Christian Girelli will no longer play in the Italian championship. For now. The challenge between Juventus Women and Wolfsburg two days ago, which ended 2-0 for the Germans and which marked the exit of the Bianconere from the Champions League, will be the last one with the black and white flag on the team sheet for the next few months. At 35 years old, in fact, the striker has received a proposal from NWSL to fly to San Francisco and play with the Bay FC, albeit on loan. In October, once the American tournament is over, she could even return to Juventus, which will retain ownership of her contract and has agreed to the possibility of the player’s experience abroad. Juventus’ number 10 certainly gained enormous visibility thanks to the last European Championship, where she was instrumental in leading the Azzurre to the semifinals, which they lost to England. She was forced to abandon the match midway through due to injury, in tears, after scoring the goal that gave the team the lead.
Girelli will join other national team players in the overseas tournament who have already begun their adventures abroad in a world-class league, including Sofia Cantore, Lisa Boattin (both former teammates at Juventus and Italy), and Lucia Di Guglielmo. She leaves a significant legacy in Turin. She scored 150 goals, adding to a long list of trophies to those she won with Brescia and Bardolino Verona in previous years. In total, she boasts ten Scudetti, nine Coppa Italia titles, twelve Supercoppa Italiana titles, and one Serie A Women’s Cup. She was the top scorer in the Women’s Serie A three times. Over the years, she has also become a TV personality and a key figure in the Juventus world, so much so that Alessandro Del Piero was even in the stands the other night in the Champions League.