Giulia Parodi (born 28 June 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C club Sampdoria.
Club career Giulia Parodi grew up as a footballer in Genoa since the creation of the female youth squad, in 2015.
Since 2019 she plays in Genoa senior team, scoring the first goal ever of the team in a league.
In 2019/20 Genoa achieved the first position in Eccellenza, winning 10 matches out of 10 before the tournament was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here Parodi scored 13 goals, becoming top scorer of the team.
In the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons, Parodi played in Serie C, making 49 appearances and scoring 34 goals, confirming herself both seasons as the squad's topscorer, then Genoa acquired the sporting title of the women's Serie B team Cortefranca in the summer of 2022 and obtained with it the right to register for Serie B. Here Giulia made 41 caps and scored 5 goals in two years.
In 2021 she was also convocated for the Italian national Amateur football team Under-21.
Giulia Parodi has become the first Genoa player scoring in a match in Eccellenza, the first Genoa player scoring in a match in Serie C, the first Genoa player scoring in a match in Serie B.
In the summer of 2024, she transferred to Spezia, where she won Group A of Serie C, earning promotion to Serie B. She also completed the double by winning the first-ever Coppa Italia Serie C for a women's team from Liguria.
Career statistics
SeasonTeamCompetitionDomestic CupEuropeanAltre coppeTotalCompLeagueGoalsCompPresRetiCompPresRetiCompPresRetiPresReti2019–2020 GenoaD 813CID 3 1 – – – – – – 11142020–2021C2215CIC 2 4 – – – – – –31192021–2022C2919CIC32 – – – – – –23212022–2023B204CI20 – – – – – –2242023–2024B211CI10 – – – – – –221Total Genoa 100 52 11 7 – – – – 111 592024–2025 SpeziaC2721CIC62 – – – – – –33232025-2026 VicenzaB269CI12 – – – – – –2711
Honours Spezia Serie C 2024/2025 (gir. A) Coppa Italia Serie C 2024/2025
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