Sofia Cantore (born 30 September 1999) is an Italian professional

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who plays as

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for

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club

Juventus FC )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnelli ...

and the Italy women's national team.

Club career

Cantore helped Fiammamonza gain promotion to

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in the 2016–17 season. In August 2017, she moved to

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. On 12 March 2018, Cantore scored her first goal for Juventus in a 2–0 away win against

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. She scored four goals in 19 matches in the 2017–18 season, also winning the 2017–18 league title. On 9 June 2018, she suffered a knee injury which prevented her to play in the

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. The injury also affected the following season in which she only played one match. In July 2019, she moved to Hellas Verona on loan, where she scored three goals in 14 appearances. In July 2020, she moved on loan to

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, scoring nine goals in 22 appearances. On 9 July 2021, she was loaned to

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. She fractured her

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on 18 February 2022, ending her season prematurely.

International career

On 1 December 2020, Cantore made her senior debut with

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in a 0–0 draw against

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International goals

Honours

Fiammamonza *

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: 2016–17 Juventus *

: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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: 2018–19 *

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runner-up:

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* Living people 1999 births Sportspeople from Lecco Footballers from the Province of Lecco Italian women's footballers Women's association football forwards ASD Fiammamonza 1970 players Juventus FC (women) players SSD Women Hellas Verona players Florentia San Gimignano SSD players US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players Serie A (women's football) players Italy women's international footballers 21st-century Italian women 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Italy-women-footy-bio-stub