Sara Gama

Sara Gama (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Juventus FC, which she captains, and the Italy national team.

Club career
Gama has also played for PSG of Division 1 Féminine, UPC Tavagnacco and Calcio Chiasiellis of Serie A, as well as American W-League team Pali Blues.

International career
She is a member of the Italian national team, and took part in the 2009 European Championship. As an Under-19 international she won the 2008 U-19 European Championship serving as the team's captain, and was named the tournament's MVP.

Gama made her senior debut for the Italy women's national football team in June 2006, in a 2–1 defeat by Ukraine in qualifying for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

National coach Antonio Cabrini named Gama in his selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.

Despite being captain, Gama was not called up to the Italy squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the coach wanting to include more younger players.

International

 * Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gama goal.

Personal life
Gama's mother is Italian, while her father is Congolese.

In 2017, she graduated in Languages at the Università degli Studi di Udine. She speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish.

In 2018, for the International Women's Day, Mattel presented the Sara Gama Barbie doll as part of the Barbie Sheroes doll line.

Honours
Brescia
 * Serie A: 2015–16
 * Coppa Italia: 2015–16
 * Italian Women's Super Cup: 2015, 2016

Juventus
 * Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
 * Coppa Italia: 2018–19,
 * Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22

Individual
 * AIC Best Women's XI: 2019
 * Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2019