# Valentina Cernoia

Valentina Cernoia (born 22 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Italy women's national football team, which she represents since 2013.

## Career

Cernoia first played in the Serie A with ACF Brescia in the 2009–10 season following the team's promotion. In the 2013–14 season she played the UEFA Champions League for the first time and made her debut in the Italian national team in the 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the summer of 2017 she played her first final tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and moved to the newly founded Juventus FC women's team after nearly a decade in Brescia.
On 8 July 2023, Cernoia joined AC Milan.
Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions :
| Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–09–13 | Vercelli | Estonia | 1 | 4–0 | 2 |
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–09–17 | Vercelli | North Macedonia | 1 | 15–0 | 2 |
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–09–18 | La Spezia | Georgia | 1 | 6–1 | 1 |

## Honours

Brescia
* Serie A: 2013–14, 2015–16
* Coppa Italia: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
* Italian Women's Super Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Juventus
* Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
* Coppa Italia: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22
Individual
* AIC Best Women's XI: 2019

## Career statistics

| COMPETITION | SEASON | FOOTBALL CLUB | | | | | | | | |
| Euro Women | 2021 | Italy W | 809 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champions League Women | 2020/2021 | Juventus W | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coppa Italia Women | 2020/2021 | Juventus W | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serie A Women | 2020/2021 | Juventus W | 1009 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Algarve Cup Women | 2020 | Italy W | 159 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champions League Women | 2019/2020 | Juventus W | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Coppa Italia Women | 2019/2020 | Juventus W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serie A Women | 2019/2020 | Juventus W | 1178 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Friendly International Women | 2019 | Italy W | 377 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Tournament (Cyprus) Women | 2019 | Italy W | 265 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| World Cup Women | 2019 | Italy W | 450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Champions League Women | 2018/2019 | Juventus W | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serie A Women | 2018/2019 | Juventus W | 1470 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Friendly International Women | 2018 | Italy W | 152 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 13 September 2014 | Vercelli, Italy | Estonia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 17 September 2014 | Vercelli, Italy | North Macedonia | 11–0 | 15–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 25 October 2014 | Rieti, Italy | Ukraine | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |
| 4. | 11 March 2015 | Larnaca, Cyprus | Mexico | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 5. | 18 September 2015 | La Spezia, Italy | Georgia | 1–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 6. | 6 March 2019 | Larnaca, Cyprus | North Korea | 3–3 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 7. | 5 April 2019 | Lublin, Poland | Poland | 1–? | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 8. | 12 November 2019 | Castel di Sangro, Italy | Malta | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 9. | 12 November 2019 | Castel di Sangro, Italy | Malta | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 10. | 21 September 2021 | Karlovac, Croatia | Croatia | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 22 October 2021 | Castel di Sangro, Italy | Croatia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 26 October 2021 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 13. | 8 April 2022 | Parma, Italy | Lithuania | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |