Anastasia Ferrara (born 24 October 2004) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Youth career Ferrara began her football journey in Rome, joining the youth academy of AS Roma in the 2015–16 season. She progressed through the ranks, becoming a key player for Roma's Primavera (youth) team, which won the Italian Primavera championship in the 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.
Club career Ferrara made her professional debut with AS Roma's senior team in 2022, featuring in the Coppa Italia and Serie A matches. She made her debut for Roma's first team in February in the Coppa Italia match against Como Women, which the Giallorosse won 3–0, coming on as a substitute for Andressa Alves.
In January 2023, she transferred to Sassuolo Calcio, where she played until December 2023.
Ferrara joined Ternana Calcio Women for the final part of the season 2023–2024, then she signed with Genoa CFC Women on loan. After a successful season, in which Genoa got promoted from Serie B to Serie A and Anastasia scored 3 goals, she returned to Genoa on a permanent basis in July 2025, signing a contract until June 2028.
7 February 2026, she scored her first Serie A goal ever, during the defeat against Lazio (Genoa-Lazio 2-5).
International career Ferrara has represented Italy at various youth levels, including the U-17 and U-19 national teams. She was part of the squad for the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. Moreover, she played and scored during the qualification phase, for example in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina (6–0), where she made her only goal with U-19.
Achievements Of the three league titles won with Roma Primavera, two were achieved by winning every match of the season (2019–2020, 2020–2021). No other Italian women's Primavera club has ever managed to win all games in two different seasons.
Career statistics
SeasonTeamCompetitionDomestic CupEuropeanAltre coppeTotalCompCapsGoalsCompCapsGoalsCompCapsGoalsCompCapsGoalsCapsGoals2021–2022AS RomaA10CI10 - - - - - -202022–2023AS RomaA00CI20 - - - - - -202022–2023SassuoloA10CI00 - - - - - -102023–2024SassuoloA20CI00 - - - - - -202024TernanaB160CI - - - - - - - -1602024–2025GenoaB283CI10 - - - - - -2932025–2026GenoaA111CI20 - - -AWC30161Total career59460--30684
Honours Roma Campionato Primavera 2019/2020 Campionato Primavera 2020/2021 Campionato Primavera 2021/2022
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