Flaminia Simonetti (born 17 February 1997) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for Serie A club

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and the Italy women's national team.

Career

Club career

At the age of 14, Simonetti debuted for Italian side

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. In 2016, she signed for

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in Switzerland but left after a few days due to homesickness. After that, she signed for Italian club

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International career

Simonetti represented

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at the

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Personal life

She is the sister of footballer Pier Luigi Simonetti.

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* 1997 births Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland FC Neunkirch players Inter Milan (women) players AS Roma (women) players SSD Empoli Ladies FBC players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers Living people Serie A (women's football) players Footballers from Rome 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-women-footy-bio-stub