Sara_Penzo

Sara Penzo

Sara Penzo

Italian footballer

Sara Penzo (born 16 December 1989) is an Italian former football goalkeeper who played for women's Serie A club UPC Tavagnacco and the Italy women's national football team. In 2012, she signed for Serie A club ACF Brescia, following a season in the Swiss Nationalliga A playing for the women's section of FC Basel. She was part of the Italian squad at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

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International career

After helping Italy win the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, conceding one goal in four games, she was named in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 as an understudy to Anna Maria Picarelli.[2]

Penzo made her senior debut for Italy in March 2010, in a 3–2 defeat by England at the 2010 Cyprus Cup.[3]

National coach Antonio Cabrini named Penzo in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Goalkeepers". Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Sara Penzo". uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Italia Campionato Europeo Femminile Svezia 10 - 28 Luglio 2013" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Cabrini finalises Italy's Women's EURO squad". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.


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