Eleonora Oliva (born 8 August 1998) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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Career

In her first year with Lavagnese, Eleonora Oliva won the junior championship. In the second year, her team finished second in

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. In 2016/17, they won the

championship and they reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia Eccelenza. Finally, in 2017/18, they participated in the

. In 2018, Lavagnese's women's team was acquired by

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. The club was then relegated from

at the end of the 2018/19 season. In 2019, Oliva moved to Cesena where she made 13 appearances before the season stopped due to the

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. In 2020, she moved to

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club

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. She stayed for two years making 25 appearances in total as the team finished 9th in 2020/21 and 12th in 2021/22. She then moved to

club

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on 10 July 2022, but left only 5 months later to rejoin

went on to finish 1st and win promotion to the

Honours

; Lavagnese * Serie C: 2016/17 ;

: 2022/23

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Eleonora Oliva
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Eleonora Oliva
at Tuttocampo {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliva, Eleonora 1998 births Living people Italian women's footballers Serie A (women's football) players Serie B (women's football) players Genoa CFC Women players Women's association football defenders SSD Napoli Femminile players SSD Women Hellas Verona players People from Lavagna Footballers from the Province of Genoa 21st-century Italian sportswomen