Olga Carmona is the woman of the moment and there is no possible discussion. The Sevillian scored the decisive goal during the final of the Women’s World Cup against the United Kingdom and allowed the Spanish National Team to take home the title of world champions.
His feat has given him the opportunity to enter the list of the best players of the moment and be nominated for the Ballon d’Or. Will he take it? It has merits.
The Andalusian player started in the Sevilla FC youth team, where she spent 13 years, and now shines in the capital as Real Madrid defense and is the fourth captain of the Women’s Soccer Team. Her life goes far beyond football and it is necessary to review Olga’s most personal aspects.
His passion for flamenco
Before diving fully into the world of football, Olga I attended flamenc classesor, in addition to tennis and swimming.
Despite practicing dancing, she did not take her eye off the ball, since her brothers did practice this sport. “After a while they let me play with them and although there was a physical difference, I was already fast and haggled“, he said in the interview.
At just 7 years old, the Sevillian changed her heels and ruffled skirts for stiletto boots and a regulation ball to start her passion in the Seville sports city, her springboard to get to where she is right now.
Olga’s two brothers
Since she was little, the player was accompanied by two brothers -Fran and Tomás- who encouraged her to play soccer with them. The first is older than her and the second is a twin.
Both also play this sport professionally, one in UD Tomares and the other in the CD Teruel.
Both Olga and her brothers started at Sevilla FC.
What Olga Carmona studies
Although football has always been her dream, Olga has her feet on the ground and knows that, although it is a very beautiful profession, it does not last forever.
That is why the fourth captain of the National Team is about to graduate in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, in the absence of two subjects and the TFG.
“I am proud of being able to combine studies with football because the easy thing would be to do nothing (…) and if I didn’t do anything in the afternoons I would get bored,” she said in an interview with The country.
Furthermore, to manage this early success, the athlete started going to therapy after moving to the metropolis and seeing the 180-degree turn that his life had taken: he was constantly asked for photos and autographs on the street and he was starting to play for one of the best teams in the country.
She is very superstitious
Like many great athletes, Olga is a little superstitious.
In the interview with The countryBefore starting the World Cup, the Sevillian said that she thought for a moment about changing her shin guards, but that idea quickly left her head, and thank goodness, because in the match against Sweden she ended up scoring the goal that gave the pass. to Spain to the World Cup final.
“In the end I didn’t do it because I panicked. I am a little superstitious and they have always given me luckso I hope it continues like this in this World Cup,” he explained.
These shin guards are very special, since the player has some of the most important people in her life screen printed: her family on one and her playing soccer on another.
Among them is her mother, with whom she has a very special relationship, and who suffered a lot when her daughter had to head to Madrid to fulfill her dream of being a professional soccer player.
‘Merchi’, the shirt he wore in the World Cup final
Olga Carmona was the architect of Spain’s victory in the World Cup on two occasions. He scored the decisive goal in the semi-finals against Sweden in the 89th minute and scored another in the final against the United Kingdom in the 28th minute.
As soon as he scored, he lifted his shirt and revealed another top with the word Merchi written. In an interview after the game, he explained that it was dedicated to the mother of a friend who had recently died.
“This victory goes to the mother of one of my best friends who just died. “I celebrated the goal with his shirt and I dedicate it to the whole family with all my love,” he told the RTVE cameras.
The death of his father during the World Cup
It was not the only death that Olga had to face during the World Cup. Shortly after the victory and winning the World Cup, They informed him that his father Tomás Carmona had died. It was the RFEF that announced it through X:
“The RFEF deeply regrets to announce the death of Olga Carmona’s father. The footballer learned the sad news once the final was over. of the World Cup. We send our most sincere hug to Olga and her family in a moment of deep pain. We love you, Olga, you are the history of Spanish football,” they wrote.
Carmona’s family and environment They had decided to hide the news from himwhich occurred on Friday, August 18, two days before the game,so that he could face the championship final with the enthusiasm with which he had arrived at the tournament and without this sad fact affecting his game.
Olga played with illusion, dedication and a star that was enlightening her from the highest, as she herself wrote on Twitter in a beautiful message that she dedicated to her father after learning (and accepting) his death.
“And without knowing it I had my Star before the game started. I know you have given me the strength to achieve something unique. I know you’ve been watching me tonight and that you’re proud of me. Rest in peace, dad“wrote the soccer player.
When the Spanish National Team returned from Australia, an event was organized in Madrid in front of 40,000 fans and Olga had the opportunity to talk about the decisive goal but also about her father.
“Today is very special for all of Spain but it also has a part that is complicated for me,” said the player, who managed to hold back tears despite her emotion. “You know that yesterday was a day of many emotions, at times it was the best day of my life and then it became the worst. I am really very excited to be able to bring this joy to the entire country and here you have the star that you wanted so much. “Not only what we carry now on our chests but also all those who are in heaven and who have accompanied us,” she added, remembering her father.
Olga Carmona is a star and another star protects her from the sky, as she herself says.
