Valentina Giacinti

Valentina Giacinti (born 2 January 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as forward for Como and the Italy women's national team.

Club career

P.C.A. Atalanta

Giacinti began her career with the P.C.A. Atalanta youth team. She made her senior career debut on 30 January 2010 as a 65th minute substitute in a Serie A match against Graphistudio Tavagnacco. She made a total of ten appearances for the club in her debut season but did not score for the season. Atalanta was relegated to Serie A2 at the end of the season.

The following 2010–11 Seria A2 season would prove to be Giacinti's breakout season as she established herself as a starter for her team. She would begin her season with her first senior career goal on 26 September 2010 in a league match against Entella Chiavari, ending the match with a hat-trick. She would end the season with 15 goals in 21 appearances. The next season, she would scored another 19 goals in 25 appearances.

Napoli

On 17 July 2012, Giacinti completed her move to Napoli. On 2 September 2012, she scored her first goal for the club in the Coppa Italia match against Caira. She would end the season with 19 goals in 34 appearances across all competition.

Mozzanica

On 17 July 2013, Giacinti would transfer to Mozzanica.

Brescia

In the summer of 2017, Giacinti moved to Brescia to pursue UEFA Women's Champions League football. While with Brescia, she won the Supercoppa Italiana for the first time and completed her season as the league's top scorer for the second time in her career, with 21 goals, and help her club reach the final play-off for the scudetto before losing to Juventus.