Fiamma
Personal information
Full name Fiamma Benítez Iannuzzi[1]
Date of birth (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004[2]
Place of birth Dénia, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward[4][2]
Team information
Current team
Valencia
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Levante B 31 (6)
2020–2022 Levante 26 (0)
2022– Valencia 41 (5)
International career
2019 Spain U17 1 (0)
2020 Spain U16 1 (0)
2021–2023 Spain U19 19 (9)
2022 Spain U20 5 (0)
2022– Spain 9 (2)
2023– Spain U23 2 (2)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Winner2022 Costa Rica
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2022 Czech Republic
Winner2023 Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Fiamma Benítez Iannuzzi (born 19 June 2004), simply known as Fiamma, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Valencia CF and the Spain women's national team.

Early life

Fiamma was born in Dénia to Argentine parents.[5]

Club career

Fiamma has played for Levante in Spain. She appeared in the professional 2021–22 Primera División for them.[1]

International career

Fiamma was eligible to play for Spain or Argentina and had shown interest in playing for the latter.[5] Representing the former, she won the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and made her senior debut on 11 November 2022 as a 56th-minute substitution in a 7–0 friendly home win, coincidentally over Argentina.[6] She became ineligible for Argentina when she played and scored for Spain in a UEFA Women's Nations League victory over Sweden in December 2023.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 February 2023Industree Group Stadium, Gosford, Australia Jamaica3–03–02023 Cup of Nations
2.5 December 2023La Rosaleda, Malaga, Spain Sweden4–35–3UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Spain U19

Spain U20

References

  1. 1 2 "Primera Iberdrola – Levante UD 5 - 0 SD Eibar". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Fiamma". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. "Fiamma". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. "Plantilla". Levante UD. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 Cabe, Pablo (28 December 2020). ""Sería una experiencia muy linda jugar para la Selección Argentina"". Localía Femenina. Retrieved 2 October 2021. It would be a very nice experience to play for the Argentina National Team and be called up, something unforgettable
  6. Fiamma Benítez at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. "2022 Women's U19 EURO: Road to the title". UEFA.com. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. "Paralluelo propels Spain to revenge and glory". FIFA.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.


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