Aurora Galli

Aurora Galli (Italian: [auˈrɔːra ˈɡalli]; born 13 December 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton^[1] and the Italy national team.

Aurora Galli

Galli with the Italy national team in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tromello, Italy
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Everton
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Inter Milano	30	(3)
2013–2015	Torres Calcio	45	(1)
2015–2016	Mozzanica	20	(0)
2016–2017	Verona	22	(2)
2017–2021	Juventus	67	(10)
2021–	Everton	58	(4)
International career‡
2011–2013	Italy U17	9	(1)
2014–2015	Italy U19	6	(1)
2014–	Italy	66	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Career

On 28 July 2021, Galli signed for Everton, in doing so she became the first Italian player to sign for a Women's Super League club, as well as the first ever Italian female footballer to play professional football following the transition to professionalism of the Women's Super League in 2018.^[2]

On 2 March 2022, Galli scored her first Women's Super League goal for Everton against Aston Villa.^[3] On 23 July 2024, she extended her deal with the club.^[4] On the opening day of the 2024–25 Women's Super League season against Brighton & Hove Albion, Galli suffered an ACL injury.^[5]

International career

Galli was called up to the 30-player squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017.^[6][7] She was part of the final squad called up.^[8]

Galli was selected in the provisional 26-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[9] She was selected in the final 23-player squad.^[10]

Galli was included in the Italian squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.^[11]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 31 October 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Italy	2015	1	0
	2016	7	0
	2017	8	0
	2018	9	0
	2019	19	5
	2020	5	1
	2021	2	0
	2022	10	0
	2023	5	0
Total		66	6

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Galli goal.

List of international goals scored by Aurora Galli

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	4 March 2019	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Thailand	3–0	4–1	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
2	29 May 2019	Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy	Switzerland	1–0	3–1	Friendly
3	14 June 2019	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France	Jamaica	4–0	5–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
4				5–0
5	25 June 2019	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	China	2–0	2–0
6	22 September 2020	Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Honours

Torres

• Italian Women's Super Cup: 2013

Juventus

• Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• Coppa Italia: 2018–19
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21

Individual

• AIC Best Women's XI: 2019^[12]
• Everton Spirit of the blues award: 2022

Personal life

Galli is in a relationship with Swedish footballer Nathalie Björn.^[13]