Chiara Mele
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Mantua, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Defender[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Genoa[2] | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2020 | Fortitudo Mozzecane | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2023 | Fortitudo/Chievo | 92 | (1) |
| 2023– | Genoa | 56 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U17 | 11 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 August 2025 | |||
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Chiara Mele (born 23 January 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Genoa C.F.C. Women in the Italian Serie A.
Career
Chiara Mele was born in Mantua and began to play as a full-back in the youth ranks of Fortitudo Mozzecane in 2016, a team that later changed its name to ChievoVerona, competing in Serie B throughout Mele's stay (from 2017 to 2023).
Chiara made exactly 100 appearances for ChievoVerona, scoring one goal (Fortitudo Mozzecane-Brixen 6-0, in December 2017, when she was only 15).[3]
In the summer of 2023, Genoa signed several players from ChievoVerona: alongside Mele, also Ferrato, Scuratti, and Tardini, in addition Massa returned from loan.[4]
In the 2024/2025 season, when both Genoa and Mele achieved their first historic promotion to Serie A, the full-back was named in the Serie B Team of the Season.
The following year, on August 22, 2025, Chiara Mele scored the first professional goal in Genoa's history, in a 1–2 defeat against Inter in the Serie A Women's Cup.[5]
International career
Chiara Mele has played for the Italian national team both at the Under-16 level, making 5 appearances in 2018, and at the Under-17 level, with 11 appearances between 2018 and 2019 (including 3 at the European Championship in May 2018, against Spain, Poland and Portugal).[6]
Achievements
She scored the first professional goal in Genoa's history (Genoa-Inter 1–2, 22 August 2025).[7]
Career statistics
- As of 23 September 2025
| Season | Team | Competition | Domestic Cup | European | Altre coppe | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Caps | Goals | Comp | Caps | Goals | Comp | Caps | Goals | Comp | Caps | Goals | Caps | Goals | ||
| 2017-2018 |  Fortitudo/Chievo
|
B | 19 | 1 | CI | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19+ | 1 |
| 2018-2019 | B | 12 | 0 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 0 | |
| 2019-2020 | B | 8 | 0 | CI | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | |
| 2020-2021 | B | 16 | 0 | CI | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 0 | |
| 2021-2022 | B | 14 | 0 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 0 | |
| 2022-2023 | B | 23 | 0 | CI | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 0 | |
| Total Chievo | 92 | 1 | 8+ | 0 | - | - | - | - | 100+ | 1 | |||||
| 2023-2024 | Genoa
|
B | 28 | 0 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 0 |
| 2024-2025 | B | 28 | 0 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 0 | |
| 2025-2026 | A | 0 | 0 | CI | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | AWC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total Genoa | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 | |||||||
| Total career | 148 | 25 | 11+ | 0 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 160 | 2 | |||||
Honours
Genoa
- Team of the Season Serie B 2024/2025[8]
References
- ↑ "Chiara Mele". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ↑ "Chiara Mele". genoacfc.it. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ↑ "La giovane Chiara Mele trova il suo primo gol". H&D Chievo Women (in italiano). 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ PianetaGenoa1893.net (2023-08-01). "UFFICIALE: Chiara Mele al Genoa Women, quinto arrivo dal Chievo". PianetaGenoa1893 (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ Football, Redazione L. (2025-08-22). "Inter Women: 2–1 al Genoa in Serie A Women's Cup". L Football (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ FIGC (2023-05-26). "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ Football, Redazione L. (2025-08-22). "Inter Women: 2–1 al Genoa in Serie A Women's Cup". L Football (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
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