Patrizia Panico (; born 8 February 1975) is an Italian former
footballer
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who is the current manager of
Italy U16. A prolific goalscorer, Panico is a longstanding member of the
Italy women's national team; she won over 185
caps
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for Italy, and also served as her national side's
captain
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. She is a veteran of Italy's
1997
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,
2001
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,
2005
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,
2009
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and
2013
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UEFA Women's Championship
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campaigns and played at the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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. In a club career that spanned more than two decades, Panico won ten ''
Scudetti'' and collected five
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
winner's medals with her various clubs. She was Serie A's
top scorer on 14 occasions (an Italian record for her category) and spent part of 2010 in America, representing
Women's Professional Soccer
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(WPS) club
Sky Blue FC
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. Panico is nicknamed "The Scorpion" due to her deadly goalscoring instincts.
Club career
In addition to Torres, Panico played for
SS Lazio,
Torino CF,
Modena Amadio,
ACF Milan and
ASD Bardolino, as well as
Sky Blue FC
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of the
United States
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'
Women's Professional Soccer
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(WPS). She was the Serie A's top scorer for ten seasons.
At Modena in 1997–98 Panico won her first Serie A title. She played alongside
Carolina Morace
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and came to be seen as the
heir apparent
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to Morace's title as Italy's best female player.
In the months before the professional
Women's United Soccer Association
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(WUSA) began play in 2001, Panico was pursued by
Philadelphia Charge
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History
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. She had agreed terms but the move was eventually derailed by
red tape
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.
International career
Panico made her senior international debut on 8 April 1996, in Italy's 4–1
1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification
The qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 was held between September 17, 1995 & September 29, 1996. The first-placed of the group stage qualified directly. The second-placed and the third-placed teams played in two playoff matches for four o ...
win over
Portugal
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in
Mestre
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. She started the match and scored Italy's first goal after five minutes of play.
Italian Football Federation
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(FIGC
sources
list Panico's debut as Italy's earlier 4–1 win over Portugal at the 1995 Algarve Cup
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. This is contradicted b
RSSSF
and Panico'
official website
Panico was selected for the
final tournament
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in Norway. She scored in a 2–2 group stage draw with
Denmark
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, as Italy reached the final which they lost 2–0 to
Germany
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.
At the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in the United States, Panico gave Italy the lead in their first game against Germany. The match at the
Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, California
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finished 1–1. The Italians were eliminated after a 2–0 defeat by
Brazil
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in their next game, but recovered to beat
Mexico
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2–0. Panico scored the first goal and was hailed as "one of the world's most explosive players" by
CNN Sports Illustrated
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On 11 November 1999 Panico scored a notable
hat-trick
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against Germany in a 4–4
2001 UEFA Women's Championship qualification
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draw.
At the
final tournament
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, player of the match Panico scored twice in Italy's opening 2–1 win over Denmark at the
Waldstadion in
Aalen
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. The Italians narrowly failed to qualify from the group after a 1–1 draw with
Norway
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and a 2–0 defeat by
France
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.
Four years later, Panico was included in the squad for
UEFA Women's Euro 2005
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in
North West England
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. She played in the Italians' 4–0 defeat to perennial champions Germany, which intersected defeats to France and Norway and preceded another first round exit.
At
UEFA Women's Euro 2009
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in Finland, Panico played in all four games and added two goals as the Italians went out to Germany in the quarter-finals.
Four years later, national
coach
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Antonio Cabrini
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named Panico in his selection for
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
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in Sweden. At 38, Panico entered her fifth European finals and admitted it was likely to be her last. She was left disappointed by another defeat by the Germans in the quarter-final at
Myresjöhus Arena
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,
Växjö
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.
On 2 October 2010, he scored against
Ukraine
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for the
FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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at the
Stadion Yuri Gagarin in
Chernihiv
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.
Honours
Modena
*
Serie A
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: 1998
*
Italian Women's Super Cup: 1998
Lazio
* Serie A: 2002
*
Italian Women's Cup
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List of finals
See also
*Coppa Italia, men's edition
Notes
References
External lin ...
: 1999, 2003
Bardolino
* Italian Women's Cup: 2007, 2009
* Italian Women's Super Cup: 2007, 2008
AGSM Verona
* Serie A: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015
Torres
* Serie A: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
* Italian Women's Cup: 2011
* Italian Women's Super Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Individual
*
Italian Football Hall of Fame
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: 2015
*
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
top scorer:
2007–08 (9 goals)
*
Serie A
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top scorer:
2010–11 (29 goals),
2011–12 (26 goals), 2012–13 (35 goals), 2013–14 (43 goals),
2014–15 (34 goals)
Notes
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Italian women's footballers
Italy women's international footballers
Footballers from Rome
FIFA Century Club
Torres Calcio Femminile players
Serie A (women's football) players
S.S. Lazio Women 2015 players
A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players
Sky Blue FC (WPS) players
Women's Professional Soccer players
Women's association football forwards
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Fiorentina Women's F.C. players
ACF Milan players
Torino Women A.S.D. players