Elena Linari

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Elena Linari
File:Elena Linari USWNT vs Italy Nov 28 2025-191 (cropped).jpg
Linari with Italy in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Fiesole, Italy
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 London City Lionesses
Number 13
Youth career
Atletica Castello
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Firenze 107 (8)
2013–2016 Brescia 70 (3)
2016–2018 Fiorentina 44 (13)
2018–2020 Atlético Madrid 33 (1)
2020 Bordeaux 3 (0)
2021–2025 Roma 94 (13)
2025– London City Lionesses 5 (1)
International career‡
2013– Italy 115 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:45, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Elena Linari (Italian: [ˈɛːlena liˈnaːri]; born 15 April 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Women's Super League (WSL) club London City Lionesses and the Italy women's national team. She has also played for Girondins de Bordeaux, Atlético Madrid, Fiorentina, Brescia and Roma,[1] and she has won four league titles, four cups and two supercups.[2][3] She has represented Italy internationally since 2013.[4]

Club career

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Linari started her youth career with Atletica Castello and played in inter-gender training matches until she moved to Claudio Desolati's football academy in Florence when Linari was fourteen years old. She then played for her region's football club Firenze for five seasons, beginning in the 2008-2009 season and making her Serie A debut at sixteen years of age with the club. Linari would also win a Primavera title with Firenze in the 2012-2013 season.

The Italian defender would make a total 107 appearances for Firenze until Linari moved to Brescia in the summer of 2013. She won more team titles with Brescia, including winning the Serie A league title in her first season with the club. Linari also made her UEFA Champions League debut with Brescia on 9 October 2014. She would later with the Coppa Italia in 2014-15, and win two Supercoppa trophies in 2014 and 2015. In the summer of 2016, Linari decided to return to her home region and play for Fiorentina, which is the club she has supported since she was a child.[5]

Linari would go on to win a league title and two Coppa Italia trophies during her two seasons playing for Fiorentina, before she chose to become the first female Italian football player to sign a professional contract when she signed with Atlético Madrid in the summer of 2018.

During her two-year stay in Spain, Linari won a Liga title and made the cup final with Atletico before moving to France to sign with Bordeaux in 2020. Her brief stay with Bordeaux was not successful, and Linari the offer to return to her native Italy and play with Roma from January 2021 onwards.[6]

On 14 January 2021, she joined AS Roma on a free transfer and signed a contract until June 2021.[7] During Linari's first six months of playing for Roma, the team's goal-concession rate dropped from 1.21 goals conceded per game to 0.88 goals conceded per game.[8] Linari's arrival is widely credited with re-installing Roma's belief in their long-term goals as well as helping lead Roma to the club's first major trophy in the women's side of the game.

On 30 May 2021, the Italian defender racked up 16 ball recoveries, completed 111 passes and won 5 aerial duels for Roma in their 2021 Coppa Italia final victory over AC Milan.[9] That victory resulted in the fourth Coppa Italia winner's medal won by Linari in her playing career.

On 1 August 2025, Linari signed for London City Lionesses in the Women's Super League.[10]

International career

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Linari was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[11]

Linari was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12]

On 26 June 2022, Linari was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[13]

On 2 July 2023, Linari was called up to the 23-player Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[14]

On 25 June 2025, Linari was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 4 June 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Firenze 2008–09 Serie A2 19 2 ? ? — — 19 2
2009–10 Serie A2 19 1 ? ? — — 19 1
2010–11 Serie A 17 1 ? ? — — 17 1
2011–12 Serie A 24 2 ? ? — — 24 2
2012–13 Serie A 28 2 ? ? — — 28 2
Total 107 8 ? ? — — 107 8
Brescia 2013–14 Serie A 29 2 3 0 — — 32 2
2014–15 Serie A 22 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 28 0
2015–16 Serie A 19 1 4 1 6 0 1 0 30 2
Total 70 3 11 1 7 0 2 0 90 4
Fiorentina 2016–17 Serie A 22 5 4 1 — — 26 6
2017–18 Serie A 22 8 4 1 4 0 1 0 30 7
Total 44 13 8 2 4 0 1 0 56 13
Atlético Madrid 2018–19 Primera División 16 1 2 0 4 0 — 22 1
2019–20 Primera División 17 0 1 0 3 0 — 21 0
Total 33 1 3 0 7 0 — 43 1
Bordeaux 2020–21 D1 Féminine 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Roma 2020–21 Serie A 11 2 2 0 — — 13 2
2021–22 Serie A 19 1 7 0 — 1 0 26 1
2022–23 Serie A 20 1 5 0 10 2 1 0 36 3
2023–24 Serie A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 51 5 14 0 10 2 2 0 77 7
Career total 308 30 38 3 28 2 5 0 379 35
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Coupe de France féminine, Copa de la Reina
  2. ^ includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  3. ^ includes Supercoppa Italiana

International

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As of match played 3 June 2025[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2013 1 0
2014 6 0
2015 5 0
2016 12 0
2017 12 0
2018 7 0
2019 17 1
2020 4 2
2021 9 1
2022 10 0
2023 15 1
2024 10 0
2025 6 1
Total 115 6
Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Linari goal.
List of international goals scored by Elena Linari
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 November 2019 Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 1–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2. 4 March 2020 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 1–1 2–1 2020 Algarve Cup
3. 22 September 2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
4. 14 June 2021 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3–2 3–2 Friendly
5. 1 December 2023 Estadio Municipal de Pasarón, Pontevedra, Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3–1 3–2 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
6. 3 June 2025 Swansea Stadium, Swansea, Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 1–0 4–1 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

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Roma

Individual

References

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  4. ^ Corriere della Sera
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