María Barone

Defender • Age 27 • #6

Fátima Barone is a Uruguayan defender who has represented Uruguay at U20 and senior international level and has played professionally in Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico.

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Fátima Barone’s father, Deivis Barone, is a former professional footballer who played in Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia.

Her brother, Faustino Barone, is also a professional footballer and has played for River Plate Montevideo.

Before focusing fully on football, Barone also played field hockey in Argentina.

Barone said that as a child she regularly went with her father to football training grounds and dreamed of one day experiencing that atmosphere herself. “I always wanted to get there,” she explained during a public discussion in Querétaro.