Spanish promise leaves athletics and is in the Women’s World Cup

Salma Paralluelo, aged just 19, impresses the Spanish crowd with his speed and dexterity on the pitch. In this way, the striker appears with one of the greatest hopes of the Spanish national team in this competition. However, the interesting thing is that the athlete was not always in the world of soccer and already had notoriety in athletics.

Still in the base categories, football occupied a special space in Paralluelo’s career. first in Zaragozathe attacker passed to the villarreal, which catapulted the attacker. So, last season, the barcelona hired the talent of the Spaniard and counted on her in the winning campaign of the Champions League.

However, shortly before, at the age of 15, the athlete decided to divide her attention between the two sports. Four years later, even with little experience, the player is ready to play her first world Cup as a professional, after winning the under-17 and under-20 World Cups with his national team.

In this way, the Spain take the field against Costa Rica in the early hours of this Friday, 21, at 4:30 am (Brasília time). Thus, Paralluelo will have the opportunity to debut in the main competition of women’s football, seeking success in her career in football as she achieved in athletics, when she got used to winning gold medals in youth competitions.

Despite having coped well for a long time between sports, the shared career farewell came in July last year. After suffering a serious knee injury, Paralluelo signed with Barça and decided to focus solely on the pitch, when she emerged as one of the options for the Women’s World Cup.