Future Queens

Luisa Fernanda Agudelo Morelo was born in 2007 in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city. From a very young age, it was clear that sport would play a vital role in her life. Following her teacher’s recommendation, she started skating, but then discovered the magic of football, which was introduced to her by her older sister Sheila, a passionate football fan.

When 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie decided to forego her college eligibility in 2019 to start playing professional football, she ran into one major problem: she had nowhere to play. FIFA regulations did not allow her to play abroad until she became an adult, and the only professional women’s football league in her country, the NWSL, prohibited players who were under 18 years old. Two years later, she filed an antitrust case against the league, and within three weeks the court ruled in her favor. The 15-year-old was now free to play in the NWSL.

Antía Veiga followed her father’s footsteps and did not hesitate to play as a goalkeeper since she was very young. Now, at the age of 17, she is one of the players with the greatest projection in the youth academy of Deportivo Abanca, a team from Galicia that plays in Liga F. In adittion, last year she signed her renewal with the team until 2028, ensuring her continuity while waiting for the top opportunity to make her official debut with the first team.

María Luisa García, known in the world of football as Marisa García, continues making a place for herself in the elite of Spanish women’s football.  The Real Madrid academy graduade started her career in the lower categories of the Madrid club when she was a cadet. Before, she had also played for renowned such as Madrid CFF and San Agustín, also from the city of Madrid.

Celia Segura’s name is already history at FC Barcelona. The striker of FC Barcelona B, the second team, arrived at La Masia, as the club’s youth academy is knowns, in style. After her arrival at the team in 2018, she broke the goal record and became Barcelona’s top scorer in youth football after scoring 121 goals in her first season with the team and at just 12 years old.

Claudia Martínez Ovado’s path to football was more tortuous than it should have been. Yet she never gave up on her dream, and within a few years, after playing handball and minifootball, she had established herself as one of the world’s top talents in her age group.

In the capital of Italy, a potential new leader for both Le Azzurre and Le Giallorose is coming to the fore. Eighteen-year-old Giulia Galli recently won the Italian league title with AS Roma and is eagerly looking forward to the new season, in which she could take on a bigger role on the team.

Natalia Escot will never forget the year she turned 18 and came of age. Months earlier, she received a call from FC Barcelona, who signed the player in 2024 from Levante Las Planas, a Liga F club currently known as Badalona Women. Her talent and individual quality at the top of the attack have made her one of the most outstanding players in Barcelona’s reserve team and 1 RFEF, the second Spanish division of women’s football.