Ask anyone today who Jenni Hermoso is and their answer would probably sound something like this: she’s the Spanish player Luis Rubiales kissed without consent after Spain won the Women’s World Cup; the icon of ‘Se acabo’, the Spanish ‘Me Too’ movement.
If the same question had been asked a few months ago, the answers would likely have been very different.
Hermoso is the top goalscorer in the history of both the Spain and Barcelona women’s teams. Over the years, when asking defenders who was the most difficult opponent for them to face, they’d always mention her, and if you asked her fellow forwards which player they admired, Hermoso’s name would come up a lot, too.
Whether it was at Barcelona, who she played for in seven seasons across two spells before leaving last summer, or with Spain, for whom she won her 100th cap during the recent World Cup, Hermoso has always been known as the soul of the team, the one who is always cracking jokes. The 33-year-old is the DJ in the dressing room, a music lover who is especially fond of the Spanish tecno-rumba group Camela.
Hermoso got her love for football from a goalkeeper — her grandfather — but she always wanted to play close to the opponent’s box and has made scoring goals her trademark.
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