Maria Rita Guarino (; born 31 January 1971) is an Italian professional

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manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Italian club Inter Women. As a player, she represented the Italy national team as a striker.

Playing career

Throughout her career she played as a striker for

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, Reggiana, Fiammamonza, Torres,

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and Foroni Verona in

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, and Maryland Pride in the W-League. She was a member of the Italian national team, and took part in the

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and

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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, and the

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

and

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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. She scored Italy's last goal in the 1991 World Cup, forcing the extra time in the quarterfinals against

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. She again scored a goal against Norway in the 2001 Euro.

Managerial career

Italy youth

Since 2015, Guarino has served as Italy's under-17 national team's assistant manager and Manager of Football – Individual Training System.

Juventus

On 16 June 2017, Guarino was appointed head coach of Juventus Women. She led the team to their first ever ''

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'': both Juventus and Brescia finished the season tied at 60 points atop the League thus making a tie-breaker necessary. On 20 May 2018 in

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Juventus beat Brescia 5–4 at

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winning the championship following their debut season in the league. In 2018–19 they won their second consecutive league title and their first Coppa Italia. The following season, Juventus won their first Supercoppa Italiana and their third consecutive league title. In 2020–21, Juventus won their second Supercoppa Italiana and their fourth consecutive league title, making a perfect season with 22 victories out 22.

Inter Milan

On 21 May 2021, Guarino announced that she would leave Juventus at end of the season. On 17 June 2021, Guarino was appointed head coach of Inter Women.

Personal life

In 2017, she co-authored the book ''Train in women's football. Technical, tactical, physical aspects and estimates''.

Career statistics

Managerial

Honours

Manager

Juventus *

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 *

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: 2018–19 *

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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Publications

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guarino, Rita 1971 births Living people Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Juventus FC (women) managers Inter Milan (women) managers Torres Calcio Femminile players Serie A (women's football) players SS Lazio Women 2015 players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Italian expatriate women's footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Turin Women's association football forwards A.S.D. Reggiana Calcio Femminile players Italian football managers Serie A (women's football) managers ASD Fiammamonza 1970 players Torino Women A.S.D. players ASDF Juventus Torino players Foroni Verona FC players Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United States