Federica Di Criscio (born 12 May 1993) is an

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defender or

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who plays for

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club

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. She featured for the senior

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International career

National

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omitted Di Criscio from his selection for

, but called her into the squad when Elisabetta Tona was injured on the eve of the tournament. Di Criscio made her first major tournament appearance when playing the last 21 minutes of Italy's quarter-final defeat to

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. Di Criscio was called up to the Italy squad for the

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1993 births Living people Italian women's footballers Italy women's international footballers Serie A (women's football) players A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players Sportspeople from Lanciano Women's association football midfielders Women's association football central defenders AS Roma (women) players SSD Brescia Calcio Femminile players SSD Napoli Femminile players Avaldsnes IL players Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Italian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Footballers from the Province of Chieti UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-women-footy-bio-stub