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Mayssa
Baha

Barcelona Femení • Forward #31

The youngest Liga F goalscorer

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Her first word was “football.” The twist is that her father Renato, himself a footballer, had actually hoped for a daughter because he worried a son might want to follow him into the difficult world of football.

Before becoming a professional footballer, she worked with her parents in onion farming and remained in agriculture until she was 24 years old.

Chile changed her career almost by accident: she was there on holiday visiting Haitian friends, asked where she could play, trained with Santiago Morning, and stayed.

Daniela was a talented ballet dancer as a child, practising for five years before she decided to “trade in her ballet slippers” for football boots.

As a child, she spent hours kicking a ball against the wall of her house, often from 6 p.m. until midnight, and she admits she broke more than a few windows and flowerpots along the way.

Kamilla’s dog Kadums has its own Instagram account: @kadums.10.

She has a dog and two cats with their own Instagram account.

She has a cavoodle puppy named Nala, who keeps her busy off the pitch.

Hiking with her three dogs, a husky, a shepherd and a spitz, is one of Maïté’s favourite activities.

On a day without football, Aneta loves spending time with friends and her Chihuahua named Rihanna.

Her pre-match routine includes one very distinctive tradition. After the team photo, she heads towards her goal, jumps, touches the crossbar and finishes with a Spider-Man pose.

Before an evening match, she sometimes spends part of the day painting to stay calm.

Mille is extremely superstitious before matches. She once revealed that she has more than 20 pre-match rituals, including always putting on her left boot before her right and picking up a small piece of grass before kick-off.

A lucky phone call with her grandmother became Lucia’s special pre-match ritual. Before scoring her first Serie A goal, a dramatic 92nd-minute winner against Inter, her grandmother wished her luck, and they later agreed to repeat the call before future matches.

At just 12 years old, Parkinson began working with a specialist mindset coach to improve how she handles pressure and performs in important moments.

She co-launched a one-step wellness journal project called Oakmind with her husband Emil, aimed at helping people manage everyday stress.

Laura and her sister Denise launched their own fashion brand LRI 10 23.

She founded HoodSpace in 2020, a non-profit focusing on mental health and wellness for girls of colour through meditation, yoga and sport.

Together with her wife Amy James-Turner, she launched a coffee business from a vintage van, joking that she mainly handles front-of-house duties while Amy runs the social media.