She coached Real Sociedad (2020-2024) and was previously the Catalan national team coach (2010-2020). She holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
He has worked as a football analyst and commentator for Diari Ara, Gol Televisión, RTVE, Cadena Ser and Rac1. He currently collaborates with TV3, El País and Catalunya Ràdio. He has written Dones de Futbol, Las chicas juegan a todo and Gisela Pulido - Sin miedo a caer.
Verónica BOQUETE
Footballer
Professional footballer, commentator and football analyst on TVE, RNE and Radio Marca. Master UEFA Sport Management. Currently playing for Fiorentina; Italy is the eighth country where she has played professionally, playing for teams such as Bayern Munich, PSG, Portland Thorns or AC Milan. Former captain and player of the Spanish national football team for 14 years, playing a European Championship and the first World Cup in history for Spain. In recent years she has combined her football career with her work in the media as a football commentator and analyst. She has been part of the RTVE team during Euro 2024, commentating on the national team's matches, becoming the first woman to do so.
Beatriz ÁLVAREZ
Liga F President
Beatriz Álvarez Mesa is currently the President of Liga F since June 2022. A former footballer for Oviedo Moderno, she was also the President of the club from July 16, 2009 until in September 2019, when she became the first woman to hold the position of General Director of Sports of Asturias in that province. Having played football since 12, she went through all the lower leagues with OM until reaching the first team in 2000, from which she retired at the age of 22. She later became a coach in the 2006/07 season, where she has held positions on the board of directors and on the sports commission of the club that created and promoted the Modern Oviedo Football School. She has a Diploma in Teaching, specializing in Physical Education from the University of Oviedo. She has also been a member of the board of directors of the Higher Sports Council that approved the statutes for the professionalization of Women’s football
Ivana ANDRÉS
Footballer
Ivana plays as a central defender for Inter_Women (Inter Milan) and has been captain of the Spanish national team that won the World Cup. Previously she was captain of Real Madrid and played for Levante U.D. and Valencia C.F. She is a Social Educator, MBA in Sports Entities Management and Master in prevention and intervention with adolescents at risk and child and parent violence. Habitual campaigner against bullying and school bullying, she has also been involved in initiatives to support the fight for gender equality.
Lola ROMERO
Women's Manager CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID SAD
Spanish Judo Champion in 1988 and 1989. Member of the Absolute Spanish Judo National Team for 6 years Goalkeeper of Football 11 in National League for 2 seasons Goalkeeper of Indoor Football of different Clubs of Madrid for 11 seasons Member of the Madrid Women's Indoor Football National Team for 1 season Editor of the Judo-Prensa Magazine for two years Collaborator of the As Newspaper, for 3 years in the Judo and Indoor Football sections Promoter of the Women's Football project in the Atlético de Madrid Club since 2001. President of the Women's Section of Club Atlético de Madrid (15 seasons). Former Vice-President of the Association of National Women's Football Clubs (LALIGA). Current Women's Director of CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID SAD (8 seasons).
Eva FERRER
Specialist in sports medicine from the University of Barcelona.
Team doctor for the FC Barcelona women's first team and team doctor for the women's football academy during the 2018-2022 seasons. Currently: Specialist in women's sports health at the Barça Innovation Hub Doctor at the Sports Medicine Unit Hospital Clinic- Hospital Sant Joan de Deu Member of the UEFA Women's Health expert group.
Cristina GALLO
Sports journalist
Sports journalist, specialising in women and sport and Olympism. She has worked at Antena 3 Radio, Cadena COPE and Onda Cero Radio, as editor-in-chief and deputy director of content for the ‘SuperGarcía’ programme, stations for which she has covered several Olympic Games and numerous World Championships in different specialities. Since May 2015, she has directed and presented the radio programme ‘Ganamos con Ellas’ on Radio del Principado de Asturias, a programme dedicated to Asturian women in sport. Author of the book ‘Tears for a medal’. President of the National Association of Women and Sport Congress.
OFFSIDE
Iona Rothfeld, former footballer and president of the National Association of Women's Football Players in Chile.
In 2019, the feminist movement made itself heard with force once again. Within this scenario, the World Cup in France established itself as a turning point for women's football, being made visible as never before around the world, multiplying exponentially the presence of the fans at the matches and breaking down stereotypes that have been unfairly attributed to women who play this sport. OFFSIDE narrates, from the streets surrounding the stadiums, how the World Cup was experienced by members of different generations of fans, and highlights the profound mark left by this milestone in the history of international football. This is the consequence of a struggle for the reconquest of spaces from which women have historically been excluded. The documentary was made by the audiovisual communicator and photographer Elisa Torres and Iona Rothfeld, former footballer and president of the National Association of Women's Football Players in Chile. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Eli PINEDO
Former Spanish handball player.
