Cecilia Salvai is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus and the Italy national team. She has represented Italy U19 at the 2011 UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship.
Cecilia Salvai was born on December 2, 1993, in Pinerolo, Italy. She started playing football at an early age.
Cecilia Salvai started her professional career in 2008 with the football club Canavese, where had 4 matches and 1 goal. After just one season on the team, she moved to Torino and signed for three seasons. In the team, she became one of the most important and valuable players. For the team, she had 60 appearances and 4 goals.
In 2012, Cecilia Salvai moved to the Swiss club Rapid Lugano. She stayed in the club for one season, before returning to Italy again.
In 2013, Cecilia Salvai signed with Verona. She played for the team for three seasons and had 54 matches and 5 goals.
In 2016, Cecilia Salvai continue her career in Brescia, where had 19 matches and stayed for one single season before moving to her current team Juventus.
In 2017, Cecilia Salvai signed with Juventus. With the team, she won Serie A title in 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, and 2021/2022, as well as Coppa Italia in 2018/2019, 2021/2022, and Supercoppa Italiana in 2019, 2020/2021, and 2021/2022.
Cecilia Salvai was awarded as AIC Best Women’s XI in 2019.
At the international level, she played for Italy U19 and Italy U20. Cecilia Salvai made her debut for the senior team on 19 September 2012, as Italy faced Greece in the final qualification match before UEFA Women’s Euro 2013. For the senior team, she has a total of 36 matches and 2 goals.
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