All-time best player

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She prefers Ronaldo over Messi.

Didier Drogba was her childhood football role model. His mentality, leadership and love for Ivory Coast particularly inspired her.

She named Marta and Tobin Heath as her female soccer GOATs, admiring Tobin’s smooth playing style. She was excited about meeting them, along with Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, and Dawn Staley, in Paris.

She admires Marta, whom she also considers the greatest female footballer in history.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of her role models, particularly for his work ethic, discipline and meticulous preparation.

Her football idol was Japanese international winger Kaoru Mitoma.

In her opinion, Marta is the greatest female footballer in history.

For her, the greatest players are Lionel Messi and Mia Hamm.

Her men’s football GOAT is Lionel Messi, especially after the last World Cup.

She is an icon of Brazilian women´s football.

When asked rapid-fire questions, Bárbara quickly chose Messi over Ronaldo, Midfielder over Forward, and Waffles over pancakes.

She names Marta as the best women’s player of all time.

She finds Alexia Putellas the best player she's ever seen.

For her all-time dream starting XI, she would choose Aubrey Kingsbury in goal, Wendie Renard and Becky Sauerbrunn as center backs, Emily Fox and Kelley O’Hara as outside backs, Julie Ertz at the six, Rose Lavelle and Aitana Bonmatí in midfield, and a front line of Ada Hegerberg, Linda Caicedo, and Trinity Rodman.

She considers Marta as one of the best female footballers of the time out of many others and Alexia Putellas as one of the best players she played with.