Pamela Conti
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 4 April 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Palermo, Italy | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Venezuela Women (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1999 | Aquile Palermo | ||
1999–2008 |
Sassari Torres | 185 | (95) |
2008–2009 |
Levante | 23 | (16) |
2009 | Buffalo Flash | ||
2009–2010 | Espanyol | 27 | (26) |
2010–2011 |
Levante | 18 | (11) |
2011 |
Energiya Voronezh | 4 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Zorky Krasnogorsk | 27 | (18) |
2013–2014 |
Sassari Torres | 18 | (12) |
2014 | Eskilstuna United | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
1998–2013 | Italy | 90 | (30) |
Managerial career | |||
2019– | Venezuela Women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pamela Conti (born 4 April 1982) is an Italian
European Championships
.
Career
Born in
UEFA Women's Cup debut, and scoring 95 goals in 185 games in Serie A. In 2005, she made her debut at an international final tournament in the 2005 European Championship
, where Italy was knocked out in the group stage.
In 2008 Conti moved to
2009 W-League with Buffalo Flash in the summer, she moved to national cup champion RCD Espanyol. Despite scoring 26 goals and winning the cup in her only season in Espanyol she returned to a declining Levante for the 2010-11 season
.
In 2011, she signed for
caps and 30 goals.[5]
In 2013, she returned to Torres CF, now a national powerhouse, after five years abroad.[6] It proved to be a turbulent period for the Sardinian giants and Conti left for Swedish club Eskilstuna United DFF. But she retired from playing after making just two appearances for Eskilstuna, returning to Sicily and setting up a football school for youngsters.[5]
Conti was hired as an under-16
coach by Atlético Madrid in summer 2018.[7] In October 2019 she was appointed head coach of the Venezuela women's national football team.[8] She aimed to guide the team to its first ever FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[9]
National Team
On 2 October 2010, she scored against
Personal life
Conti's father
Palermo and died in 2018. Her brothers Vincenzo and Daniele were also professional footballers who developed in the youth system at Palermo.[11]
Honours
- Torres Calcio
- Serie A: 1999–00, 2000–01
- Italian Women's Cup: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
- Italian Women's Super Cup: 2000, 2004
- Italy Women's Cup: 2004, 2008
References
- ^ Profile in Soccerway.com
- ^ Conti, a footballer forged in the streets. Archived 7 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine RCD Espanyol, 28 December 2009
- ^ "Pamela Conti" (in Italian). Levante UD. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Profile in UEFA's website
- ^ a b Zito, Andrea (10 July 2019). "Pamela Conti, da coach dell'Atletico Madrid a simbolo rosanero?" (in Italian). Stadionews24. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ A great strike by Torres: Pamela Conti returns to the red-and-blue. Torres CF's official website, 18 June 2013
- ^ "Intervista a Pamela Conti, allenatice Under 16 dell'Atletico Madrid. "La Spagna presto sarà tra le 4 più forti al mondo nel calcio femminile" (in Italian). L Football. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Da Ballarò al Venezuela: Pamela Conti nuovo allenatore dei "vinotintos" "Da Ballarò al Venezuela: Pamela Conti nuovo allenatore dei "vinotintos"" (in Italian). PalermoToday. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Pamela Conti and La Vinotinto, love at first sight". FIFA. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Ukraine 0-3 Italy". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ Bisconti, Alessandro (10 January 2018). "E' morto Conti, ex Palermo e volto storico della taverna di Ballarò "E' morto Conti, ex Palermo e volto storico della taverna di Ballarò" (in Italian). PalermoToday. Retrieved 27 December 2019.