Veatriki Sarri
Veatriki Sarri is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward and represents the Greece women’s national team at senior level. She has played club football in Greece and in England with teams including Leeds United, Fylde, Sheffield United, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Everton.
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She has a YouTube channel where she likes to show a behind the scene of what it is like to be a female professional footballer.
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She enjoys video editing.
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She started playing football early with her brother.
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When she was around six she joined a boys' academy as the only girl.
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She also did athletics growing up.
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Her mother is English so she always liked the idea of living and playing in England.
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She moved to England to study and play football because there were not professional opportunities in Greece.
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During Covid lockdown, she started a football grip socks business.
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On her days off to relax she still likes to do activities related to football, such as playing foot tennis.
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Her idols were Lionel Messi and Kelly Smith.
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On her 12th birthday, she was inspired to pursue a professional football career after reading Kelly Smith's book, realizing for the first time that such a career was possible for women.
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She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Leeds Beckett University.
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When she played in England's lower divisions, she trained alone in the park every day to reach a higher level, as her team only trained a maximum of two times a week.
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