Injury comeback

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She suffered three major injuries already, with her most recent one lasting 18 months. Her team celebrated when she returned back.

Velasco suffered an ACL injury in 2024 that kept her out for months and required a long rehabilitation process.

Overcame a serious knee injury in 2020 and credited live-biofeedback rehabilitation with her successful return to top form. In the spring of 2022, Julia Hickelsberger made an impressive return to SKN St. Pölten and the Austrian national team.

She suffered an ACL injury during a pre-season game, which forced her to miss the entirety of the 2023 season.

She suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in 2023 while playing for Atlas, requiring surgery and a long recovery process.

She credited her deep faith in God and the unwavering support of her family for giving her the mental strength to overcome her injury and return to the pitch.

She took a brief hiatus from professional football during the second half of 2023 but made a successful comeback in 2024 with Querétaro before her transfer to León.

Recovering from an ACL injury became one of the biggest tests of her career, and she has spoken about relying on faith and mental strength during rehabilitation.

A cruciate-ligament injury suffered in April 2025 kept her out for more than a year, Brøndby documented her return to team training in 2026, and she returned to match action against AGF on June 13, 2026.

She suffered a serious cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during the 2019/20 period, which sidelined her for the entirety of the 2020 calendar year.

In November 2017, she suffered an ACL injury.

She suffered an injury in the final friendly before the start of her first official season with the Ajax Women, which led to a long rehabilitation period.