Giorgia Bettineschi

Goalkeeper • Age 29 • #23

Giorgia Bettineschi is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Bergamo, she developed through the youth systems of Atalanta Femminile and Brescia before building her senior career across several levels of Italian women’s football.

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Football was Bettineschi’s “first great love”: she was already kicking a ball around while attending kindergarten.

Atalanta accepted her at that first trial, a moment she remembered as making her “the happiest girl on earth.”

Her match mentality is built around three qualities: composure, courage and determination.

The sound of studs on the dressing-room floor helps Bettineschi focus because it reminds her of the football life she dreamed about as a child.

Bettineschi considers goalkeeper the most demanding position psychologically because of the pressure, criticism and responsibility that come with mistakes.