# Barbara Bonansea

Barbara Bonansea (born 13 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.

## Club career

After more than a 100 games for A.C.F. Torino, Bonansea moved to ACF Brescia in 2012. Bonansea helped ACF Brescia two league titles and two domestic cups. She also won three Italian women’s super cups in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In 2016, Bonansea was named Serie A female footballer of the year.
In 2017, Bonansea joined Juventus on a free transfer. She made her debut against Atalanta scoring twice in a 3–0 win. Bonansea won the league title in her first year at the club. In the 2018–19 season, she helped Juventus secure the double, winning the league title and domestic cup.

## International career

After 15 appearances and 7 goals for Italy at youth level, in September 2012 Bonansea made her Italy senior national team debut in a 0–0 draw against Greece in Athens, in a Euro 2013 qualifier. She was not called up to be part of the Italian squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, however.
During Italy's 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign, she made six appearances, scoring seven goals, including a hat-trick in a 15–0 home victory over Macedonia. In November 2015, she was included by manager Antonio Cabrini in Italy's squad for a double friendly against the Chinese national team, appearing in both the match in Guiyang on 3 December, and in the match in Qujing on 6 December.
In November 2016, she was included in Italy's squad for the 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus, which was held from 7 to 18 December.
She was included in Italy's squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
On 23 February 2024, Bonansea made her 100th appearance for Italy during a 0–0 draw against Republic of Ireland.

## International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 13 March 2013 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | South Korea | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 2. | 20 September 2013 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 13 February 2014 | Stadio Silvio Piola, Italy | Czech Republic | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 8 May 2014 | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 8–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 13 September 2014 | Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy | Estonia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 17 September 2014 | Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy | North Macedonia | 10–0 | 15–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 17 September 2014 | Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy | North Macedonia | 13–0 | 15–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 17 September 2014 | Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy | North Macedonia | 15–0 | 15–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 9. | 4 March 2015 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | South Korea | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 10. | 9 March 2016 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 11. | 7 June 2016 | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia | Georgia | 2–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 12. | 7 June 2016 | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia | Georgia | 4–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 13. | 18 December 2016 | Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil | Brazil | 3–4 | 3–5 | 2016 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus |
| 14. | 8 March 2017 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 4–1 | 6–2 | 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 15. | 15 September 2017 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy | Moldova | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 16. | 24 October 2017 | Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy | Romania | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 17. | 28 February 2018 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Switzerland | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 18. | 8 June 2018 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Portugal | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 19. | 27 February 2019 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Mexico | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 20. | 4 March 2019 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Thailand | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 21. | 9 June 2019 | Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France | Australia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 22. | 9 June 2019 | Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France | Australia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 23. | 7 March 2020 | Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal | New Zealand | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 24. | 24 February 2021 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Israel | 2–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 25. | 24 February 2021 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | Israel | 11–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 26. | 26 November 2021 | Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy | Switzerland | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 27. | 30 November 2021 | Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari, Romania | Romania | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 28. | 16 February 2022 | Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 Algarve Cup |

## Style of play

FIFA described Bonansea as “pacey and snake-hipped” and “able to balletically slalom past opponents on grass like Alberto Tomba did poles,” comparing her to Paulo Futre and Ryan Giggs in their primes. Bonansea is renowned for scoring wonder goals, including the knuckleball free-kicks pioneered by Juninho Pernambucano.

## Personal life

Bonansea is an economics graduate and aspires to play football professionally outside of Italy. Bonansea enjoys reading Dan Brown books, watching romance and thriller films, and learning to play the guitar.

## Honours

Brescia
* Serie A: 2013–14, 2015–16
* Coppa Italia: 2014–15, 2015–16
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2014, 2015, 2016
Juventus
* Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
* Coppa Italia: 2018–19, 2021–22
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22
Individual
* AIC Serie A Female Footballer of the Year: 2016
* AIC Best Women's XI: 2019
* FIFA FIFPro Women's World11: 2020, 2021
* Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2021
* Serie A Goal of the Year: 2021