Iara Lobo

She had a tough start to her football career. Her coach did not select her for matches and told her that girls should be at home playing with dolls.

Her childhood nickname was “Trator,” meaning “tractor,” because of her very physical style of play.

Playing for Barcelona was a childhood dream long before the move became realistic. She even has old videos of herself talking about wanting to play for the club.

Kika Nazareth helped her settle in Barcelona, offering to take her places and making herself available whenever Lobo needed to talk.

One of her biggest individual ambitions is to win the Ballon d'Or, partly because she wants to show that a defender can also be recognised among the world's very best players.