She has been a senior international with the Spanish national team, with which she won the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
She made her debut with Balonmano Bera Bera at the end of 1999, aged just 16, and remained there for five seasons, until 2004, winning the Supercopa in 2012 and the league championship in 2013 and 2014, as well as winning the Copa de la Reina and the Supercopa de España in both years, achieving the historic treble consecutively. She has been capped 184 times by the Spanish women's handball team and has scored 408 goals. She is the eighth player with the most caps in the history of the national team and the tenth top scorer.
Isabel ABELLA RUÍZ DE MENDOZA
Lawyer and equality consultant
She studied Law at the University of Deusto, 4th year at the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg, Master's Degree in Family Law (Zarraluqui Law Firm), Master's Degree in Mistreatment and Gender Violence (UNED) and University Expert Diploma in ‘Educating in non-violence: Harassment, Cyber-bullying, Bullying, abuse... focused on children (UNED).
One of its areas of interest is to promote equality between women and men and to eradicate gender-based violence against girls, adolescents and women in sport and at work.
Since 2024 I have been a member of the Council of Europe's pool of experts in combating hate speech in sport.
Iris MORENO
Sports journalist
Graduate in Communication from the University of Deusto. Sports journalist. She is currently part of the Sports section of El Diario Vasco. She is a stuntwoman and presenter of sporting events. Previously, she has worked in different media, with a special focus on women's sports and minority disciplines.
Eleonora GIOVIO
Editor of El País
Born in Italy in 1979, she has lived in Spain for 20 years. With a degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences, she took a Master's degree in Journalism at El País in 2005, the newspaper where she has been working ever since.
She is the editor of the Society section, specialising in equality and abuse issues. She is a member of the El País team investigating abuse in sport. Women's Institute Lili Alvarez Award 2024
Inma PUIG
Clinical psychologist
Degree in Psychology (University of Barcelona). Academic collaborator in the Department of People and Organisation Management at ESADE (1994-2016). Her areas of specialisation are group dynamics and the analysis of people's behaviour. Expert in the creation, training and development of high-performance teams, both in the field of sport and in business organisations. Author of the book ‘The Emotional Revolution. 9th Edition. Editorial Penguin Random House. Conecta Collection.
Carmen ARCE "Kubalita"
First international female goalkeeper.
She played for Racing de Valencia, Marcol Lanas Aragón and Hércules de Alicante. She made her debut with the Spanish National Team on February 21, 1971, with only 15 years old in the Condomina of Murcia: (Spain 3 - Portugal 3), being the first international goalkeeper. In 1974, due to the lack of support from the institutions, she stopped playing football with the exception of Catalonia. Nurse at the University of Valencia (1984) and professor of oncology at the NSD University School of Valencia and at the Cardenal Herrera University (CEU). Media commentator for Spanish national team matches in ‘Apunt’ and in the written press. The activity she is most proud of is being able to spread the values of women's football in schools. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Mónica MARCHANTE
Sports journalist
She has covered 3 World Cups, 1 European Championship, and 17 Champions League. La Liga and Copa del Rey for 20 years. Spanish and European Super Cups. He has directed several documentaries for Movistar. Among them ‘Pedro Delgado, 30 years of yellow’ Francisco de Cossio Award. ‘Alejandro Valverde, a year of rainbows’ and “Vivir valELA pena” Passionate about sport, especially football and cycling. With Movistar+ since 1996. At COPE since 2016 and now writes for Articulo 14. Lecturer on the Master's Degree in Sports Journalism at the University of Nebrija.
Goizane Álvarez
Provincial Councillor for Culture, Cooperation, Youth and Sports
Deputy for Culture, Cooperation, Youth and Sports (2023-...), Director General of Youth and Sports of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa (2015-2019) and Director General of Sports of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa (2019-2023) Councillor of Errenteria between 2019 and 2020 and of Irun between 2007 and 2015. Graduate in Law and Master's Degree in Corporate Law.
Olatz RIVERA
Football referee
She studied Computer Engineering and a Master's degree in Computer Engineering at the UPV. He worked in consultancies and later as a teacher at intermediate and advanced levels, until he was unable to combine it with refereeing. He has played football for as long as he can remember. He has played with boys in the school team, and later in women's teams such as Bizkerre and Arratia. This is her tenth season in refereeing. She was promoted to the Women's First Division when the refereeing staff for the Women's First Division was created. In January 2022 she was proposed as an international referee until she was promoted to the First Division in the summer of 2023. Currently, she also referees in men's football and is in 1RFEF.
Eukene ARANA
CEO Zain
ZAIN, a social cooperative that works to put an end to the violence suffered by minors from a gender, inclusive and LGTBI perspective. A graduate in primary education, she is also an Equality Technician and an expert in child and adolescent protection in the field of sport. She was one of the driving forces behind the first report on child sexual abuse that was created in a regional parliament. Member of the commission of experts in child and adolescent protection in sport of the Basque Government.
