Carolina Morace

Carolina Morace ( born February 5, 1964 in Venice) is an Italian football coach and former football player of the Italian national team.

Life

Morace began playing football at age nine. She played from 1974 to 1998 for eleven different clubs in Italy. Your first cap for the Italian women's senior team they played, when she was 14 years and eight months old, in November 1978 during a short campaign against Yugoslavia. Their first international goal they scored with 15 years and 2 months in a 5-1 victory against Switzerland on 28 April 1979. By early 2010, it was conducted with 150 international appearances as a record national, but was outbid by Patrizia Panico. With 153 international appearances she was European record national well until 11 September 2001 and was then replaced by the Norwegian Hege Riise. In 153 international matches they scored 105 goals. This makes it one of only ten players who made ​​more than a hundred gates.

In games of the Italian championship they scored more than 500 goals. In eleven consecutive seasons between 1987 /88 and 1998/99, she won the championship each with their club.

In 1991, she received her first coaching license. In 1996, she made ​​her diploma as a lawyer. She became the first woman to be trained an Italian professional team of men, AS Viterbese Calcio (C1 series ), 1999. However, she resigned after only two games back due to the strong media pressure. The following year, she took over as coach of the Italian national team and the team of U- 18th

She led the Italian national team to two European Championships (2001 & 2005). However, the team was eliminated in the group stage respectively. As of February 2009, she coached the Canadian national team. On 10 June 2011, the Canadian Football Federation announced that Morace up to the Olympic Games in London, the national team - would look after and also for the U - for Canada had to qualify in Vancouver at a tournament from 19 to January 29, 2012 - 20 team remain in charge.

In early May 2011, she was appointed to the CONCACAF Executive Committee, in which it is to represent the interests of women's football.

In the 2011 World Cup Canada lost all three games and was eliminated with the worst goal difference in all participants already out in the first round. On July 20, Morace resigned as coach.

Achievements

  • As a player: Vice - European Champion 1997
  • 12x Italian champion
  • As a trainer: Victory at the CONCACAF Women 's Gold Cup 2010
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