Jenni Hermoso, icon of women's football for equality

Captain of the Spanish National Team, Barça forward, scorer, superclass and benchmark. Jenni Hermoso (Madrid, 05/09/1990) is one of those players who has changed Spanish women's football. The Madrid attacker has experienced the change in her own meats: since its beginnings in Atlético and Rayo Vallecano (with which he won his first title) until his two returns to Spain after his international experience in the Swedish Tyreso and French PSG.

Now, enjoy the best time of the Women's First Division dressed, again, as a Barça player, a shirt with which she has won three Leagues, three Queen's Cups and one Super Cup. On an individual level, he has won three times the Pichihi Trophy and is usually on the lists of the best players in the world, in addition to being the top scorer in the history of the Barça women's team.

Jenni Hermoso has also achieved this historic mark with the Spanish National Team. He got it last February by endorsing five goals to Azerbaijan and surpassing the record previously held by Sonia Bermúdez.

And is that if you ask anyone if they know a player, surely all respond with their name: Jenni Hermoso. The footballer who scored an unforgettable goal against the four-time world champion United States in France 2019. The one that is capable of finishing any ball in the area, but also of dribbling the most unthinkable …

An important voice in the struggle carried out by the soccer players to achieve the first collective agreement (including strike), these are just some of the many reasons that have made Jenni Hermoso an example for society in its search for equality. This has been recognized by the Community of Madrid on the occasion of Women's Day, awarding him the March 8 Recognition award in the Sports category.

The Madrid forward thanked the award with an emotional speech during which she vindicated the role of women in our society and the achievements made in recent years as a mirror in which many girls today can be inspired by a task “for which there is still much to do”, as the international soccer player has underlined. She is already an icon for the little ones …