Laura Giuliani (born 5 June 1993) 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 national team.

Club career

FCF Como 2000

In 2009, having finished her youth career for S.S. La Benvenuta, a club located in

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, a city to the north-west of

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, Giuliani moved to

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to take part in the 2009–2010 Serie A2 season. Her debut came on 14 February 2010, against ACF

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. She was named on the starting XI for the 2010–2011 season and started all 22 league matches, conceding 15 goals. The team finished even on points with ACF Milan in Group A, as, during the final league match against the ''rossonere'', a late goal handed the win to the Milanese club. At that point, a play-off match was held seven days later, lost at the 94th minute. Como 2000, however, was later granted access to the Serie A as well when Reggiana withdrew. Giuliani made her Serie A début on 9 October 2011, against

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, and marked 22 appearances out of the 26 league matches, conceding 37 goals as Como finished the season 9th.

FSV Gütersloh 2009

On 21 September 2012, Giuliani announced she would be moving to

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team

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. She started her first match for the team on 14 November 2012.

1. FC Köln

Giuliani moved to

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for the 2015–16 season; she started as a backup for Lena Nuding but gradually played more and more games, unable, however, to prevent her team from being demoted.

SC Freiburg

Before the 2015–16 season ended, with Koln already relegated to 2. Bundesliga, Giuliani was signed by

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, where she constantly was second-choice to Laura Benkarth, only one year older but also already a player for her

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Juventus

She signed for the newly created Juventus team in 2017. Giuliani made her debut for Juventus on 30 September 2017, in a 3–0 win against

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. On 20 May 2018, Giuliani won Juventus' first league of their history winning 5–4 after

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against

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. On 24 May 2021, Giuliani announced that she would leave Juventus at end of the season.

AC Milan

On 16 July 2021, Giuliani moved to

International career

Under-19

Giuliani received her first call-up for the Italian U19 team on 5 March 2011, for a friendly. She made her UEFA début on 30 May 2011, in the 2011 Women's Euro, in the first group stage match against

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, as Italy reached the semi-finals, where they were knocked out by

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. She totalled 19 caps for the U-19 team.

Under-20

Giuliani made her FIFA début on 19 August 2012, during the first group stage match against

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of the

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. Italy drew 1–1 with Brazil and lost the following two matches, leaving them out of the quarter-finals. Giuliani started all three group stage games, conceding seven goals.

Senior

Giuliani received her first call-up for the senior team as Italy faced

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in a friendly held on 7 April 2013. She was left out of the squad which took part in the

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. She made her debut on 5 April 2014 against

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in a

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match. Giuliani was called up to the Italy squad for the

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. Giuliani was called up to the Italy squad for the

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. On 26 June 2022, Giuliani was announced in the Italy squad for the

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. On 2 July 2023, Giuliani was called up to the 23-player Italy squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Juventus *

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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: 2018–19 *

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Individual * AIC Best Women's XI: 2019

References

External links

Profile on the FIFA website

Profile on the Como website

Profile on the Gütersloh website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giuliani, Laura 1993 births Living people Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers SC Freiburg (women) players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Women's association football goalkeepers Juventus FC (women) players Serie A (women's football) players 1. FC Köln (women) players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Milan Frauen-Bundesliga players FSV Gütersloh 2009 players SSD FC Como Women players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Italian sportswomen