Being told she “couldn’t” only made Lucy Bronze more determined to show that she could. She's had to fight every step of the way to make it to where she is today and carries that same spirit with her every time she steps onto the pitch.
Drawing on her tough Brittany character, Eugénie Le Sommer fought against the idea that football wasn't for girls to become the player she is today. This is why she now works with other young girls to encourage them and help them realise their own dreams of becoming a star player one day.
Dzsenifer Marozsán didn’t even know that women’s football existed when she first started convincing her brother to let her play with the other boys. But when you’re as football obsessed as Dzsenifer, you’re not going to let that stop you. A lot’s changed since then, but she knows it’s only the beginning.
Nadia Nadim has seen the powerful effects of football first hand. When the Afghanistan-born striker found herself in a refugee camp on the other side of the world at the age of 10, she couldn’t have imagined the path she’d go on to forge for herself. Nadim is living proof of what can be achieved in even the most difficult circumstances.
