Rachele Baldi (born 2 October 1994) 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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, on loan from

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, and the Italy women's national team. She previously played for Empoli.

Club career

Baldi spent the first 9 years of her senior football career playing within her home region of Tuscany, among various clubs in the area. She openly wrote on her emotional ties to Empoli when she decided to leave Tuscany in 2020. After speculating on moving to play football abroad in a foreign league, Baldi decided to stay in Italy and move to Roma. During Baldi's first season with Roma, she struggled to impose herself as a first-team regular at the club. Baldi made just 9 league appearances in the 2020–21 Serie A season, keeping an 11.1% clean sheet percentage in the league. On 30 May 2021, Baldi received a

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winner's medal after Roma won the trophy by beating

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in the final.

International career

On 25 June 2025, Baldi was called up to the Italy squad for the

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References

1994 births Living people Italian women's footballers Footballers from Prato Women's association football goalkeepers Serie A (women's football) players SSD Empoli Ladies FBC players Florentia San Gimignano SSD players AS Roma (women) players SSD Napoli Femminile players ACF Fiorentina (women) players Inter Milan (women) players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players Italy women's international footballers 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-women-footy-bio-stub