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{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Carolina Pini
| image          =
| caption        =
| fullname       = Carolina Pini
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|6|13}}
| birth_place    = [[Firenze]], [[Italy]]
| height         = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub    = 
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    =
| years1         = 2002–2003
| years2         = 2003–2007
| years3         = 2007–2011
| years4         = 2011–2013
| clubs1         = [[ACF Firenze|Firenze]]
| clubs2         = Agliana
| clubs3         = [[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]
| clubs4         = [[A.S.D. C.F. Bardolino Verona|Bardolino]]
| caps1          = 10
| caps2          = 91
| caps3          = 10
| caps4          = 
| goals1         = 4
| goals2         = 7
| goals3         = 1
| goals4         =
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalyears2 = 2006–
| nationalteam1  = Italy U19
| nationalteam2  = [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]]
| nationalcaps1  = 
| nationalcaps2  =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalgoals2 =
}}

'''Carolina Pini''' (born 13 June 1988) is an Italian [[soccer]] player who most recently played as a [[midfielder]] for [[A.S.D. C.F. Bardolino Verona|ASDCF Bardolino]] and the [[Italy women's national football team|Italian national team]].

==Career==
Pini began playing soccer as a kid. Her first team was Floriagafir (together with boys), when 12 years old, she went to ACF Firenze where she stayed two years. Then she played in Agliana for four years, in 2007 she went to the women team of [[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcbayern-frauenfussball.de/steckbriefe/sb.php?s=carolina_pini&t=2&y=2007 |title=Frauenfußball FC Bayern München<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-11 |archive-date=2007-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022064942/http://www.fcbayern-frauenfussball.de/steckbriefe/sb.php?s=carolina_pini&t=2&y=2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After spending four seasons in the [[Frauen-Bundesliga]] in 2011 she returned to the [[Serie A (women's football)|Serie A]], signing for ASDCF Bardolino.

In 2013 Pini did not extend her deal with Bardolino and left the club.<ref>[http://www.mondopallone.it/2013/08/18/il-bardolino-verona-comincia-la-sua-preparazione/ Il Bardolino Verona comincia la sua preparazione] Mondo Pallone, 18.08.13</ref>

==International career==
Pini played in the juvenile Italian national team ("under 19", first match in January 2005 vs Portugal), since 2006 she has been playing for the Italian national team, her first game being a 7-0 win against [[Serbia Montenegro]].<ref>[http://www.nove.firenze.it/vediarticolo.asp?id=a6.06.22.13.40 Calcio femminile: esordio e gol in nazionale per la fiorentina Carolina Pini • Nove.Firenze.it<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
On 2 October 2010, he scored against [[Ukraine women's national football team|Ukraine]] for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)|FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]] at the [[Yuri Gagarin Stadium (Chernihiv)|Stadion Yuri Gagarin]] in [[Chernihiv]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/85483--ukraine-vs-portugal/?referrer=%2Fwomenseuro%2Fseason%3D2009%2Fmatches%2Fround%3D2381%2Fmatch%3D85483%2Findex |title=Ukraine 0-3 Italy |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{DFB|carolina-pini}}

{{Italy squad 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Florence]]
[[Category:Italian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Italy women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany]]
[[Category:FC Bayern Munich (women) players]]
[[Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Germany]]
[[Category:Serie A (women's football) players]]
[[Category:A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players]]
[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:ACF Firenze players]]
[[Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen]]


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