Rita Guarino
Maria Rita Guarino (born 31 January 1971 in Turin) 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.
_-_Rita_Guarino_(cropped).jpg) Guarino as head coach of Juventus Women in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Rita Guarino | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
| Playing 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]
Publications
- Allenare nel calcio femminile. Aspetti tecnici, tattici, fisici e preventivi. Italy: Sport. 2017. ISBN 8898889666.
References
- AFP. "Juventus women make it a double Scudetto for the club in debut season". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- Profile and interview in Calciodonne
- Statistics in FIFA's website
- Italy stand up well to Norwegian test. UEFA
- U17 WNT's staff in the Italian Football Federation's website
- http://www.footballab.it/
- "Cuneo calcio femminile: fucina di calciatrici e... scrittori!". Campioni.cn (in Italian). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- http://www.juventus.com/it/news/news/2017/rita-guarino-allener--la-squadra-della-juventus-femminile-.php
- 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.
