Melissa Bellucci (born 8 February 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays as

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for

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Career

Belluci started playing football in Pedaso 1969, a males' football team in which she was the only female on the team. She moved to Jesina in 2016. Bellucci moved to

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in 2018. She made her first appearance for Juventus on 23 September, in a 6–0 victory against

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. In 2020, she moved to Empoli.

International career

On 14 June 2021, she made her first appearance for

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in a 3–2 victory against

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* Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers SSD Empoli Ladies FBC players Juventus FC (women) players Living people 2001 births Women's association football midfielders Sportspeople from the Province of Fermo 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-women-footy-bio-stub