Role
Former athlete, soccer champion. Head of the women's soccer department at the Italian Footballers' Association. Federal advisor to the FIGC (Italian Football Federation). Team leader and former delegation leader for the Italian Women's National Team.
Bio
Chiara Marchitelli is a former Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She began her competitive career in 1999 with Lazio, later playing for many clubs, including Atletico Oristano, Fiammamonza, Roma Calcio Femminile, Tavagnacco, Brescia, Florentia San Gimignano, and Inter. She won four Italian championships, four Coppa Italia titles, and five Supercoppa Italiana titles.
At the international level, after playing for the youth teams and taking part in the historic first Under-19 World Cup in Thailand in 2004, he made his senior national team debut in 2005. That same year, he participated in the European Championship in England, then went on to play in the 2019 World Cup in France. In 2019, he concluded his spell with the Azzurri after 14 years and 52 total appearances. His extraordinary competitive career earned him the CONI Bronze Medal for Athletic Valor in 2015 and 2017, as well as the Premio Talenti d'Italia in 2021.
In 2021, she began her managerial career. She is currently responsible for the women's sports sector of the AIC (Italian Footballers' Association) and a Federal Councillor of the FIGC (with which she approved the transition of the women's Serie A to professionalism and served as head of delegation for the senior national team between 2024 and 2025), actively working on sports policies and the promotion of women in sport.