Despite devoting most of their daytime to training, playing matches and traveling, female soccer players competing at the highest level of Italian women’s soccer are nowadays recognized as amateur athletes. FIGC, Italy’s governing body for soccer, has recently announced that Italian women’s soccer is ready to undergo major changes. Beginning in the 2022/23 season, Serie A Femminile will gain professional status, thus becoming Italy’s first-ever professional sports league for female athletes. “Female soccer players do not sign a working contract but an economical agreement (with their club),” says Berardi. NOIF’s article 94 states that female soccer players can receive a maximum annual compensation of €30,658 ($37,159).

Source: Forbes February 16, 2021 16:18 UTC