Napoli

Napoli Women, more commonly known as just Napoli, is an Italian women's football club from Naples that competes in Serie A. The club, as known as Azzurre, was found in 2003.

3× Serie B

1× Serie C

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What makes Napoli what it is.

Her football hero growing up was Lionel Messi, while her biggest inspiration in women's football was Denmark international Katrine Veje, who plays the same left-sided position.

Before focusing entirely on football, Naja also practised ju-jitsu and handball as a child. Her mother recalls that she was always an energetic and competitive athlete who loved trying different sports.

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Quirky facts from the Napoli squad.

She used "Maredinho" on the back of her shirt for years—a nickname her father created by combining her name with Ronaldinho, and she later adopted it as her legal middle name.

Morena says her love for football began thanks to her older brother Paolo, who always included her in games when she was little. He also introduced her to the legend of Diego Maradona by showing her videos and telling stories about him.

Kainulainen has earned her bachelor's degree in psychology.

Tecla made her Serie B debut at just 14 years old, an exceptionally early start to senior football. She later admitted she never imagined the career that would follow.

Morena signed her first professional contract before turning 17, becoming the youngest professional women's footballer in Italy at the time.

Besides outdoor football, Mali has represented Norway's senior women's futsal team, showing her versatility across both formats of the game.

Before moving abroad, she scored 90 goals in 163 senior matches, an impressive strike rate built across several levels of Norwegian football.

Melissa started playing football at just four years old, kicking a ball around the local square and park with her friends. At six, she asked her parents to enrol her with FC Pedaso, the village club where her football journey began.

Michela dedicated her first Serie A goal to her late mother. The goal came on the anniversary of her parents' wedding, after her father had texted her the night before saying it was a special day. She described scoring that goal as feeling like a sign that her mother was still with her.

Before turning 30, she had already played professional football in five different countries: Sweden, England, China, France and Italy. She says every country taught her something different both as a footballer and as a person.

Besides football, she is a keen sports fan. She enjoys basketball—which she also played as a child—and follows tennis whenever her football schedule allows.

In her spare time she enjoys watching films, listening to music and playing the guitar. She revealed that former Sassuolo teammate Lia Lonni helped teach her to play.

Before joining HJK, she spent a season in the United States, playing college football for Florida International University (FIU). The experience broadened both her football and personal development before she returned to Finland.

Despite moving hundreds of kilometres away from home, she said what she missed most were her family's hugs, highlighting how close she is to her family.