Furlani publicly expressed a desire to play for the Italian national team in 2011, while playing in Austria during her first season in Europe. Delays in the natualization process prevented her from participating in official matches and, in August 2015, EV Bolzano wrote to
President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella on her behalf to appeal the situation. In November 2015, the
Council of Ministers conferred Italian citizenship to Furlani for special merits, and she returned to competition in January 2016. Finally able to represnt Italy on an official basis, Furlani made a commanding debut with the national team at the Group B tournament of the
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I. Her six points in five games – earned on four goals and two assists – ranked seventh in scoring of all tournament skaters. She was Italy's leading scorer and was selected as best player on the team by the coaches. Furlani subsequently participated in the World Championship Division I Group B tournaments in
2017,
2022,
2023, and
2024, scoring at least a point at each iteration. She was a key player in Italy's Olympic aspirations ahead of the Games in 2018 and 2022, scoring seven points (6+1) across six games of the
qualifiers for PyeongChang 2018 and tallying five points across six games of the
qualifiers for Beijing 2022. Despite the team's efforts, Italy did not qualify in either 2018 or 2022. ==Personal life==