Chiara Eusebio (born 4 July 1995) is an Italian footballer, who has played for the Italy women's national football team. At club level, she most recently played for

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on loan from

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

Club career

Eusebio played as a

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. Eusebio started her career at

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, and made her debut in the 2011–12

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season. During the 2014–15 season, she made 27 appearances on loan at Riviera di Romagna, scoring one goal. In July 2015, Eusebio signed for

; she played for them from 2015 to 2017. During that time, Brescia won the 2015–16 Serie A championship, 2015–16

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, and the 2016 and 2017

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s, and reached the quarter-finals of the

2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 15th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 7th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. The final was played at the Map ...

. Eusebio made seven appearances for Brescia in the

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, and made a total of 34 appearances for Brescia in all competitions, scoring three goals. In June 2017, Eusebio announced that she was leaving Brescia at the end of the season; the decision for her to leave was by mutual consent. In September 2017, Eusebio joined

on loan from Brescia.

International career

Between 2012 and 2013, Eusebio played eight matches for the Italy under-19s, including in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round. She was first called up to the senior squad for the

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; she was one of five uncapped players in the squad. In May 2015, she played for Italy in a

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against

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. Later in the year, she was in the Italian squad for two matches in

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, and played in one of the matches in the tour. In 2017, she was in the Italy under-23s squad to play a friendly against the senior squad.

Personal life

Eusebio is from

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, Italy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eusebio, Chiara 1995 births Living people Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers SSD Brescia Calcio Femminile players US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players Women's association football midfielders Footballers from Turin Torino Women A.S.D. players Serie A (women's football) players