{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1985)}} {{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Daniela Sabatino|date=May 2025}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Daniela Sabatino | image = Daniela Sabatino, FW Brescia Calcio Femminile 08 2016.jpg | caption = Sabatino as a Brescia player in 2016 | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|6|26}} | birth_place = Isernia, Italy | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = Striker | currentclub = Sassuolo | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2002–2005 | clubs1 = Bojano | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = Rapid Lugano | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2006–2010 | clubs3 = Reggiana | caps3 = 88 | goals3 = 61 | years4 = 2010–2018 | clubs4 = Brescia | caps4 = 200 | goals4 = 171 | years5 = 2018–2019 | clubs5 = Milan | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 17 | years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = Sassuolo | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 12 | years7 = 2020–2023 | clubs7 = Fiorentina | caps7 = 52 | goals7 = 32 | years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = Sassuolo | caps8 = 36 | goals8 = 12 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2022 | nationalteam1 = Italy | nationalcaps1 = 70 | nationalgoals1 = 32 }}
'''Daniela Sabatino''' (born 26 June 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Italy women's national team.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120721063253/http://www.bresciafemminile.it/web/giocatrice.asp?id=2&id_1=15 Profile] in ACF Brescia's website</ref> She previously played for AC Bojano and ACF Reggiana in Serie A and Rapid Lugano in the Swiss Nationalliga A.<ref>[http://femminile.football.it/schedagiocatore.php?id_tiposcheda=2&id_annualita=10&id_giocatore=293 Profile] in Football.it</ref> She was the 2011 Serie A's joint top scorer with 25 goals,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italwom2011.html 2010–11 results and tables] in RSSSF.com</ref> and was top scorer outright in 2022 with 15 goals.
==International career== She made her debut for the Italian national team in October 2011, in a 0–9 win over Macedonia where she scored a hat-trick.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120918011545/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=102381/profile/index.html Profile] in UEFA's website</ref> Euro 2017 marked her first appearance in a final tournament. The second of the two goals in Italy's 3–2 win over Sweden earned her a Best Goal nomination in the UEFA awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cronica.cr/destacado/uefa-premia-los-mejores-la-ultima-temporada/ |title=Crónica |access-date=2018-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925193224/http://cronica.cr/destacado/uefa-premia-los-mejores-la-ultima-temporada/ |archive-date=2017-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Sabatino was called up to the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/2538463/2017/07/News.shtml|title=Ufficializzata la lista delle 23 Azzurre convocate per il Campionato Europeo|date=5 July 2017|work=figc.it}}</ref>
Sabatino was called up to the Italy squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/nazionale-femminile-ecco-le-23-convocate-per-il-mondiale-il-2-giugno-la-partenza-per-la-francia/ |title=Ecco le 23 convocate per il Mondiale: il 2 giugno la partenza per la Francia|trans-title=Here are the 23 convened for the World Cup: on 2 June the departure for France |language=it |publisher=Italian Football Federation |date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
On 26 June 2022, Sabatino was announced in the Italy squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Confirmed the 23 players for Euro 2022 |url=https://figc.it/en/national-teams/news/ufficializzata-la-lista-delle-23-azzurre-che-parteciperanno-all-europeo-domani-il-via-all-ultima-fase-del-raduno/ |website=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio |language=en |date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || rowspan=3| 22 October 2011 || rowspan=3| Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep, Macedonia || rowspan=3| {{fbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || rowspan=3 align=center| 9–0 || rowspan=4| UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |- | 2. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 3. || align=center|'''9'''–0 |- | 4. || 16 June 2012 || Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin, Italy || {{fbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || align=center|'''8'''–0 || align=center| 9–0 |- | 5. || rowspan=6| 17 September 2014 || rowspan=6| Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy || rowspan=6| {{fbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=6 align=center| 15–0 || rowspan=6| 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 6. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 7. || align=center|'''6'''–0 |- | 8. || align=center|'''7'''–0 |- | 9. || align=center|'''8'''–0 |- | 10. || align=center|'''14'''–0 |- | 11. || 18 September 2015 || Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy || {{fbw|GEO}} || align=center|'''4'''–1 || align=center| 6–1 || UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |- | 12. || 2 March 2016 || Anagennisi Stadium, Deryneia, Cyprus || {{fbw|HUN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || 2016 Cyprus Women's Cup |- | 13. || 12 April 2016 || Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy || {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 3–1 || rowspan=2| UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |- | 14. || 7 June 2016 || Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia || {{fbw|GEO}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 7–0 |- | 15. || 3 March 2017 || Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus || {{fbw|BEL}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–4 || 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |- | 16. || rowspan=2| 25 July 2017 || rowspan=2| De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands || rowspan=2| {{fbw|SWE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–2 || rowspan=2| UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |- | 17. || align=center|'''2'''–1 |- | 18. || 15 September 2017 || Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy || {{fbw|MDA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 || rowspan=2| 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 19. || 28 November 2017 || Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal || {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 |- | 20. || 4 March 2019 || AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus || {{fbw|THA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 4–1 || rowspan=2| 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |- | 21. || 6 March 2019 || GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus || {{fbw|PRK}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || align=center| 3–3 {{aet}} (7–6 p) |- | 28. || rowspan=2| 8 November 2019 || rowspan=2| Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento, Italy || rowspan=2| {{fbw|GEO}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 6–0 || rowspan=5| UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |- | 29. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 30. || 12 November 2019 || Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro, Italy || {{fbw|MLT}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 |- | 31. || rowspan=2| 24 February 2021 || rowspan=2| Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy || rowspan=2| {{fbw|ISR}} || align=center|'''8'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 12–0 |- | 32. || align=center|'''10'''–0 |- | 33. || 8 April 2022 || Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy || {{fbw|LTU}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 7–0 || 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- |}
== Honours ==
;ASD Reggiana CF * Italian Women's Cup: Winner 2010
;Brescia * Serie A: Winner 2014, 2016 * Italian Women's Cup: Winner 2012, 2015, 2016 * Italian Women's Super Cup: Winner 2014, 2015, 2016<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stynes |first=Trevor |date=2021-01-28 |title=Casa Calcio: Daniela Sabatino, Still Scoring After All These Years |url=https://herfootballhub.com/casa-calcio-daniela-sabatino-still-scoring-after-all-these-years/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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