Ludmila da Silva

Her full name is Ludmila da Silva. Commonly known is as Ludmila. Ludmila is also the only name she wears on the shirt during matches.

In her youth she was successful in athletics.

She was raised by aunt, as her mother left the family and her father died during her childhood.

She start to play organised football at the relatively late age of 15.

She was brought up in a favela (the Brazilian term for slum).

Her partner is Alonso Sánchez González, former professional football player and now sports agent.

When she joined Atlético Madrid, thanks to her exceptional pace she was dubbed "Road Runner".

In 2019, she published on her social networks a video recorded in a supermarket of the Mercadona chain in which she stated that every time she entered a supermarket she had a security guard following her. Although the video was published in various media, the company limited itself to stating that no one had informed it of the facts.

She was two times in the chart "The 100 best female footballers in the world" by The Guardian. In 2019 and 2020.

In 2023, she announced that she had started working on opening her own football school in Madrid - Ludmila Academy.

She had a very good start at Atlético Madrid - she joined the club in the summer of 2017 and managed to win back to back Spanish titles in two following seasons (2017/2018 and 2018/2019).

She has several tattoos, including Olympic rings and football ball.