He has just won the European Championship with England after beating Germany in the final last Sunday by two goals to one in an infarct extra time and, at 33 years old, Ellen White is already one of the brightest footballers in England. A forward for Manchester City, this player has played for the main English teams, from Chelsea to Arsenal, including Leeds Ladies FC, Notts County FC and Birmingham City.
So far so good. However, the simplest and most normal thing would have been for her not to have become a professional soccer player, taking into account the obstacles she experienced in her childhood to play just because she was a woman.
Because having great skills and showing from a young age that one is a great promise does not mean having the doors open if it is a sport considered for boys in 1998, even in a western and developed country like England.
That year, at the gates of the 21st century, White was on the cover of Bucks Herald because it had been banned from the soccer league as it was only for children. She was 9 years old and it was worthless that she had scored 100 goals the previous season. However, Arsenal did not want to waste the opportunity to have a future soccer star and kept her in her quarry until in 2019 she signed for Chelsea, with whom she won her first titles.
However, it was with the Arsenal shirt, a team to which he returned after a tour of Leads Ladies FC, with whom he has won the most titles -seven nationals-. Now in light blue, he has won two major trophies and scored 24 goals in his first three seasons with Manchester City.
24 years after the cover dedicated to a sad girl who was not allowed to play football, he occupies those of the English newspapers holding the European Cup after leading his country to the highest based on effort and goals. It is not only the maximum ghistoric scorer for England with 52 goals but he is only one goal away from equaling Wayne Rooney’s record.
