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Her father, Michael Keßler, played against future World Cup winners Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger during his football career.

Football has been part of her life since early childhood because she followed her older sister Serena, who also played the game.

Her first coach was her mother, who trained her for 8-9 years.

She credits her mother, a feminist and advocate for women’s rights, as her biggest supporter and the primary influence on her career.

When she was little she used to watch a lot of football with her father on TV.

She played ten years of club soccer for Roswell Soccer Club, a team coached by her father.

Inspired by her older brother, she began playing football, often starting as a goalkeeper in their backyard games.

Her earliest football memory is playing with her brother and playing in the streets, always trying to play nutmeg games.

As a child, she was told that football was for boys, but the support of her parents helped her stay in the game.

Started playing at age 3, inspired by her brother’s training sessions.

Rafaela has been sporty since childhood. Her dad played both football and tennis with her early on, later letting her choose which path to follow.

Greta came to football through her older brother and her father.

Her father was her first coach.

She started playing football at 5 years old because it was the sport her father had played while growing up.

Her father was her first coach when she was five years old, and she trained with her older brother’s team.

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