Rita Guarino

Maria Rita Guarino (Italian pronunciation: [maˈriːa ˈriːta ɡwaˈrino]; born 31 January 1971) is an Italian football manager and a former player. She is the current manager of Juventus Women and in May 2018 led the team to a Serie A championship.[1] She previously played for Italy's national team.

Maria Rita Guarino
Guarino as head coach of Juventus Women in 2019
Personal information
Full name Maria Rita Guarino
Date of birth (1971-01-31) 31 January 1971
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Juventus Women (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1992 Juventus Piedmont
1986–1987 → Torino 4 (1)
1992–1993 Reggiana 29 (15)
1993–1996 ASD Fiammamonza 58 (38)
1994–1995 → Torres 25 (19)
1996–1998 Cascine Vica 56 (27)
1998–2000 Torres 48 (72)
2000 Maryland Pride 7 (8)
2000–2001 Lazio
2001–2002 Foroni Verona 23 (35)
2002–2006 Torres
National team
1991–2004 Italy 99 (35)
Teams managed
2008–2015 Italy U-17 (assistant)
2015–2017 Italy U-17
2017– Juventus Women
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Throughout her career she played as a striker for Juventus FCF, Torino CF, Reggiana CF, ASD Fiammamonza, Torres CF, SS Lazio and Foroni Verona in Serie A, and Maryland Pride in the W-League.[2]

She was a member of the Italian national team, and took part in the 1991 and 1999 World Cups[3] and the 1993, 1997 and 2001 European Championships. She scored Italy's last goal in the 1991 World Cup, forcing the extra time in the quarterfinals against Norway. She again scored a tier against Norway in the 2001 Euro.[4]

Coaching career

Since 2015, Guarino has served as Italy's under-17 national team's assistant manager[5] and Manager of Footballab – Individual Training System.[6]

In 2017, she co-authored the book Train in women's football. Technical, tactical, physical aspects and estimates.[7]

On 16 June 2017, Guarino was appointed head coach of Juventus Women.[8] She led the team to their first ever Scudetto: both Juventus and Brescia finished the season tied at 60 points atop the League thus making a tie-breaker necessary.

On 20 May 2018 in Novara Juventus beat Brescia 5–4 at penalty shoot-out winning the championship following their debut season in the league.[9]

Honours

Head coach
Juventus

Publications
  • Allenare nel calcio femminile. Aspetti tecnici, tattici, fisici e preventivi. Italy: Sport. 2017. ISBN 8898889666.

References
  1. AFP. "Juventus women make it a double Scudetto for the club in debut season". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. Profile and interview in Calciodonne
  3. Statistics in FIFA's website
  4. Italy stand up well to Norwegian test. UEFA
  5. U17 WNT's staff in the Italian Football Federation's website
  6. http://www.footballab.it/
  7. "Cuneo calcio femminile: fucina di calciatrici e... scrittori!". Campioni.cn (in Italian). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  8. http://www.juventus.com/it/news/news/2017/rita-guarino-allener--la-squadra-della-juventus-femminile-.php
  9. Dolfin, Alberto (20 May 2018). "Storico scudetto al primo anno di vita per la Juventus Women, sconfitto ai rigori nello spareggio il Brescia" [Historic Scudetto for Juventus Women at their first year: Brescia are beaten in the shoot-out]. La Stampa (in Italian). Turin. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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