Dolo Delgado

Dolo grew up with what was essentially a mini football pitch in the family garden — artificial turf, two small goals and even floodlights.

Before joining Spain’s elite academies, Dolo played in a mixed Swiss youth league where she regularly faced boys’ teams — and she was already used as a centre-forward.

Elite sport runs on both sides of her family: her father Matías Delgado was a professional footballer, while her mother Laura Rossi was a competitive tennis player who later became a coach.

Dolo grew up around Roger Federer through her father’s friendship with the Swiss tennis legend, and the Delgado family even has a photo with him together.

Although Dolo spent much of her childhood outside Argentina, her parents deliberately kept Argentine culture alive at home through traditional music, games, food and family asados.