Puri NAYA
Director of Communications at Levante UD
With a degree in Journalism and a master's degree in Corporate Communication, Protocol and Events, she has been in charge of Levante UD's communication since September 2023, following her time at the Valencian company Teika, where she has promoted the ‘They play, we all win’ initiative for more than 5 years and 6 seasons (2018-2023). During this time, she has organised, activated and promoted dozens of actions to increase the visibility of women athletes. Most of her professional career has been in the media, since, after working in Canal 9 and Antena 3, she directed for 15 years the daily magazine of the regional television Tele Safor and the daily programme Hoy por Hoy Gandia of Cadena SER, as well as the broadcasting of the most important events in the area where she lives: the region of La Safor.
Patricia CAMPOS
Football coach and former Spanish army pilot
First woman in the Navy to fly a jet.2 In 2013 she left the Armed Forces and publicly declared that she was a lesbian in an autobiographical book. She chose to pursue her other hobby, football, a sport she had played during her university days. As a result, she decided to work as a professional football coach, becoming one of the first women to coach a team at the professional level: Carlsbad United F.C. in the United States. She regularly travels to Uganda, where she supports various projects for the empowerment of children and women, coaching various amateur teams.
Maider CASTILLO
Former professional footballer
Former Spanish footballer who played as a central defender. Formed in the youth ranks of Eibartarrak FT. After two seasons with AD Torrejón CF, in the 2000/01 season, she joined Levante UD in the Superliga, where she played until her retirement and where she was captain. She was Levante's General Coordinator in her last stage linked to the club she was part of for 23 years.
Laura GUTIERREZ "Guti"
Former professional footballer
Graduate in Social Education with a specialisation in Care for People at Risk of Social Exclusion. Former professional football player with F.C.Barcelona, Levante UD Femenino, Spanish national team in youth categories and Catalan national team. I have worked in the Levante UD Foundation as coordinator of Levante EDI Initiation and EDI Women, international projects and I have been the Delegate for the protection of minors. In addition to coaching football with intellectual disabilities. Currently working in Insuperabili as coordinator of the educational area of the Research area, I am supervisor of 3 sites and I do training. I also coach two teams where most of the players have autism.
Garbiñe ETXEBERRIA
Football player and coach
Football player and coach, who has developed her professional career at Real Sociedad de Fútbol de San Sebastián, currently sports director of the women's football section. She was one of the first professional female coaches in the women's football league. She is one of the pioneers of women's football in Gipuzkoa, a reference as a player, coach and leader of Basque and Spanish women's football.
Reyes BELLVER
FUTPRO Attorney
Lawyer in practice, with a degree in Law with a specialisation in the European Union and a Master's Degree in International Relations from the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid . She has been working as a lawyer since 2009, focusing exclusively on sports law, especially international football, with experience in defending players and coaches (men and women) and clubs, as well as advising intermediaries, confederations and international federations such as FIFA. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
In 2018, she founded her own law firm, Bellver Sports - Legal boutique, dedicated to Football Law as well as the platform Leadership Woman Football, for the promotion of leadership, equality and diversity in football. Since 2020 she is external advisor for the FIFA Legal department and in 2023 she has been appointed as Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS/CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Since 2022 she has been an advisor for the Spanish women's footballers' union-FUTPRO-, working on important issues such as the agreement to improve the conditions of the women's national football team as well as the agreement on family conciliation for women footballers for the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with the RFEF (Spanish Football Federation). Likewise, she also participated as an advisor in the historic reform on pregnancy and maternity for female football players carried out by FIFA in 2021 and 2024.
Juanjo VILA
Madrid CFF first coach
Outstanding football coach and tactical analyst with an extensive career in international football, especially in the field of women's football. In addition, he has worked as an individual coach of outstanding players in the LigaF, working closely with key figures such as Ivana Andrés, Teresa Abelleira and Alba Redondo, who were part of the World Champion team in the World Cup. Teresa Abelleira and Alba Redondo, all of whom were part of the FIFA World Champion team Australia 2023. His focus on the individual tactical development of players has established him as a key figure in elite women's football.
Rosa María FERNÁNDEZ
Sport agent
Her career has been marked by an innovative approach and commitment to the promotion of women's football, both nationally and internationally. As founder of OCO Life is Talent, a representation agency with a comprehensive approach to career management, Rosa María has played a key role in the growth and visibility of female footballers. Currently, she also manages the prolific careers of players including Anita Marcos at Valencia CF Femenino and youth teams of Real Madrid and Madrid CFF such as Daniela González, Marina Ochoa or Giovanka Guisado.
