Alice Tortelli (born 22 January 1998) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Italy women's national team.

Early life

Tortelli has two brothers, who are twins, and was born and raised in

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. Tortelli started playing football for her brother Lapo's team. She played in defence alongside Lapo and both were often

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Career

Tortelli made her debut for the former Firenze club in 2013 and transferred across to Fiorentina when the men's club took up the licence for the women's club. Tortelli played 18 of the 22 games when Fiorentina won their only Serie A Femminile season in 2016-17, plus Coppa Italia successes in 2017 and 2018. She made her debut for the Italy national team on 22 September 2020 against

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, starting the match.

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* 1998 births Living people Women's association football defenders Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers ACF Fiorentina (women) players Footballers from Florence Serie A (women's football) players ACF Firenze players 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-women-footy-bio-stub