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Sofia Cantore

Sofia Cantore
Cantore with the Italian national team at Euro 2025.
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Lecco, Italy
Height 1,67 m (5 pés e 6 pol.)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Washington Spirit
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Fiammamonza
2017–2025 Juventus 71 (22)
2019–2020 → Hellas Verona (loan) 14 (3)
2020–2021 → Florentia (loan) 22 (9)
2021–2022 → Sassuolo (loan) 14 (8)
2025– Washington Spirit 3 (1)
International career‡
2015–2017 Italy U17 8 (6)
2017–2018 Italy U19 11 (4)
2020– Italy 37 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025

Sofia Cantore (born 30 September 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as forward for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Italy women's national team.

Club career

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Cantore helped Fiammamonza gain promotion to Serie B in the 2016–17 season.[citation needed]

In August 2017, she moved to Juventus.[1] On 12 March 2018, Cantore scored her first goal for Juventus in a 2–0 away win against Verona.[2] She scored four goals in 19 matches in the 2017–18 season,[3] also winning the 2017–18 league title.[4] On 9 June 2018, she suffered a knee injury which prevented her to play in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[5][6] The injury also affected the following season in which she only played one match.[7]

In July 2019, she moved to Hellas Verona on loan,[8] where she scored three goals in 14 appearances.[3] In July 2020, she moved on loan to Florentia,[9] scoring nine goals in 22 appearances.[3] On 9 July 2021, she was loaned to Sassuolo.[10] She fractured her tibula on 18 February 2022, ending her season prematurely.[11]

On 17 June 2025, Cantore transferred to the Washington Spirit and inked a three-year contract with the club. She became the first Italian player to ever sign a contract in the NWSL.[12]

International career

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On 1 December 2020, Cantore made her senior debut with Italy in a 0–0 draw against Denmark.[13]

On 19 February 2023, she scored her first international goal against England with an equalizer, despite losing 1–2 in 2023 Arnold Clark Cup.[14]

On 25 June 2025, Cantore was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[15]

International goals

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Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 February 2023 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England  England 1–1 2–1 2023 Arnold Clark Cup
2. 25 October 2024 Stadio Tre Fontane, Rome, Italy  Malta 2–0 5–0 Friendly
3. 5–0
4. 2 December 2024 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany  Germany 2–1 2–1
5. 3 June 2025 Swansea Stadium, Swansea, Wales  Wales 3–0 4–1 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

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Fiammamonza

Juventus

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Tre nuove bianconere - Juventus.com". 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ Parrotto, Antonio (12 March 2018). "Verona-Juventus Women 0-2: con Rosucci e Cantore le bianconere fanno 15 su 15". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Italia - S. Cantore - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Calcio femminile, Juventus campione d'Italia. Brescia battuto ai rigori". Calcio - La Repubblica (in Italian). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. ^ Munno, Mauro (8 June 2018). "Infortunio Sofia Cantore, tegola per la Primavera della Juventus Women". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ^ "L'Indiscrezione | Juventus, tegola Cantore: infortunio al ginocchio". Donne Nel Pallone (in Italian). 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (20 April 2019). "Verona-Juventus Women 0-3: il secondo scudetto consecutivo è realtà! – VIDEO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Juventus.com. "Cantore e Glionna all'Hellas Verona Women - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Sofia Cantore arriva sotto le Torri!". Florentia San Gimignano (in Italian). 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  10. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (9 July 2021). "Sofia Cantore Sassuolo: ufficiale il prestito dalla Juventus Women. Il comunicato". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Sassuolo Femminile, frattura del perone per Sofia Cantore". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Washington Spirit Signs Star Italian Forward Sofia Cantore". Washington Spirit. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ^ UEFA.com. "Denmark-Italy | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Arnold Clark Cup, l'Inghilterra supera 2-1 un'ottima Italia. Bertolini: "Prestazione che ci dà fiducia"". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 19 February 2023.
  15. ^ Clancy, Conor (25 June 2025). "Confirmed: Italy's 23-player Women's Euro 2025 squad announced". Total Italian Football.
  16. ^ Clancy, Conor (25 June 2025). "Confirmed: Italy's 23-player Women's Euro 2025 squad announced". Total Italian Football. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  17. ^ Lonsdale, Sarah (23 May 2021). "The 'awkward' squad: British women foreign correspondents during the interwar years". Women's History Review. 31 (3): 387–407. doi:10.1080/09612025.2021.1925429. ISSN 0961-2025.
  18. ^ Clarkson, Beth G.; Bowes, Ali (26 July 2024), "Advancing women's football through strategic holistic workforce development", Women’s Football, New York: Routledge, pp. 13–25, doi:10.4324/9781003381914-2, ISBN 978-1-003-38191-4, retrieved 31 July 2025
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