Luisa Fernanda Agudelo Morelo was born in 2007 in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city. From a very young age, it was clear that sport would play a vital role in her life. Following her teacher’s recommendation, she started skating, but then discovered the magic of football, which was introduced to her by her older sister Sheila, a passionate football fan.

Although ACF Fiorentina ultimately missed out on a chance to compete in the Women's Champions League, the season still brought some positives. The most significant ones are undoubtedly the performances of Maya and Emma (members of the UEFA Women's U19 Championship runner-up team, both born in 2007) who broke into Fiorentina’s first team this year.

What a week for a women's football! We've finally seen several long-awaited transfers become official, while a number of players have also put pen to paper on new deals, some of them signing their first professional contracts. Meanwhile, the UEFA Women's U9 Championship continues, with Europe's brightest young talents battling it out for continental glory.

Major international tournaments and sticker albums have always gone hand in hand. What started as a school breaks fun, one that plenty of adults still enjoy, has, in recent years, become not only part of the atmosphere surrounding football's biggest competitions but also a thriving business, with collectors hoping to uncover the rarest stickers or trading cards. But what about women's football?

On July 7, 2018, Sam Kerr scored a hattrick in her first game against her former team Sky Blue FC. In a moment where most players would celebrate, she instead walked away with her head down. “If I’m honest, I didn’t enjoy it,” Kerr commented after the match. “I wish things were better here, and that I could stay. It just sucks that that’s the way it had to be.”

When 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie decided to forego her college eligibility in 2019 to start playing professional football, she ran into one major problem: she had nowhere to play. FIFA regulations did not allow her to play abroad until she became an adult, and the only professional women’s football league in her country, the NWSL, prohibited players who were under 18 years old. Two years later, she filed an antitrust case against the league, and within three weeks the court ruled in her favor. The 15-year-old was now free to play in the NWSL.

We’re bringing you a brand-new series, Queenballers Break, where we want to give you an up-close look at the players. Our first guest is Franny Černá, a semifinalist in the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup and a player for Sparta and the Czech women’s national team.

The 2026 Men’s World Cup, currently underway in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is undoubtedly the biggest sporting event of the year. Next year, it will be followed by the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027, which will be hosted by Brazil. Which male and female football  players are connected by family or other ties?

Antía Veiga followed her father’s footsteps and did not hesitate to play as a goalkeeper since she was very young. Now, at the age of 17, she is one of the players with the greatest projection in the youth academy of Deportivo Abanca, a team from Galicia that plays in Liga F. In adittion, last year she signed her renewal with the team until 2028, ensuring her continuity while waiting for the top opportunity to make her official debut with the first team.