Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Vero Boquete: the Spaniard so good she has a stadium named after her

Spain’s record scorer on revolutionising football in her home city and her petition to get female players on computer games

Towards the end of 2018 Vero Boquete, Spain’s all-time leading goalscorer who has won a Champions League and domestic titles in three countries, received “the biggest prize” of her career.

In her home city of Santiago de Compostela – in Galicia in the north-west of Spain and famous for being the climax of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route – the main stadium was renamed the Estadio Vero Boquete de San Lázaro.

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from Football | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2GKbmWD

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