Matilde Villa

Matilde Villa (born 9 December 2004) is an Italian basketball player for Umana Reyer Venezia of the Lega Basket Femminile.

[1] At age 14, she debuted in Serie A1 with the Costa Masnaga sports club first team in the position of point guard.

In the 2023–2024 season, she led the Italian Serie A with a per-game average of 10 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 3 assists.

[1] Her older brother Edoardo[6] and her twin sister Elonora are both basketball players, with Eleonora currently playing in the NCAA with the Washington State Cougars.

[3] Her and her sister Eleonora wanted to be professional dancers growing up, but were discouraged by her dance teacher and advised to change to basketball.