# Cristiana Girelli

Cristiana Girelli (born 23 April 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the Italy women's national team.
Girelli joined Juventus in 2018, after five seasons with Brescia. She was the second top scorer of the 2014–15 season with 27 goals, the top scorer of the 2019–20 season with 16 goals, and the top scorer of the 2020–21 season.

## International career

She made her debut for the senior Italian national team in a March 2013 friendly against England, and soon afterwards she was selected for the 2013 UEFA Euro's final tournament. She led the Italian scoring in the qualifiers for the 2017 UEFA Euro, where she scored a late winner against Olympic runner-up Sweden. She has also been an Under-19 international.
In Italy's first game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Girelli scored the only goal against Argentina.
Goals for the Italian WNT in official competitions :
| Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2013–09–26 | Bassano del Grappa | Romania | 1 | 1–0 | 4 |
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–05–08 | Skopje | Macedonia | 3 | 11–0 | 4 |
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–09–18 | La Spezia | Georgia | 2 | 6–1 | 7 |
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2016–06–07 | Gori | Georgia | 2 | 7–0 | 7 |
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2016–09–16 | Lurgan | Northern Ireland | 2 | 3–0 | 7 |
| 2017 UEFA Euro | First Stage | 2017–07–25 | Doetinchem | Sweden | 1 | 3–2 | 7 |
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2017–09–15 | La Spezia | Moldova | 2 | 5–0 | 10 |
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2017–10–24 | Castel di Sangro | Romania | 2 | 3–0 | 10 |
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2018–04–10 | Ferrara | Belgium | 1 | 2–1 | 10 |
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2018-06-08 | Florence | Portugal | 1 | 3–0 | 10 |
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2018-09-04 | Leuven | Belgium | 1 | 1–2 | 10 |
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | First Stage | 2019-06-14 | Reims | Jamaica | 3 | 5–0 | 10 |

## International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 26 September 2013 | Stadio Rino Mercante, Bassano del Grappa, Italy | Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 7 March 2014 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Canada | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 3. | 8 May 2014 | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 2–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 8 May 2014 | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 3–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 8 May 2014 | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 6–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 6 March 2015 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Scotland | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 7. | 6 March 2015 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Scotland | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 8. | 18 September 2015 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Georgia | 5–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 9. | 18 September 2015 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Georgia | 6–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 10. | 7 June 2016 | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia | Georgia | 6–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 11. | 7 June 2016 | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia | Georgia | 7–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 12. | 16 September 2016 | Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 13. | 16 September 2016 | Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 14. | 8 March 2017 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 15. | 8 March 2017 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 16. | 25 July 2017 | De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands | Sweden | 3–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
| 17. | 15 September 2017 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Moldova | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 18. | 15 September 2017 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Moldova | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 19. | 24 October 2017 | Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy | Romania | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 20. | 24 October 2017 | Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy | Romania | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 21. | 20 January 2018 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | France | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 22. | 28 January 2018 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Switzerland | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 23. | 2 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Wales | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 24. | 2 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Wales | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 25. | 10 April 2018 | Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy | Belgium | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 26. | 8 June 2018 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Portugal | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 27. | 4 September 2018 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Belgium | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 28. | 6 March 2019 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | North Korea | 1–0 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 29. | 29 May 2019 | Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy | Switzerland | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 30. | 14 June 2019 | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France | Jamaica | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 31. | 14 June 2019 | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France | Jamaica | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 32. | 14 June 2019 | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France | Jamaica | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 33. | 29 August 2019 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Israel | 1–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 34. | 3 September 2019 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 35. | 4 October 2019 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Malta | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 36. | 8 October 2019 | Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 37. | 8 November 2019 | Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy | Georgia | 3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 38. | 4 March 2020 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Portugal | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 39. | 7 March 2020 | Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal | New Zealand | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 40. | 22 September 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 41. | 22 September 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 42. | 22 September 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 43. | 24 February 2021 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Israel | 5–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 44. | 10 June 2021 | Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrera, Italy | Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 45. | 17 September 2021 | Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy | Moldova | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 46. | 17 September 2021 | Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy | Moldova | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 47. | 21 September 2021 | Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia | Croatia | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 48. | 22 October 2021 | Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy | Croatia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 49. | 30 November 2021 | Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania | Romania | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 50. | 30 November 2021 | Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania | Romania | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 51. | 30 November 2021 | Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania | Romania | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 52. | 12 April 2022 | Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 53. | 24 July 2023 | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | Argentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 54. | 25 October 2024 | Stadio Tre Fontane, Rome, Italy | Malta | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |

## Honours

Bardolino
* Serie A: 2007, 2008, 2009
* Italian Women's Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009
* Italian Women's Super Cup: 2005, 2007, 2008
Brescia
* Serie A: 2015–16
* Italian Women's Cup: 2015, 2016
* Italian Women's Super Cup: 2014, 2015, 2016; runners-up 2017
Juventus
* Serie A: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
* Coppa Italia: 2018–19, 2021–22
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22
Individual
* Serie A Female Footballer of the Year: 2020
* Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2022