Nenè Nhaga Bissoli
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nenè Nhaga Bissoli | ||
Date of birth | 10 October 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Bula, Guinea-Bissau | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Porto Mantovano | 62 | (4) |
2007–2015 | Tavagnacco | 169 | (9) |
2015–2018 | Valpolicella | 54 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2014 | Italy | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2014 |
Nenè Nhaga Bissoli (born 10 October 1987) is a retired footballer who played as a defender. She became a naturalized citizen of Italy in 2008. Born in Guinea-Bissau, she played for the Italy women's national team.
Career
[edit]Youth player
[edit]Bissoli's football career began at the Libertas Castagnaro team, helping them to win the Veneto Regional Youth Tournament in 1999, playing in defence.
National level
[edit]In February 2008, Bissoli was selected for the Italian Women's Soccer team to play in the forthcoming 2009 quarterfinals for the UEFA Women's Championship, playing against Hungary, Ireland and Romania.[1] In 2009 she joined the national team to play against Armenia on 25 November.[2]
After a period of non-selection, a new manager Antonio Cabrini met with Bissoli, who was selected to play in 2014 for the Cyprus Cup.[3] Bissoli played in the 2015 qualification matches for the Women's Soccer World Cup.[4]
Bissoli played for Tavagnacco from 2011 to 2014 and has played for Chievo Verona since 2017.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ UEFA.com (20 October 2008). "Le Azzurre recuperano la Gabbiadini". UEFA.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Football.it". femminile.football.it. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Nazionale Femminile: le convocazioni per il raduno del 22 ottobre". 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b Nenè Bissoli at Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
External links
[edit]- Nenè Bissoli – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Nenè Bissoli on Instagram
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Cacheu Region
- Italian women's footballers
- Italy women's international footballers
- Bissau-Guinean women's footballers
- Italian people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Italy
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Serie A (women's football) players
- ASD UPC Tavagnacco players
- Women's association football defenders
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen
- Italian women's football biography stubs