Sara Gama

Sara Gama (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

She most notably played for Serie A club Juventus, of which she captained, and formerly the Italy national team, which she also captained.

She is a seven-time Serie A winner, six of them with Juventus, and reached the knockout stages of two European Championships and one FIFA Women's World Cup with Italy.

Club career

Gama was passionate about football since a young age, joining Zaule (Muggia) and playing in mixed youth teams for them, later moving to Polisportiva San Marco in Villaggio del Pescatore in the municipality of Duino-Aurisina, where she remained for six years, playing for the first time in an all-female team.

In a three-year period with UPC Tavagnacco, she made 52 appearances and scored 4 goals. With the yellow and blues, she finished third in Serie A Femminile in 2008-2009 season and reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup in her first two seasons there.

Subsequently, she moved to another Serie A club Chiasiellis where she collected 50 appearances and scored twice, but during her third season there, suffered a serious knee injury while on international duty with Italy, keeping her out for most of the 2011-12 season, limiting her to seven club appearances out of 26 games played by the club. In her debut year at Chiasiellis, she played in the semi-finals of the 2010 Italian Cup, and finished seventh in Serie A in 2011-12, under the management of Fabio Franti.

During the summer break in 2010 she took the opportunity to play in a foreign championship for the first time, temporarily moving on loan to Pali Blues to play in the W-League.