Italian Women: More Hot Italian Soccer Wives & Girlfriends

After I posted my first list of Italian soccer players, the guys in my office asked for equal time for the women who date soccer players. I obliged with a post about Italian WAGs. (I am nothing if not obliging.)

So when the second list of Italian footballers went up, I wasn’t surprised to hear about it from the office again. Here, then, is a second list of Italian women who are married to, dating, or at some point were linked with men who play soccer in Italy. A few of the original picks were here on nothing more than a rumor, and I’ve kept them, with an update on what each woman is doing now. Then, because this series is overdue for fresh names, there is a new section on the partners of the Azzurri of 2026.

Anna Falchi

Anna Falchi was born in Tampere, Finland, to a Finnish mother and an Italian father, which is Italian enough for this list. Her soccer connection is thin, a reported fling with defender Matteo Ferrari, but she has a long career of her own as an actress, TV presenter and film producer, and was one of the biggest names in Italian entertainment in the 1990s and 2000s.

Maria Mazza

Like Giuseppe Rossi on my second footballers list, Maria Mazza was born in New Jersey (Weehawken) to Italian parents, from Somma Vesuviana near Naples. She grew up largely in Italy and worked as a model, showgirl and actress. From 1999 to 2001 she was Francesco Totti’s girlfriend, and if you’re going to have one Italian footballer in your past, Totti is a pretty decent choice. She married Amedeo Quagliata in Ibiza in 2023; they have a daughter.

Debora Salvalaggio

As I said in the first WAGs installment, a few footballers could be counted on as serial daters, and two of the most prolific, Christian Vieri and Pippo Inzaghi, turned up in Debora Salvalaggio’s romantic past. From Latina, she won the Miss Eleganza title at Miss Italy 2003 and worked as a model and showgirl before stepping away from show business.

Pamela Camassa

Pamela Camassa, from Prato, won Miss Mondo Italia in 2002 and made her name as a model and showgirl. She is a former WAG: she used to date Alberto Aquilani, who has since retired and coaches Sassuolo. She was then with TV presenter Filippo Bisciglia from 2008 to 2025, and was a contestant on L’isola dei famosi in 2023.

Alessia Ventura

Alessia Ventura almost slipped under my radar. My WAG gossip used to come from a soccer blog that had stopped running its regular feature, so I only found out she had been dating Pippo Inzaghi for a few months after I’d finished the first draft of this post. From Moncalieri near Turin, she is a TV presenter with a long run on Italia 1’s motoring show Drive Up.

Alessia Fabiani

Alessia Fabiani’s spot on this list comes from dating Alessio Tacchinardi, the Juventus midfielder, who may not be a household name outside Italy. She has been on screen since childhood, when she played the daughter of Maurizio Costanzo and Simona Izzo in the sitcom Orazio, and later worked as an actress and showgirl. She is a big Inter fan, and has two children, twins born in 2012.

Federica Fontana

Here’s another “dubious” WAG. Federica Fontana, a TV presenter and former model from Monza, was linked to Francesco Totti only by a rumor in a blog’s comments section. Her real partner these days is far from soccer: since 2021 she has lived with Remo Ruffini, the businessman behind Moncler.

Melissa Satta

When I wrote this, Christian Vieri’s girlfriend was Melissa Satta, a model born in Boston to Sardinian parents. She played on a women’s soccer team in Sardinia as a teenager, which is more than most WAGs can say. Satta and Vieri were together from 2006 to 2011. She then married Ghanaian international Kevin-Prince Boateng, of Milan fame, in 2016; they have a son and divorced in 2020. She dated tennis player Matteo Berrettini in 2023 and 2024, and since 2024 has been with businessman Carlo Gussalli Beretta. And she has come back to soccer on her own terms: she co-hosted the Globe Soccer Awards in 2024, and since 2025 she has been president of FC Zeta in Italy’s Kings League, the seven-a-side tournament, where she occasionally plays.

Rachele Di Fiore

Rachele Di Fiore, who worked in Italian TV, was engaged to Vincenzo Montella when he was playing for Roma. Montella has since retired and now coaches Turkey’s national team.

Valentina Zambrotta

My last original pick was Valentina Liguori, a model from Naples and at the time the wife of Gianluca Zambrotta. A soccer blog I read described her as a downhill inline skater, which I still can’t picture. Zambrotta has since retired, and the couple separated after 20 years of marriage.

New for 2026: the partners of the Azzurri

Italy’s current players are a different generation from the one above. Fewer showgirls, more long engagements, lots of babies, and weddings on Lake Como and in Puglia. Here are the partners of recent and current Italy players (most of the players themselves are in my 2026 World Cup edition).

• Alessia, and Gianluigi Donnarumma: The Italy captain and Manchester City goalkeeper has been with Alessia since 2017. They had a son in 2024 and married in Puglia in 2026.
• Federica Schievenin, and Nicolò Barella: A former model from Sardinia, like Barella himself, she married the Inter midfielder in July 2018. They have four children.
• Camilla Bresciani, and Alessandro Bastoni: The Inter defender and Camilla had a daughter, Azzurra (yes, “Azzurra”), in January 2022 and married in May 2023.
• Giulia Mazzocato, and Federico Dimarco: Married in June 2023 at Savelletri in Puglia; they have two children.
• Giulia Pastore, and Sandro Tonali: Together for about six years before they married on Lake Como in July 2025. Their son Leonardo was born in January 2026.
• Thessa, and Manuel Locatelli: The Juventus captain married Thessa at Villa Palmieri in 2022. They have two children, born in 2023 and 2025.
• Lucia, and Federico Chiesa: Together since 2022, married in Grosseto’s cathedral in 2024.
• Sara Scaperrotta, and Nicolò Zaniolo: The on-again, off-again story of the lot. They split in 2020 before their son Tommaso was born, got back together in 2024, and married in 2026, the year their second son arrived.
• Veronica Ciardi, and Federico Bernardeschi: Married in Carrara’s cathedral in July 2021; they have two daughters.
• Veronica Martinelli, and Lorenzo Pellegrini: Married since 2018, with three children.
• Chiara Nasti, and Mattia Zaccagni: The most famous of the current crop in her own right, an influencer from Naples. She is in the first WAGs post too.

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Want more? Don’t miss the first list of Italian women connected to Italian soccer players, and if you’d rather see the game than the gossip, read our guide to seeing a match at San Siro.