2021 | 88 | 74 | 5 | 9 | 255 | 50 | +205 | 084.09 | [14][15] |
| Inter Milan | 17 June 2021 | Present | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 063.64 | [16] |
| Total | 117 | 88 | 12 | 17 | 313 | 82 | +231 | 075.21 | |||
Manager
Juventus
- Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Coppa Italia: 2018–19
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020
- Allenare nel calcio femminile. Aspetti tecnici, tattici, fisici e preventivi. Italy: Sport. 2017. ISBN 978-8898889662.
- Profile and interview in Calciodonne
- Statistics in FIFA's website
- U17 WNT's staff in the Italian Football Federation's website
- "Rita Guarino allenerà la squadra della Juventus femminile!" (in Italian). 21 June 2017.
- Dolfin, Alberto (20 May 2018). "Storico scudetto al primo anno di vita per la Juventus Women, sconfitto ai rigori nello spareggio il Brescia" [Historic Scudetto for Juventus Women at their first year: Brescia are beaten in the shoot-out]. La Stampa (in Italian). Turin. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- AFP. "Juventus women make it a double Scudetto for the club in debut season". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- "Record per la Juventus femminile: 22 vittorie su 22 partite in campionato". Globalist (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- "Juve Femminile, UFFICIALE l'addio di coach Rita Guarino". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- "Rita Guarino is the new head coach of Inter Women". 17 June 2021.
- "Cuneo calcio femminile: fucina di calciatrici e... scrittori!". Campioni.cn (in Italian). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- "Italy - R. Guarino - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway". ca.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- "Rita Guarino - Stats and titles won - 21/22". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- "Juventus live score, schedule and results - Football - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- "Rita Guarino - Stats and titles won - 21/22". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- Rita Guarino – FIFA competition record (archived)