Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 28 November 1998||
Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | SV Neulengbach | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | LUV Graz Damen | 17 | (0) |
2016–2022 | SKN St. Pölten | 34 | (0) |
2022– | Sassuolo | 20 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013–2015 | Austria U-17 | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Austria U-19 | 3 | (0) |
2022– | Austria | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022 |
Isabella "Bella" Kresche (born 28 November 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the Austria women's national team, which she represents since 2022.
Kresche was born in Graz in 1998. She began learning about goalkeeping at Roland Goriupp's camps, and then at the National Center for Women's Football, where she learned from former goalkeeper Reinhard Dietl.[2]
After graduating from high school in 2017, she studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business[1] and graduated with a bachelor's degree.
She has been playing for the Austrian national team since 2022 as a goalkeeper. She made her debut in a friendly match against Romania in February where the team won six goals to one.[3] She was invited to join the squad for the 2022 European Football Championship by Irene Fuhrmann, Manuela Zinsberger and Jasmin Pal.[4][5]