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She is known for her love for Lego. Building Lego is her favourite way how to spend free time. According to her, it's therapeutic and helps her relax her brain. She also loves building IKEA furniture.

She started playing football at the end of one of her gymnastics sessions. Her coach threw a ball out for a bit of fun, and all the girls just ran around after it.

Her best friend is her Sweden international teammate Nathalie Björn. They have known each other since kindergarten. Filippa also gave her son the middle name Björn after Nathalie.

As a child, she competed in motorcycle biathlon, a rare sport that combines off-road motorcycling with shooting accuracy.

Aisha joined forces with Tanzanian rapper Frida Amani to launch Amka Malkia, a joint campaign that used a charity football match and entertainment to support girls’ education in Tanzania.

Her creative side goes far beyond football: she loves cooking, drawing and even making wood sculptures.

She is the co-author of “Jogadeira” (a song celebrating women’s football), which became associated with Brazil's 2019 Women's World Cup campaign.

She can ride a unicycle.

She can play both the cello and the guitar.

Before focusing fully on football, she played the drums and even enjoyed wakeboarding.

Her pre-match ritual is to have four Weetabix with four sugars.

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

Her go to pre-match meal is brown cheese on toast with jam and Weetabix.

Before every match, she kisses a photograph of her family that she keeps in her bag.

Her matchday ritual includes prayer, music, and thinking about her two nephews; she also keeps a shin guard with their photo.

Away from football, Pauleta co-founded Kramt Brand, a sustainable clothing project built around giving a voice to people and stories that are often overlooked.

Ajibade owns RASH, a personal clothing and merchandise brand built around her football identity.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nadine combined Eredivisie football with work as a movement therapist at a care facility for people with acquired brain injuries, even taking extra shifts when colleagues were unavailable.

Before becoming a professional footballer, she worked as a conflict mediator through the Rede Paulista de Futebol de Rua (São Paulo Street Football Network).

She built her own fitness business, Shred Em Fitness, from her garage.

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She scored Roma Women’s first-ever UEFA Women’s Champions League goals against Glasgow City in August 2022.

She grew up near Brighton & Hove Albion player Kaoru Mitoma and attended the same kindergarten; they are childhood friends.

She is the first Thai woman to win the Women's Champions League.

One of her earliest football memories involved David Beckham. Gale said her brother was in the Arsenal academy age group with Cruz Beckham, and that Beckham would show her how to kick a ball from the sidelines.

At U12 level, Weronika played an entire Tymbark Cup regional finals tournament with a metatarsal injury and still finished as the best player in Mazovia.

She has scored multiple goals as a goalkeeper, including a 90-plus-yard punt that ended up as a game-winner against the University of Miami during her senior college season.

She also played futsal when she was younger and even won the German B-Juniorinnen Futsal Championship with SV Alberweiler, scoring two goals in the final.

Her first pro goal (May 2, 2025) was assisted by her sister—the first sister-to-sister goal in NWSL history.

She first fell in love with football at the park with her parents and brother, jumping into games whenever she got the chance. Some of the boys initially refused to let her play because she was a girl, and she occasionally went home in tears.

Maelys was often among the last children chosen for football at school, but the experience motivated her to improve — years later, a community sports court in her hometown was named after her.

Ruby became the first Leciester City women's player to be called up to the senior England women's squad.

She became a goalkeeper thanks to her older brother: he was an attacker and when he wanted to train as a kid he put four-year-old Manon in goal so he had someone to shoot at – and she discovered she liked it, even if she “didn’t really have a choice.”

She was part of the Netherlands squad that became the country’s first-ever UEFA Women’s U17 European champions in 2025.

She has an identical twin sister, Maria Clara, who is also a footballer and has played alongside her in Corinthians’ youth system.

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

She once dreamed of becoming an astronaut, not just as a childhood fantasy but as a serious career goal. She even planned to take flying lessons and attend a military academy, such as the Naval Academy or West Point, to help make that dream a reality.