It’s been a month of milestones for Alice Corelli, who is currently Roma Women’s top scorer for the 2025-26 season so far.
There was an air of surprise when Corelli was reintegrated by Roma last summer after loan spells with Pomigliano and Napoli, but she went on to score seven goals in the 2024-25 season – as many as she had across both of those loan spells put together.
This season, she has six goals to her name already, with two of those coming in the new Serie A Women’s Cup over the summer and four coming in the league itself.
With three assists to her name as well, Corelli is currently equal with captain Manuela Giugliano for most goal contributions for Roma this season.
When Italy announced their squad for the first international break of the season on 15th October, there was a space for Corelli, for the first time at senior level.
And just four days later, she led Roma out as captain for the first time in their league game away at her former loan club Napoli.
That call was somewhat unexpected, as even with Giugliano injured and Giada Greggi starting out among the substitutes, there was still the experienced and long-serving Emilie Haavi who could have inherited the armband.
But Corelli, starting from the right wing on the opposite side to Haavi and alongside striker Evelyne Viens, made herself count, scoring for the third consecutive league game – something no other Roma Women player has ever done at the start of a season – and then adding another goal to secure her first brace for Roma.
Her first goal was a thumping right-footed effort after breaking into the box, and her second came from the other boot, a composed curled effort into the far corner.
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Sometimes you have to delve deeper, beyond the goals and assists, to get the true measure of a player. In that regard, there are elements in which Corelli could improve, with more precision and persistence. But it’s easy to forget how young she still is.
Corelli originally made her debut as a 16-year-old in 2020 and scored her first goal as a 17-year-old. At the time, she was the youngest scorer in club history, although she’s now third on the list. Nevertheless, she’s still only 21 now, set to celebrate her 22nd birthday in November.
Even when she first burst onto the scene, she stood out for her physicality at her age level. Now, she has to finetune her game and technique, which her early-season form indicates she is starting to do.
When Roma let Valentina Giacinti go to Galatasaray without a replacement in the summer, it left Viens as the main striker. But the Canadian’s injury history is patchy, opening up space for other attackers to vie for the centre-forward role in her absence.
Corelli is becoming one of the main candidates to lead the line when Viens is unavailable, but also a primary contender for the right-wing spot in a full-strength Roma side, given that several of the other wingers in the squad prefer to start from the left.
The question now is how far Corelli can carry her momentum. Last season, it felt like she was always trying to catch up with a level at which she could prove herself worthy of a place in this squad. So far this term, she seems to be keeping pace with the benchmark.
Given that her contract is up at the end of the season, she’s found an ideal time to discover some concrete and consistent form.
A ratio of having started 19 games for Roma across her career and having scored 15 goals for the club is not one to be scoffed at, even if her overall appearance tally including cameos from the bench is 63.
Fans are starting to sing her name from the terraces, recognising the Rome-born, Roma-supporting Corelli as one of their own.
Indeed, her attachment to this shirt is a long-term aspect, but now she will be hoping her impact wearing it can be as well.
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