Categories: Football

from waitress to the top of ‘The Best’

Her name covered sports covers around the world after being chosen in December as the best player in the world. Lucy Bronze (29 years old) raised the 'The Best' award as the culmination of an impeccable career, being the first defense in history, both for women and men, to obtain the award.

Everyone already knows his name but very few are those who know the arduous path that the British has had to travel to reach the top of women's football.

The story of Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze (1991) is worthy of a Hollywood script. Born in Berwick upon Tweed, began to hit the ball with his older brother, George, and his friends after school. He was already pointing ways, so he joined a boys' team until the English Federation decided to withdraw mixed teams from the age of 12, considering that it could be dangerous for girls.

It was a severe blow for a player who was already beginning to stand out and who, after seeing the popular movie ‘I want to be like Beckham', He began to be very clear that he wanted to dedicate himself to football.

She was the only girl who played this sport in her region, in a rural environment, so she was not exactly well regarded in her environment. Luckily both his mother Diane Bronze like her aunt, Julie, They decided to help her in any way possible. The dream of Lucy could not fade. Thus, after verifying that women's professional ‘soccer’ was possible in the United States, the three of them went on vacation to North Carolina in search of an opportunity.

This is how Lucy Bronze plays

“My mother turned our family summer vacations into taking me to see how these clubs worked”, Lucy explains in an interview for FIFA. At the age of 18, he finally entered the University of North Carolina, where he trained every day and played twice a week. There he understood that everything was possible.

Before, he had enrolled with 15 years in the quarry of the Sunderland to train. From there he went to Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City and for three years finally to Olympique de Lyon, where he won three Champions in a row and became a star.

For the memory it remains that in her time at Everton she had to work as a waitress in a bar to pay for her studies in Sports Science, which she combined with her work in the field.

Now the English defense is an icon in their country. Best player in 2020 by FIFA and UEFA, has topped the list of athletes of the year in the newspaper ‘The Guardian'And was just voted England's Player of the Year by the fans after shining with his national team and with Olympique Lyon, club that left this summer to return to his country in style with Manchester City, where they have welcomed their biggest star with open arms.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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